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Facebook’s version of autobiography is very specific. It is data-driven. It is simple: Alexis likes the iPad. Alexis eats a hamburger. Alexis reads The Innovator’s Cookbook. It is a ranked, chronological database of a life. It is technically complex but grammatically simple. It is multimedia, but not rich. It is autobiography without aesthetic effort. It is a story without words.
Alexis Madrigal | Facebook Timeline: Putting the Auto in Autobiography  (via courtenaybird)
(Reblogged from courtenaybird)

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