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Why Facebook Breeds Voyeurism

Ari Herzog

Rachel Jonat joined Facebook in 2006. We corresponded in email and I wrote a blog post about her experience. Nine years after emailing Rachel, I updated that blog post into this one. Rachel, ironically, maintains a Facebook page for her blog , but she never created a new profile. Over time, she recognized the time suck.

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

This is a guest blog post by Stephen Black. Blogs — “web logs” as they were first called, began to appear. One night in 2006, over Tiger beer and carrot cake at a hawker center , my designer friend Little Ong told me about Multiply. Another friend, Dinnertube , started posting videos on Youtube in 2006.

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Evolving on Facebook From Then to Now

Ari Herzog

August 20, 2006: Someone wrote on my wall for the first time. November 5, 2006: Someone sent me an event invitation for the first time. Learn how you can contribute a guest blog article. Facts from my Facebook past… August 30, 2005: I wrote a message to someone for the first time. January 1, 2007: I shared my first note.

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Why I Want a Dumb Phone

Ari Herzog

I bought my first smartphone — a BlackBerry Curve 8330 — in August 2006. Sign up to receive blog posts by email. Besides, I have an iPad for that. If I want to take lots of pictures at better resolutions, I have a camera. That’s the last time I owned a clamshell or flip phone. Comments Cheers.

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#MySMCStory: Social Media Club and Me

Ari Herzog

Eight years after building my first website, I began blogging 2004 on a now-deleted LiveJournal community. facebooking since 2005, and tweeting since 2008, and, partially because people kept coming up to me and telling me they followed my blog or enjoyed my tweets, I knew I was respected as a thought leader. Why is 2006 important?

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Why Facebook Breeds Voyeurism

Ari Herzog

Rachel replied that she joined Facebook in 2006 as a convert from MySpace. If inspired to learn more about Rachel, she writes a blog about minimalism and tweets as @RachelJonat. I also write a blog from my city council desk. Contact me today: Twitter | Email | 978.558.0008.

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Cats and Social Media: Purrfect!

Ari Herzog

If 37,447,814 YouTube views of the above cat video since December 2006 are any indication, people like to watch funny cats. A blog post on feline friendship with U.S. If you watched that video, feel free to raise the number by 1. Web-savvy users.