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Students Failing English Due to Twitter, Facebook

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The free-form writing style of social networks like Twitter and Facebook is changing the way people communicate, and causing students to fail English. That’s the claim of a piece out this afternoon from the Canadian Press. And academicians are, in part, blaming social networking.

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Five Things to Do About Facebook Privacy Other Than Closing Your Account

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Sure you’re ticked off about Facebook’s abuses of consumer privacy, but does closing your account accomplish anything? Even if one million people closed their accounts, that would represent 1/4 of one percent of Facebook’s 400 million user base. I have also created a Twitter list of Internet law and privacy experts.

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Twitter Rules vs. Community Values

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I recently posted my Brief List of 53 Twitter Rules , guidelines for how I choose to use Twitter. I got a great response, and one person commented they liked Twitter “because there weren’t rules.&# In addition to the TOS, there are also The Twitter Rules. If you use Twitter as a kind of AIM/MySpace 2.0,

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Facebook About to Drop a Bomb on Foursquare?

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So will all of these players run from the fray when Facebook throws down its 400 million-user glove? Witness Google, with Google Buzz, which has generated some interest but doesn’t really seem poised to destroy Twitter. facebook privacy Foursquare Gowalla Location Based Services check in. The Yelp iPhone app alone had around 1.25

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Craigslist Isn’t Facebook - And That’s Good

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Considered within the narrow definition of high growth social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, it's easy to see why some wonder why Craigslist hasn't joined the social revolution, and why the site hasn't undergone significant changes to its features and user interface to remain "competitive." But to look at.

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My Brief List of 54 Twitter Rules (Did I Miss Any?)

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I also have a lot of rules for how I use Twitter, so I thought I would share them. I was very deliberate when I wrote “rules for how I use Twitter.” I wouldn’t presume to tell you how to use Twitter. Block people who tweet your Twitter name in connection with marketing and follower scams. Be relevant 90% of the time.

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Debunking Five Social Media Myths

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It’s been replaced by Facebook, Twitter and online collaboration. Though the available data conflicts, there is nothing to indicate that MySpace users are predominantly younger than users of other social networks, and if anything, Twitter is now more popular than MySpace with younger age groups. Well, not exactly.