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January 31, 2014

Strange But True!

Q. Meet the “datasexuals,” who look a lot like you and me but who think their personal data is sexy, driving them to become relentlessly digital and preoccupied. So what do they spend the better part of each day doing?

A. These obsessive “self-trackers” have a love of self-data and a desire to embellish their self-presentation on social networks, says Paul McFedries in IEEE Spectrum magazine. While the datasexual might use a pedometer to track the number of steps she takes each day, she will wear a Nike FuelBand on her wrist to display the numbers and then post them to her online friends, transforming self-obsession into conspicuous “oversharing.”


 
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