Should You Leave Facebook?
Probably not.
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Will Facebook Ruin The Gift-Giving Experience?
“In many ways social gifting shrouds purchasing in a cloak of generosity, since the social streaming context removes the gaucheness of sharing these gifts. Yet these new social features also signal a culture where broadcasting our behaviors – whether gifting or other digitally shared activities – becomes the norm rather than the exception.”
NRA Takes Down Its Popular Facebook Page After Shootings
“The NRA’s Google+ and YouTube pages remain intact, but the NRA “locked” its most recent Google+ post, decrying a surge in federal background checks, preventing the post from being shared with others or commented upon. On YouTube, the NRA appears to have similarly disabled comments on its most recent upload.”
Is Facebook Destroying Creativity?
That is, does the closed-to-non-Facebookers nature of its photo archives kill Creative Commons and the art of the remixed photograph?
Why Facebook Doesn’t Have a Dislike Button
“The approval bias of social networks illustrates the relationship between our behavior and the internet: social networks are constructed in such a way as to complement our existing desires (even if these desires haven’t been quite as visible offline).”
Facebook Isn’t Killing Reading – To The Contrary…
“A new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project reveals the prominent role of books, libraries and technology in the lives of young readers, ages 16 to 29.”
Facebook Hits One Billion Users (Some Perspective)
“There weren’t a billion PCs in use until just four years ago. And as of the end of last year, roughly one third of the world’s 7 billion people — 2.3 billion, give or take — were using the internet. In other words, nearly half of the internet-using population is on Facebook, and that’s with … Continue reading “Facebook Hits One Billion Users (Some Perspective)”
Using Facebook Lowers Your Self-Control
It’s not just the safety of no face-to-face contact. “Most of us present an enhanced image of ourselves on Facebook. This positive image – and the encouragement we get, in the form of ‘likes’ – boosts our self-esteem. And when we have an inflated sense of self, we tend to exhibit poor self-control.”
Allan Kozinn’s Facebook Statement
What Kozinn himself had to say about the surprise reassignment: “I’ve heard, seen and covered a few lifetimes worth of great and interesting music although there’s a great deal more I wanted to do – I’ve really enjoyed watching the new music world really catch fire in recent years.”
Facebook And Frank Gehry Team Up For A Building
“In the building design, work benches line up in curving arcs like swarms of fish. They are organized into work-group “neighborhoods” dotted with meeting rooms that might be painted with graffiti and ad hoc lounges furnished with arcade- game consoles.”