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10 Ways the Web Has “Standardized” Emotion

April 23, 2010

Facebook didn’t consider its users’ maturity levels when it launched the new “Like” feature. I’m happy that users are playing with “Like” because the concept should never be taken seriously. Pages like “in the butt” actually fill me with hope for humanity.Some social networks have tried to “standardize” human emotions.

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One Foot out the Digital Door

April 21, 2010

Do you know someone who will stay in a toxic relationship but leave the significant other the moment he/she meets someone better? Professionals can exhibit the same type of cowardly behavior. These people will never be satisfied because they will never exercise their will and feel confident about their decisions.

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Facebook Is the New Philosophy 101

April 20, 2010

The “like” button will “…increase the number of connections made across the site”. The more casual the liking the better. We wouldn’t want any relationship to get too serious or heavy. If you happen to “love” a page, just keep that to yourself. Facebook doesn’t offer users an option to proclaim love.

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Honey, We Need to Talk about Facebook

April 2, 2010

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

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

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

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

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

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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