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A look at virality █████

“This is the emergence of the super organism,” one futurist put it.
Today’s newest Internet meme is a bleep sign. It started with @ev, the founder of Twitter.

Then top Twitterer @kevinrose used it:

And now Summize can’t even keep up with it.

Google can’t find it, that’s how cryptic it is.

My buddy AJ wrote about it, and at [...]

This is what I tweet about

TweetClouds has an interesting mashup:

Four types of tweets

Twitter is still new, but I have started to notice that tweets come in four general flavors.
The clicker:
These are usually messages that contain a tinyURL. This type of user is either trying to promote his or her blog, or just sharing a funny link.

I would include corporations that use a PHP script to aggregate [...]

Props to PB

I just wanted to thank Roland Lazenby, Neal Turnage, Kevin Cupp, Courtney Thomas, Tricia Sangalang, Anthony Della Calce, Omar Maglalang, Alex Rickabaugh, Tim Leaton, Jon Atwood, and every else who helped keep Planet Blacksburg up to date during this grieving process.

This community is stronger than ever, and our student population will grow and mourn together. [...]

Expand Your Vocabulary

User-generated content rules the web. Just read Time Magazine’s new Person of the Year issue.
Enter Wordie, a utility that allows you to conveniently save a list of words. At first, I wasn’t sure about it, but now I find myself adding words every day. Wordie also appeals to me because I have an affliction for [...]