Millennials may never be privy to the luxury of privacy. This fact transcends the bane called capitalism which big companies like Facebook, WhatsApp and Snapchat, et cetera, use as the perfect excuse to get into our lives for their personal gain. It is broader than their so-called financial agenda. We are contending with the new innate need to tell the world what we are up to even though they really don’t care. (We aren’t just publicly washing our dirty linen, we are tossing our entire laundry to the streets. And we are okay with it.)
Or are we? I’m not.
The new femme-hobby on social media – especially the fame-thirsty Twitter streets, is to leak DM’s in an attempt at shaming the ‘unfortunate’ victim or just to create buzz-worthy drama which I think is crass and desperate.
Celebrities often develop amnesia or decide to ignore the phone number of their colleagues, choosing instead to publicly ‘call out’ the person who offended them on social media.
Estranged couple’s who can no longer stand each other’s guts privately take to social media to express their disdain for one another in an attempt to gather sympathy from their followers – or nosy people who get ample excitement from the downfall of others.
Unfortunately, the next generation may be born in an era where privacy would be completely obsolete and nothing can be done to salvage its existence.