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Social Networking in the Digital Age

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the orkut-til-ya-bust dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It used to be if you wanted to win more friends, influence more people or make more money, you bought one of those self-improvement tomes and tried to pump up your personality. These days, all you have to do is go online and join a "social networking" site. The pumping will be done for you."

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  1. Re:Why I don't believe in this by sulli · · Score: 1, Troll
    Abuse by trolls. Need I say more?

    You say that like it's a bad thing.

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    sulli
    RTFJ.
  2. Re:OH blah by smitty45 · · Score: 0, Troll

    well with Friendster now getting more traffic than Expedia.com and Craigslist.org....I don't see how it's no longer cool, for many people.

  3. Want an Orkut invite? by roj3 · · Score: 0, Troll

    email me and I'll invite you.. info@bushboy.com