Social media has created a world in which everyone is interconnected. Forget six degrees of separation; we’re probably down to three. So have we completely lost the notion of a stranger?
Charlie O’Donnell, CEO of Path 101, recently wrote a post on his personal blog about the shift towards using social systems to connect with pre-existing [...]
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The Stranger Aversion
June 5th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Social Networking
The Meaning of Friend
April 23rd, 2008 · 14 Comments · Social Networking
Russ Unger’s latest post “We Are All Friends Here. Right?” got me thinking about the nature of friendship on and off the web. I have made a lot of new friends in the three months since I started this blog and began using Twitter. At first I told myself that I would be using both [...]
No, that’s not me
April 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Digressions
If you Google “whitney hess” and find this:
You’ll get this:
Close-up:
But sorry, boys. That’s not me.
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Facebook Chat
April 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments · User Experience
Last Sunday, April 6, brought the launch of the long-awaited Facebook Chat. According to TechCrunch, the feature is so far only available to select members. According to Facebook, “we’re rolling this out slowly.” Not entirely surprising given the backlash that has previously occurred when FB releases new stuff without any warning or feedback and then [...]
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People you may know
March 30th, 2008 · 7 Comments · User Experience
Earlier this week, Facebook released a new feature called “People You May Know.” Three random friends of friends are displayed in the right sidebar of your homepage in the hopes that you’ll make more connections.
When you click the “see all” link, a longer list of possible friends is offered up. Of the 27 people displayed, [...]
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