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Jeff Goldblum, George Clooney Not Dead

Posted on June 25, 2009 by supnah

These pages are fake. Hoaxes. If you rolled over, or clicked on any of the other links in the pages that looked very much like news sites with tabs like “Business” and “World News,” etc., you would see that all navigation links on the page link back to the page you are already reading. That is, there is no navigation. There is no rest of the site. There is just what looks like a navigation bar to give the illusion of a site. Continue reading →

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Facebook Can’t Buy Twitter, Becomes Twitter Instead

Posted on March 4, 2009 by supnah

Guess what? Facebook is the new Twitter (kind of). And I don’t mean in the “French 60′s musicals is the new black” sort of way (though it’s totally true). Earlier today Facebook had a little anouncement get together to call … Continue reading →

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Twitter vs. the Dunbar Number, and the Rise of Weak Ties

Posted on February 26, 2009 by supnah

There’s a great post in The Economist about Social Networks that has a nice little review of the Dunbar Number. The Dunbar Number is a number that social network theorists have been tossing around for a long time that refers … Continue reading →

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