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Despair.com social media t-shirt for narcissists and stalkers
Anna discovered this t-shirt, described by its creators, Despair.com as, "A gorgeous, 8-color masterpiece which captures ever so brilliantly the three behavioral disorders propelling the continued phenomenal growth of today’s most widely-trafficked social media sites. And at the intersection of the dysfunctional forces of Narcissism, ADHD, and Stalking resides today’s ...
Yelping advertisers
The New York Times just published an article about disputes on the review website Yelp arising from negative reviews posted about businesses. In a conflict of interests typical of review websites, Yelp's users want to post and read uncensored reviews, while businesses complain that unfair reviews are damaging their ...
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Is Facebook making you sick?
by Anna Buss
Snuggle with your cat instead of updating your Facebook profile: The biological implications of social networking (Biologist Vol. 56, February 2009)
These days, social interaction is being replaced more and more by virtual contacts. "The time we spend socialising electronically seperates us from our physical networks," warns the ...
