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Asymmetry of Expectations in Social Network Friending

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When you choose to add someone on Facebook, Twitter, or Foursquare, do you stop to think about how they might react to your invitation? And when you receive a request, what kinds of reactions have you had? There are many emotional responses to a friend request, and often, an imbalance.

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Segway Company Owner Dead — That’s Funny S !

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In a show of incredibly bad taste, Jalopnik reports today that "Jimi Heseldan, the 62-year-old owner of the Segway Company, died yesterday when he accidentally drove one of the sucky two-wheeled gyroscope-controlled "future" transports off a cliff and into a river." In the lead to a story about someone DYING, Jalopnik manages to mock.

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