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Wednesday, March 17, 2004

More Procrastination

How about some social networking acronyms...?

S.N.A.F.U: Social Networking, All Fucked Up - a take on the original, Situation Normal, All Fucked Up.

SNOW: Social Networks Orchestrate Whuffie - look at Cory Doctorow's book for more about Whuffie.

WASSUP: Why Are Social Softwares Under-Planned - based on criticism of Orkut amonst others

FASCIST: FArming Social Capital Instead of Social Ties - referring to the difference between social systems that encourage exchanges (e.g. instant messenger), and those that encourage people to be socially expansive (e.g. Friendster, Orkut, etc.).