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Baby, you autocomplete me.

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 24 Apr 14
🕹 Technology Social media
  1. Telecom companies and phone manufacturers resist better theft protections for smartphones, possibly to benefit financially.
  2. Review sites like Yelp may not accurately represent the views of the general public, but rather a privileged few.
  3. The concept of the sharing economy might be driven by both trust and desperation, blurring lines between motives.

Babushka it is

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 16 Apr 14
🎭️ Culture Social media
  1. A man tweeted his way from middle-management to a job at 30 Rock, showing the power of social media in career advancement.
  2. Digital humanists are changing academia by applying theory to modern trends, such as gender theory to social media.
  3. The future of Facebook might evolve beyond the current platform, according to predictions.
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With "it"

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 10 Apr 14
🎭️ Culture Social media
  1. Growing up in an apocalyptic cult influenced Flor Edwards's early life but she managed to break free from it.
  2. Emails can reveal the personal and emotional sides of people, showing how they change, grow, and feel different emotions.
  3. A nun addicted to Twitter showcases a modern twist on traditional figures, raising questions about the changing roles of individuals in society.

Go away, you cupcake fascists

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 08 Apr 14
🎭️ Culture Social media
  1. Nine out of 10 TV viewers stick to the same few channels, with classic TV being largely ignored, indicating a TV culture amnesia is developing.
  2. There's a dangerous decline in civil discourse, with free speech possibly under threat, likened to the cause and solution of problems in our society.
  3. There exist social networks that predate the internet, showing surprising history beyond what we typically think of.

Stay trending 4 ever

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 07 Apr 14
🎭️ Culture Social media
  1. The Internet is changing how we read and process information, affecting both online and offline settings.
  2. The 'human Barbie doll' phenomenon is a mix of Valley Girl, New Age spirituality, and plain craziness.
  3. Before emoticons, Apple icons were designed by someone with no background in digital design or computers.

Lol this.

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 28 Mar 14
🎭️ Culture Social media
  1. An elegy for a lost age of the web - old sites like Daily Candy and Television Without Pity are closed now, marking a change in online culture.
  2. Prehistoric emoji, known as 'rebus', were used even before written alphabets, showing the evolution of communication methods.
  3. Using phrases like 'Lol this' is a modern linguistic 'fragment', reflecting social media trends and shallow interactions.

In all their hashtagged glory

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 21 Mar 14
🎭️ Culture Social media
  1. Alessandro Ludovico's art project Google Will Eat Itself challenges power structures on the web by self-cannibalizing the search giant using Google ads money.
  2. An individual has written over 350 one-star Amazon book reviews without any clear reason, prompting questions about how to address such behavior.
  3. Approximately 80 million Americans have never heard of hummus, highlighting cultural variations in food awareness.

This is your own damn fault

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 18 Mar 14
🎭️ Culture Social media
  1. The 'Task Rabbit economy' can have low pay and overhyped rewards, revealing a darker side to gig economy success stories.
  2. A man wrote his love story on Yelp, sharing intimate details of a relationship gone sour in an unexpected platform.
  3. Even 19th-century Russians experienced FOMO, showing that some social phenomena remain constant across time.

Kittens!

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 12 Mar 14
🕹 Technology Social media
  1. Silicon Valley geeks are focusing more on being cool than making a real impact in important areas like healthcare
  2. Understanding the design and technology behind everyday things like pancakes can be thought-provoking
  3. Internet slang and expressions like 'I can't even' showcase how language evolves over time

Selfies, an official public health threat

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 10 Feb 14
🎭️ Culture Social media
  1. Amazon makes books cheap but may be cheapening the written word as intellectual and cultural currency.
  2. "Flappy Bird" ended, highlighting the pointlessness of human existence. Now there's "Flappy Doge," proving the same point even more brutally.
  3. Soul Mate in a Box is a safe, online-only relationship to avoid heartache. Modern Love editor discusses it.

The conclusive argument against dick pics

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 05 Feb 14
🎭️ Culture Social media
  1. Twin sisters reunited through Facebook after being adopted from South Korea and raised in different countries.
  2. The dark web has a mysterious new leader known as 'Dread Pirate Roberts 2.0,' covered in an Ars Technica interview.
  3. An article discusses people in East Baltimore too poor to engage in pop culture, likening their surroundings to 'The Wire.'

Is Al Gore ... God?

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 23 Jan 14
🎭️ Culture Social media
  1. The Internet speeds up everything from messaging to information-sharing, but can lead to a feeling of having less time.
  2. Hunter Moore, known as the 'most-hated man on the Internet', has been indicted for various computer charges, highlighting the criminal nature of revenge porn.
  3. A study claiming Facebook lost 80% of its audience was proven to be unbelievable, emphasizing the importance of fact-checking and reliable sources.