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Category Archives: Social Networking

Where is Kyle Shank?

January 11, 2008 – 6:47 pm

A friend of mine told me that he committed Zucker-cide today. This means he deleted himself from every social network.
The only site that he has left is his tumblelog, kyleshank.com. There, he explains his departure from the web 2.0 world:

This really shocks me because I could not imagine myself taking this approach. Whenever I find [...]

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Wanna Glog?

December 29, 2007 – 10:00 am

It’s getting easier and easier to blog these days.
Glogster is a flash-based blogging platform that integrates social networking and blogging. The UI is pretty easy to get the hang of, and the bright colors make it attractive to play around with.
One cool feature is that you can win an iPod and a $50 iTunes [...]

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Mash is truly interactive

September 17, 2007 – 12:16 am

Yahoo! just launched it’s new “social-netorking” site, Mash. It’s basically Facebook, with more customization and the ability to let your friends edit your profile.

You can also customize the CSS any way you’d like. It’s more mature than MySpace, more interactive than Virb, and more interesting than Facebook. I can’t get away from the website.
I love [...]

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Understanding Social Network Portability

August 19, 2007 – 2:37 pm

How many times have you answered emails from different websites confirming the same friends? How many times have you joined a social network, added a few friends, and then gave up because your network wasn’t there? Do you even remember all your usernames for sites that you haven’t logged into in a while?

These questions [...]

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