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knol: content w/out context, collaboration, capital, or coruscation. danah boyd: “A system that is driven by individualism quickly becomes a tool for self-promoters”

# 3rd August 2008, 3:13 pm / knol, google, danah-boyd

ephemeral profiles (cuz losing passwords is common amongst teens). Lost your password? Create a new profile; you had too many friends you didn’t know anyway.

# 7th January 2007, 10:37 pm / danah-boyd, myspace, passwords, teens

Friends, friendsters, and top 8: Writing community into being on social network sites. I finally got around to reading this. Fascinating; lots to digest.

# 24th December 2006, 7:32 pm / myspace, danah-boyd, socialsoftware, socialnetworks