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Followers vs Friends

It’s always bothered me that most social networking sites only have one level of friendship. You are either someone’s friend, or you are not. In the real world, we have multiple levels: spouses, partners, family, friends, coworkers, acquaintances, etc. Since there’s no depth to our friend lists on these sites, it appears that we are [...]



Motrin Messes with Mommy-Bloggers and Loses

This morning, Annie told me about a Motrin ad that a bunch of mom-bloggers were angry about because it was critical of babywearing. She was really upset about it, and convinced that it was an intentional slam on mothers. Since I work in marketing, and Annie majored in Sociology, we tend to have conversations like [...]