Communication, once a simple custom that did not change for millennia, is now so fraught with new choices that it is becoming something more like a fashion, where preferences in how we talk to each other, what technology we use, even what “talking” means, are constantly changing. MySpace and Facebook helped to make it acceptable to post private friend-to-friend messages publicly. Instagram created a massive social network strictly around images. Snapchat Stories allow anybody to create mini-movies about their lives for their friends to watch. None of these protocols are much like talking on
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