From danah boyd’s “Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace” (danah boyd: 24 June 2007): When MySpace launched in 2003, it was primarily used by 20/30-somethings (just like Friendster before it). The bands began populating the site by early 2004 and throughout 2004, the average age slowly declined. It wasn’t until late 2004 that [...]
Posted on February 12th, 2009 by Scott Granneman
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From danah boyd’s “Friends, Friendsters, and MySpace Top 8: Writing Community Into Being on Social Network Sites” (First Monday: December 2006) John’s reference to “gateway Friends” concerns a specific technological affordance unique to Friendster. Because the company felt it would make the site more intimate, Friendster limits users from surfing to Profiles beyond four degrees [...]
Posted on December 20th, 2008 by Scott Granneman
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Posted on November 30th, 2008 by Scott Granneman
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From Joshua Green’s “The Amazing Money Machine” (The Atlantic: June 2008): That early fund-raiser [in February 2007] and others like it were important to Obama in several respects. As someone attempting to build a campaign on the fly, he needed money to operate. As someone who dared challenge Hillary Clinton, he needed a considerable amount [...]
Posted on November 24th, 2008 by Scott Granneman
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From Bruce Schneier’s “How to Crash the Oscars” (7 March 2006): If you want to crash the glitziest party of all, the Oscars, here’s a tip from a professional: Show up at the theater, dressed as a chef carrying a live lobster, looking really concerned. … “The most important technique is confidence,” he said. “Part [...]
Posted on July 26th, 2007 by Scott Granneman
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From Emily Bazelon’s “Grave Offense” (Legal Affairs: July/August 2002): In December 1882, hundreds of black Philadelphians gathered at the city morgue. They feared that family members whom they had recently buried were, as a reporter put it, “amongst the staring corpses” that lay inside. Six bodies that had been taken from their graves at Lebanon [...]
Posted on May 21st, 2006 by Scott Granneman
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