The peep culture depicts what's going on in our society now most especially Facebook and twitter. Many people want to be noticed, people crave for attention. Surveillance is associated with spying and privacy innovations.
However, by providing information, photos, videos, etc., many users (on social networking sites especially) reveal an exhibitionist attitude. Many users take pleasure in having their profiles looked at. Why else would so many people continue to update their profiles, if not for the purpose of keeping others interested? Take, for example, the update of one's profile picture on Facebook. For some users, this update is a constant ordeal. I find that the main reason people change their profile picture so often is to get attention. Once other people have stopped commenting or "liking" the picture, it must be time for a change, so as to get attention on their wall for the new photo (really weired).Social networking is a great way of getting connected with family and friends but still face the privacy issue.
EXHIBITIONISM
This refers to the love of people being looked at by others on the web. On social networking sites (most especially facebook), people post photos together with so much informations with the purpose of being seen by others. I believe this sets of individuals loves being looked at by others, sometimes i say to myself that "There is more to life than facebook". Many people want to be part of social community.
In other words, if people do not post too much of their informations online for the whole world to see, there would be nothing to spy on.
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