12 month ago
plasticbag : Happy birthday to Danah Boyd on turning 30! - For anyone out there who's worried about turning thirty, let me reassure you. It's fine. it's great, actually. Thirty-one, on the other hand. That's a pain. You don't really see it coming.
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12 month ago
43folders : apophenia: algorithms for dumb security questions - via anarchaia
Rod Begbie : apophenia: algorithms for dumb security questions - A consistent tactic for answering those stupid "What color was your first favourite pet?" type questions. #
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15 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : confused by Facebook - confused by Facebook: "I am utterly confused by the ways in which the tech industry fetishizes Facebook."
jcgregorio : apophenia: confused by Facebook - ""I am utterly confused by the ways in which the tech industry fetishizes Facebook."" Same here, I don't get it. Like I said before, even it becomes the Studio 54 of socail sites, it will still become the Studio 54 of social sites.
factoryjoe : apophenia: confused by Facebook - "I am utterly confused by the ways in which the tech industry fetishizes Facebook. There's no doubt that Facebook's F8 launch was *brilliant*. Offering APIs and the possibility of monetization is a Web 2.0 developer's wet dream. (Never m
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jcgregorio : Raph’s Website » ETech07 liveblog: Incantations for Muggles - I wish there was a video of danah's talk.
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Jeremy Zawodny : suckage explained - suckage explained: I know that feeling all too well... :-(
philgyford : Apophenia: suckage explained - Having no spare time, not wanting any more email, microfame, attention. (via Haddock)
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27 month ago
plasticbag : Danah Boyd is trying to collate current research on Social Network Sites - I might steal this idea. I'm looking to find some interesting stuff around collective intelligence and social motives.
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32 month ago
plasticbag : You Tube has the footage of Danah Boyd on The O'Reilly Factor - Weird piece of video - Danah comes off extremely well and presents a reasonable case for what's happening on MySpace. It's difficult to tell whether O'Reilly is satisfied with the piece or whether he was hoping for something ... else
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33 month ago
Andy Baio : Danah Boyd on Myspace vs. Friendster - is Myspace a fad? [via]
Linkorama : Friendster lost steam. Is MySpace just a fad? - Moral crisis to come!
Rod Begbie : Friendster lost steam. Is MySpace just a fad? - Another great danah boyd essay. "Hanging out on Friendster is like hanging out in a super clean police state where you can't chew gum let alone goof around and you're told exactly how to speak to others. Hanging out on MySpace is more like hanging out in [via] #
WillPate : Friendster lost steam. Is MySpace just a fad? - Excellent essay on the differences between Friendster and MySpace and how they put MySpace in a better position to survive.
Simon Willison : Friendster lost steam. Is MySpace just a fad? - Great essay from danah. MySpace finally makes a bit of sense to me.
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33 month ago
Rod Begbie : Identity Production in a Networked Culture: Why Youth Heart MySpace - Excellent paper by danah boyd explaining just why teenagers are spending hours on myspace -- Parents have become to paranoid about the "dangers" in the real world, that the only place kids can be themselves unsupervised is online. [via] #
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36 month ago
kayodeok : Wikipedia, academia and Seigenthaler. - I do not accept the spin that Wikipedia "allows anyone to write anything" just because we do not metaphysically prevent it by putting authors in cages
Rod Begbie : Wikipedia, academia and Seigenthaler - Great post by danah boyd about what Wikipedia is and isn't good for -- Make sure and read Jimmy Wales's steak-knife metaphor. My equation: Full correct information > incomplete information > incorrect information > no information. Wikipedia is nowhere [via] #
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46 month ago
plasticbag : Social Software in the Academy Workshop - "The goal of the conference is to bring together researchers working in a variety of academic disciplines to understand current and possible uses of social software in the academic context."
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plasticbag : Danah on academia and wikipedia - "Wikipedia is exceptionally valuable to read about multiple sides to a story, particularly in historical contexts, but i don't trust alternative histories any more than i trust privileged ones."
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