Tag Archives: social media

Have feeds made the social web too meta?

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Meta-social aggregators like friendfeed and facebook are turning the web into a mobius strip with a snake in it that’s eating it’s tail. Wondering what would happen if I fed my twitter to my, friendfeed, to my facebook status and … Continue reading →

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Facebook vs Twitter as latest refuge of the nerds

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Mark Evans writes that he’s almost done with facebook. He’s not the first or the last to grumble about the blue book (see my post for example on “attention viruses”: Facebook Fatigue, it’s Spreading?. As Mark says, is the facebook … Continue reading →

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LIFT08 Notes: Genevieve Bell, Intel, do our digital worlds require secrets and (white) lies?

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Genevieve is an ethnographer looking at digital culture and the necessity of “lying” 45%5 of mobile users have lied about wherabouts in sms 100% of online daters lie about height or weight James Katz says entering arms race of digital … Continue reading →

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