Psychoanalysis of trends in popular Facebook apps

Facebook and other social networking apps are immensely interesting to me from a cybersociology perspective. Here's another interesting take on the social network phenom:

No Man’s Blog - Facebook Applications Trends Report #1

Thinking of these applications in terms of Goffman’s theory (that self-presentation strategy depends on context and audience) and his dramaturgical metaphor for ‘presentation of self in everyday life’ which includes the idea of “frontstage” (public, to all) and “backstage” (private, to “insiders”), we clearly see the blurring of boundaries between public and private as different context and different audiences intertwine.

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