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Current Doctor Who Warns Against Facebook

Posted by samzenpus on from the keep-your-friend-requests dept.

judgecorp writes "Matt Smith, the current actor playing Doctor Who, doesn't use Facebook or Twitter, despite his geek icon status. He worries that social media encourages us to create "surrogate versions" or "celebrity versions" of ourselves. He also, arguably, doesn't need their help, being a celebrity already. Smith made the comments in St Petersburg, where he hosted the final of Microsoft's Imagine Cup for student inventors, won this year by a British team with a mesh music-playing application."

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  1. Re:Duh. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thank you Captain Obvious.

    That's Doctor Obvious.

  2. Re:Duh. by TWX · · Score: 5, Funny

    Doctor who?

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  3. Re:Title should be 'Actor Currently Playing...' by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hah. I watched it when it was first broadcast.

    Did you tape it by any chance? I'm missing a few episodes.

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  4. Re:Don't use non-MS products by Endovior · · Score: 4, Funny

    The tinfoil is strong with this one.

  5. Re:Title should be 'Actor Currently Playing...' by Holi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hah, I am watching it when it was first broadcast.

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