Category Archives: socialmedia

Facebook vs Twitter as latest refuge of the nerds

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Mark Evans writes that he’s almost done with facebook. He’s not the first or the last to grumble about the blue book (see my post for example on “attention viruses”: Facebook Fatigue, it’s Spreading?. As Mark says, is the facebook … Continue reading →

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LIFT08 Notes: Genevieve Bell, Intel, do our digital worlds require secrets and (white) lies?

Posted on February 7, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Genevieve is an ethnographer looking at digital culture and the necessity of “lying” 45%5 of mobile users have lied about wherabouts in sms 100% of online daters lie about height or weight James Katz says entering arms race of digital … Continue reading →

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Why doesn’t Flickr let you tag your friends in photos?

Posted on November 20, 2007 by Thomas Purves

One of the favourite stories Facebook likes to tell is about their photos application. Facebook doesn’t even have a very good (by which I mean feature-rich) photo application. But what they will tell you is this. In just 6 months, … Continue reading →

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