Why do people share overly-personal, sometimes embarrassing information online?

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Tweets, facebook status updates, personal blogs now make it possible for our friends and followers to instantly know the most intimate details about our lives. Have we a culture of narcissists, uninhibited, over-sharers. Our guests are Business Insider Nick Saint, Temple Professor Don Hantula, and Jamie Switzer of the Colorado State University.

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