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10 Ways Social Media Is Keeping You Single

June 9, 2010
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I know a lot of people who constantly lament their singlehood. Some, but not all of these people, scare away potential suitors via social media! I just want to sit them down and tell them they are sabotaging their chances of finding true love. For the clueless, here are 10 ways that social media is keeping you single.

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Always Leverage the Other Medium

May 4, 2010
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If you love a craft, you should practice it, no matter what. Don’t think too much about trends. If you recognize a need for a blog, then you should be the one to start that blog! Just think about how many other people online have the same questions that you do; use social media to find those people and empower the community.

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Honey, We Need to Talk about Facebook

April 2, 2010
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One April Fools’ trend that I did not enjoy were the numerous relationship status updates in my Facebook newsfeed: new relationships, broken relationships, engagements, and marriages. The fake relationship status was all the rage this year! I was confused because one of my friends actually DID get engaged.

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For Immediate Release: Laryssa Leaves the Internet

April 1, 2010
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Laryssa Wirstiuk, a digital marketer, blogger, and creative writer from northern New Jersey, announced Thursday that she is officially leaving the Internet. Despite her involvement with many websites, Wirstiuk believes that her time would be better spent pursuing hobbies like badminton and speed dating.

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Games You Can Play with Social Media

March 31, 2010
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You can use other social networking tools (I lump Wikipedia into social media because it’s a community-edited website) to play creative games (I don’t mean harvesting crops on Farmville or clicking next on ChatRoulette). Pretend you’re a little kid using scraps of whatever you have handy to create a new game.

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5 Ways Social Media Has Made Me a Better Writer

March 30, 2010
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Social networking tools have definitely helped me improve my writing. If you truly want to improve your writing for all media, you will use every opportunity to improve your craft. To provide clear and clever content, you should shake what your momma gave ya (whether that be 140 characters, infinite space of a blog post, or a sexy booty).

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But Were Too Afraid to Ask

March 29, 2010
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I have often felt alone, in the minority among friends and colleagues, wondering if I’m crazy, if my ideas make any sense, or if there’s anyone out there who feels the same way that I do. Cue the Internet. It’s a safe space where I can test my ideas on an audience. I can see how people respond online.

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Seven Friends in Common with Snow White

March 25, 2010
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Curious to see whether a similar book already existed, Emily searched Amazon and scoured the shelves at her local bookstores. She found plenty of books about Facebook etiquette and how-to’s, but she couldn’t find anything about the effect that Facebook was having on society. She wanted to write this book.

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Twitter Is the New Flea Market

March 23, 2010
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If you use Twitter, do you ever get the sense that the same person keeps following you again and again? Every day, about ten new social media gurus/online marketers/make money online specialists follow me. I wish I knew exactly how many Twitter accounts belong to people with these same ambiguous, unoriginal job titles.

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