over-under-sharing
Tor Kingdon @kingtor
@soaproot Also a good one. And is there a name for vague“book”ing on Mastodon? Or perhaps a CW?
soaproot @soaproot@sfba.social
@kingtor Uh, "book"? Or vaguebook? I'm not sure I know/recognize this concept
Tor Kingdon @kingtor
@soaproot vague booking is a vague post on facebook
soaproot @soaproot@sfba.social
@kingtor Never heard of it, so I'm obviously not the one to ask about what we would call it here.
Tor Kingdon @kingtor
@soaproot Yeah, that wasn’t a very good definition. It’s generally used to describe a post that appears to be speaking of something specific and probably personal but leaves out all the details or backstory that would make it actually make sense. I guess it’s more of an issue on a social network built on “friends” rather than “followers.” And I like to think my post was more of a general observation. Anyway....
soaproot @soaproot@sfba.social
@kingtor Sounds to me like the natural result of being somewhere that you naturally use to share grief, joy, etc but is also a little too public to really bare all. A few people that I follow use Mastodon that way but I think you are right that it is less of a common paradigm here (on average).
Tor Kingdon @kingtor@urbanists.social
@soaproot I suppose accurate but more generic than any one platform would be to call it “over-under-sharing.”
soaproot @soaproot@sfba.social
@kingtor I really like over-under-sharing. Under-over-sharing almost works but makes it sound like oversharing is good or necessary. What do you think, do you need to call @wayword and see if they'll put it on the show?
Tor Kingdon @kingtor
@soaproot I went back and forth on the over-under/under-over issue, I like your conclusion on that. Seems like @wayword should get us both on the phone, though, to share the process of coming up with the phrase.
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