Online Dating In Maee's In The Circle

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In the Circle, the characters are wholly defined by technology. This is evident when Mae’s profile is displayed at a Circle meeting. Her profile is shown to Circlers as a test for LuvLuv, a new online dating system. Even though only small slivers of Mae’s personality are shown to the audience, the Circlers assume the slivers make a whole. They conclude this because Circlers are supposed to share the entirety of themselves over social media. However, at this point in the book, Mae has only provided a limited amount of personal information to the public because she still values certain things as private information. She expresses her values to Eamon Bailey and he replies with, “...we’ll realize that whatever behavior we’re talking about