about the popularity of social networks and the like when it was published in June, but it’s worth a read: The Ebb and Flow of Social Networking. I think it conflates phenomena of entirely different scales, which is a problem, but regardless, it’s a good read, particularly for people building such sites.
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Boris Anthony says
Ugh, yet another post attempting to describe the ocean written by a cadet floating around in an innertube.