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Calling BS on Facebook’s Edict That Writing Is Dead

Facebook is predicting the end of the written word on its platform. And perhaps suggesting that words more broadly are doomed. “The best way to tell stories in this world, where so much information is coming at us, actually is video,” said Nicola Mendelsohn, who leads Facebook’s operations in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Business, Content, Media, Social Media, Writing Tagged With: content marketing, content writing, Facebook

When Facebook Launched: Marketing In 2004

Happy 2004!

Facebook celebrates its 10th birthday this week, which made me wonder: What did marketing in 2004 look like? I was there, of course. Maybe you were, too. But time has a funny way of recasting memories. (Which explains how my siblings and I sometimes have annoyingly different takes on our childhood.) In marketing and perhaps […]

Filed Under: Annarchy, Business, Politics & Society, Pop Culture, Social Media Tagged With: Facebook

A Journey to ’25 Random Things’

Facebook Random

Three weeks ago, William tagged me in a “25 Random Things About Me” chain letter. I’ve hung around with William a few times, but reading his list feels a lot like a peek at his diary: Here are his hopes, fears, and his profession of love for Twizzlers. I’m tagged again by Tim (“I’m a […]

Filed Under: Business, Media, Pop Culture, Social Media, Technology Tagged With: '25 Things', connectivity, digital life, Facebook, meme, online intimacy, Social Media, social networks, Technology

In-Your-Facebook

I got an email from my friend Sharon this morning. She had recently signed up for a Facebook account and had just been “friended” by someone she didn’t know very well. Actually, she didn’t know him at all. She asked something like, “So who is he? Is he a creep? What does he want?” Then, […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Social Media, Technology Tagged With: Facebook, internet, online intimacy, privacy, social networks

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