NYtimes article by Clive Thompson uncovers some important insights about the new state of digital intimacy.
1. People often think they don't want the sort of omnipresent knowledge that comes with twitter and facebook feeds...until they sign up. Then, they find it intriguing and addictive.
2. Twitter and Facebook's scrolling wall spread trends quickly - more quickly than blogs.
3. Individual "tweets" are insignificant on their own, but when you track them over time, real understanding and intimacy with a person develops (another example of emergent property).
4. When you post updates about yourself, the process of posting forces you to view them objectively, and to contemplate them. So, "in the age of awareness, perhaps the person you see most clearly is yourself."
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