Oversharing

**OverSharing** is when an individual shares too much of their lives on the internet. Often times it is over

social media that this happens. Users share everything about their lives on these websites, from simple things like experiences, to class schedules , to even credit card numbers. Sharing itself is not a bad thing. However, when personal lives get out onto the platform as well as banking and school information, that could turn into a disaster. After that, is the internet even have any anonymity anymore?

## Oversharing on Social Media

Oversharing on Social Media has become a huge problem in society. There have always been individuals who share too much about their personal lives with friends and family. However with the rise of the internet and more specifically with the rise of social media. There is a trend emerging where there isn't just the select few individuals who share every detail of their lives anymore. It is a large majority of the population who shares these moments on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and more.

These Social Networking sites are creating a group of humans who are attention seekers. They post everything and anything in the hopes of gaining likes, and follows from their friends and followers on the web.

## Psychology behind Oversharing

Social Media gives many people the opportunity to show the parts of them that they want others to see. It is not so much that they want to be different people, but users want their followers to only know the best parts of themselves. Although there may be sometimes that individuals share bad things, to make them still seem human. Social Media is a way to show followers and friends the portion of their lives that they want out there and to keep the other aspects of their lives out.

## Dangers to Anonymity

The dangers of oversharing come when the individual decides to share information that is a little too personal. Examples of this are when they give out information about where they live, credit card or finance information, personal information or images, online information and more.

This information is out in the open for any individual to get. And if this information falls into the wrong hands, such as an obsessed follower or even just a black hat hacker then things can go very wrong quickly. That person's anonymity is now compromised.

## References

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1. ↑ http://www.theemotionmachine.com/the-over-sharing-epidemic-how-the-internet-makes-us-devalue-our-private-lives/
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://www.eyerys.com/articles/people/1367632976/opinions/oversharing-internet-digital-love-and-loss
3. ↑ https://psmag.com/social-justice/how-the-internet-makes-us-overshare-64427