Ari Herzog

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Facebook Twitter and LinkedIn – The Truth

Ari Herzog

Citing a 2007 interview by founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Augie Ray points out : Facebook [has] been quite clear that the social network is for facilitating real and firm relationships and not making soft, virtual ones. Second , Twitter is not a social network but exists for news, content, and information. Rinse, wash, and repeat.

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Why I Deleted 52,000+ Tweets

Ari Herzog

It’s probably accessible in the Wayback Machine or from archived search engine crawls — but it’s erased from Twitter’s servers. (I I initially joined Twitter on April 5, 2007 but I can’t link to that either because that account was deleted in 2009.). I’m a different space now.

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How I Consume the News

Ari Herzog

For several days, without consuming any news and after unfollowing anyone on Facebook or Twitter who shared the news, I introduced new behaviors into my life. I peruse Twitter throughout the day to see what’s trending. ” Source: Seth Godin in 2007. One morning, I stopped everything. No more NPR. And it repeats.

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2007: Facebook. 2010: Twitter. Do I want to use Twitter to tell the world what Stephen Black ate for lunch or do I want to connect with an audience interested in art and creative writing? It was likely in 2007 and I never really used it. Or, do I want to use it as a base for experimentation? Ask Chiaki Williams.

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Facebook, LinkedIn, and Me

Ari Herzog

But he also has digital equivalents, such as people he talked to on the phone or chatted with on Twitter. I created my Facebook account in 2005 and started on LinkedIn in 2007, and I’ve switched things around so many times I lost count. His online connections include anyone he met for coffee, a meal, or a beer.

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Stuff

Ari Herzog

For instance, I received my diploma from graduate school in 2007 — and I still keep notebooks. Related Stories Why Facebook and I Broke Up July 17: Turning a New Twitter Leaf It Is Hard Saying No. I have so much stuff that the more I recycle, reduce, or remove, I am continually surprised by how much more stuff I own.

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This Is My Last Post of 2018

Ari Herzog

I tallied the number of blog posts I wrote this year, compared it to last year, then the prior year, and all the way back to 2007 when I started blogging. The farther back I went correlated to an increased sensation of depression that I don’t write as much now as I wrote then.

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