http://queensu2013.thatcamp.org/02/06/social-media-and-confession/ The Humanities and Technology Camp Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:06:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 http://queensu2013.thatcamp.org/02/06/social-media-and-confession/#comment-970 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:39:27 +0000 http://queensu2013.thatcamp.org/?p=164#comment-970 Interesting. I was captured by the piece you wrote and was right with in a sense of wonder and inquiry. One item peaks my curiosity. It was your question, or perhaps hypothesis, that confession might be viewed as something we are disciplined to produce. I wonder if you would comment further on this notion. I confess (a simple desire to be honest, here) that I know little of the religious history related to confession, and so I come from a secular place where my gut tells me that these people who post to sites are looking to connect in the safer circumstance of the global community with the cushion of distance and some anonymity.
Do you suppose their strong desire to help others-in-need is a direct reflection of their strong desire to be helped? Does it appear to be an equal measure in the cases you have looked at?

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