thisistheverge:

The era of Facebook is an anomaly
To boyd, social media isn’t new. It’s just the latest scapegoat for America’s obsession with overprotection. She took a few minutes to speak to The Verge about her new book, human nature in the age of Snapchat, and where Facebook fits in an increasingly fragmented social landscape.

It’s complicated. We need deception. Hmmm…