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Academics To Predict Next Twitter and Its Pitfalls

Posted by samzenpus on from the peer-into-my-crystal-ball dept.

An anonymous reader writes "University researchers in the UK have put together a team tasked with predicting the next big thing in terms of communication technologies, in a bid to tackle ethical pitfalls before they become a problem. This is in the wake of the rise of social networking websites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, which has led to a dramatic increase in the amount of personal information available online."

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  1. The next service? "c.hr" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    One character messages only. Now you can say the same things even faster.

  2. Academics To Predict Future! by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Somebody just got a big fat grant for sitting around and smoking dubies.

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  3. Re:Academics meh... by Norsefire · · Score: 5, Funny

    The only thing that product will do is make farting noises when you press it, but it will still be a product.

  4. 140 characters is too many by hessian · · Score: 4, Funny

    In the next Twitter, there's no typing. You signal emoticons. If you are too fat to use the mouse, they will develop a device that interprets your emotions from the configurations of your fat cells, and you don't ever have to get off the couch.

    • :| - at work
    • }< - taking a dump (not sure how this works with the couch)
    • %) - chatting up the opposite sex
    • || - writing code

    etc

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  5. Re:Academics meh... by chromas · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, the index finger was based on client-pull technology. Press is what's hot now.

  6. Re:Science Fiction by LordLimecat · · Score: 5, Funny

    dont you mean syfy?