Should they be ashamed of using social media or ashamed of disrobing in their own home?
Oh, it is very clearly about the social media. I think - and it's hyperbole, but not nearly as much as you might, or want to, think - that social media will be the the death knell of a free society.
There was a great line in the recent Supergirl; something happened and they got information from social media and one of the women from the future said "what is this 'social media'?" and her husband - also from the future but who lived for a spell in Supergirl's time - said "Oh, don't worry about it; it was a fad, and a short one at that." One can only hope.
I'm going to have to push back a little - respectfully. I'm not saying social media is the best thing that ever happened to humans but I'm pretty sure 'death knell of a free society' has also been used to describe talkies, television, Elvis' swinging hips, and video games. Yet somehow, we are surviving.
Just out of curiosity though - how is posting something on Twitter or FB all that much different than posting on a chat board? Do you suppose that some of the same motivations you have for posting here could be applied to others choosing to post things on other forms of on-line media?
Now I have this song in my head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY
Couple things: one, the fact that there is some "hyperbole" in here has been clearly acknowledged, so there's that. Two, I do see a difference between social media and a chat board; though we are not talking about massive, transcendent differences. we are talking about differences. Scope for one. Depth for another. We don't "trend" here. We're not "liked" here. There's not a commerce aspect to here. There's no "branding" - except for Jingle; he's got a new line of athleticwear coming out.
Perhaps it's anecdotal and not real, but I don't get any sense that the participants here are using this as a mirror to reinforce their beliefs and self-esteem. We had to have the "just because you CAN, doesn't mean you SHOULD" conversation with my stepdaughter this weekend. She's 19 and struggling with the "what does "adult" really mean?" concept. With her, it's weed and staying out late and things like that, but I think that concept is there with social media as well.
Talkies, television, Elvis' hips and video games were all one-way communications. They didn't promote "mob rule". Social media is unique in that it is two-way, but more importantly, it starts in the other direction. A very wise philosopher, one of the best, once said "If you listen to fools, the mob rules!" I think he was right.