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I’ve been thinking a lot about how mediated our state of mind and emotions have become with Facebook now pretty much at the centre of how we communicate with friends. (The scary thing is that Microsoft Word capitalised Facebook for me when I typed that.) The Facebook status update (which has finally lost the “is”) has become almost utterly pervasive.

What intrigues me though is how it’s become some sort of narcissistic, post-modern reflection of how we are feeling. Take a step back and think for a second. Before Facebook, would we have constantly written/spoken about ourselves in the third person? Am I the only one perturbed by this?

But it feels good, doesn’t it. To be able to broadcast to your friends (i.e. pretty much the world) exactly what you want them to know (or not know).

And just in case you’re wondering…

Hilton is over it, determined to stare down his old nemesis despondency ...
and he knows he’ll find a solution to this all...