[csmoak]

If you are interested in exploring a world where something like what you suggest is a generally-accepted part of life, check out the book Super Sad True Love Story. http://supersadtruelovestory.com/

This novel is set in a world that takes current social and sharing trends and extrapolates out a dozen years or so. Depending on your thinking, it could be seen as an extreme or a reasonable guess of what might happen in the future.

[lukeh]

I was just going to suggest this. Totally Super Sad.