People simultaneously dread and crave being listened to by an audience.

Evidence

I think there is a double thing going on — increasingly people are concerned about Facebook and its erosion of privacy or whatever. I think there is an interesting doublethink coming out here. In one sense people are talking on mobile phones, assuming that people aren’t listening to them but sort of knowing at some level that at least one person will be. And then there is that Facebook phenomenon when you put stuff on there, hoping that people will actually look at it — desperately sharing it, looking for an audience that you may or may not get. And then neurotically checking how many likes or comments you get. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 2244

Categorization

• XREF: This doublethink about performing privacy already anticipates the surveillance-capitalist reading of social media (Zuboff) that crystallized later. — connects to: People can simultaneously dread and desire the catastrophic events they anticipate — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 509; Audiences crave permission to feel suppressed emotions more than persuasion — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 392; An audience watches a memorized argument with embarrassment rather than engagement — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action , 2288 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• People can simultaneously dread and desire the catastrophic events they anticipate #expands (0.82) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 509
• Radio’s power lay in giving listeners a visceral sense of being present at events #expands (0.76) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 369
• An audience watches a memorized argument with embarrassment rather than engagement #complicates (0.75) — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 2288
• Audiences crave permission to feel suppressed emotions more than persuasion #qualifies (0.72) — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 392