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Tag: facebook

The begining of the end of the bubble

One day in the near future we will reach some sort of a tipping point with everything social. The new-platform frenzy of the last 5-8 years where almost every year we saw the explosion or a new social platform sometimes at the expense of an old one will slowly fade out. I might be wrong [...]

Notes on ‘Like’ (and why Nike got it wrong)

What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of the word LIKE? Until very recently, LIKE, for me, was the lukewarm, shy cousin of LOVE. “I like you” was merely a regulator, a milestone on the path to saying “I love you”. Of course it also means to favour something (not [...]

Friends on standby

A fascinating recent piece on the economist regarding Dunbar number and the size and volume of activity of facebook networks shed some light on the structure and organisation of our online networks. With the explosion of social technologies and life-streaming tools a big question arised: Are people who use Facebook and Twitter increasing their Dunbar [...]