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Why can’t every article on social networking be like this, sigh! If you like your online reading to consist of no more than a 300 word blog capsule post, this is not for you. A nice overview on the history and definition of social networks.
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from liamvictor 1667 Days ago #
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Weird they missed Stumbleupon which began Jun 21, 2002 - http://1.stumbleupon.com/

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from DoshDosh 1667 Days ago #
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Academic rigour + social media = Win. I love reading stuff like that... thanks Lyndon!

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from Lyndon 1665 Days ago #
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I can’t believe it’s 2 days and this hasn’t gone to the front page. Maybe Sphinners don’t like to read.

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from akomack 1665 Days ago #
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Thanks for putting this on Sphinn.  I’m not sure if I would have found it given that the day is always full of things to read (in addition to trying to get work done from time to time :) ).  You’re right, why can’t all social media articles use this type of analysis?  Not that all articles need to be this long or rigorous.  As long as the author puts some thought into giving readers something of value, and not just a short blog post pointing readers to other people’s thoughts...

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from katfrench 1665 Days ago #
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Very interesting read.  One of the contributors, Danah Boyd, stirred up quite a bit of controversy regarding a blog post she made discussing teen demographic differences between myspace and facebook. 

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from Lyndon 1665 Days ago #
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Yeah, it went hot. Thanks chaps, my faith is preserved.

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from Gamermk 1664 Days ago #
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I’m sure it’s an interesting read, but it’s definitely way, way too long for the 15 minute break crowd like myself.

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from Kalena 1664 Days ago #
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"I can’t believe it’s 2 days and this hasn’t gone to the front page."Welcome to my world!

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from baiduyou 1664 Days ago #
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Luckily it went hot eventually - I would’ve missed it otherwise. Nice find Lyndon. I get the feeling that there’ll be a BBC Four / Open University style documentary based on this report before too long.@katfrench: Thanks for the link to the demographics article - also a good read.

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from TuxPirate 1657 Days ago #
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I larned a fyou things about social networking sites (SNSs). Thanks to iool

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from floppy 1646 Days ago #
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Once again glad I was running down some old hot topics.  Great Study.

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