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Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As Digg becomes more of a social network and less of a social news network (or a hybrid that incorporates both elements), it has a lot of obstacles it needs to face. Besides major usability issues , duplicate stories submissions , and ads that literally scream at you , Digg has yet another issue to deal with: privacy.

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Social Class Distinction Between MySpace and Facebook » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Professionalism and Privacy. Privacy is a huge concern for those individuals who want to keep their lives out of search engines and out of the reach of prospective employers who might find incriminating information. Couple that with the spam and the lack of privacy, MySpace leaves much to be desired. Answers Yahoo!

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13 Reasons Why I Am an Obsessive Compulsive Facebook User Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

According to Baloun, Mark Zuckerberg is passionate about his product and wants to play a key role in cultivating that community without losing the control. The Apple Students Group is a great way for Apple to market its own products, and over the summer, it offered free songs through iTunes. Facebook is still expanding. Answers Yahoo!

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How Spying On Your Friends Causes Reevaluation of Endorsed Content

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Reply Our Monmouth May 1, 2008 at 8:49 am Internet privacy concerns always make me think twice before I click. Frankly, opt in social media does not bother me more than the data government and corporate America is silently collecting. Can also be extremely productive if used properly … and FUN! Can be devastating.

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The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In case it isn’t obvious, Facebook wall posts are completely public to all your friends (unless you tweak your privacy settings). Social News (Digg, Sphinn, Mixx, Reddit, Tip’d, and a whole load of related sites) Submitting only your own articles and posts to social media sites. Excess converts to spam.

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SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Lacy : When you compare Web 1.0 and Web 2.0, I think that fewer companies are as successful in the Web 2.0 There was a lot more uproar over the news feed from more users than there was with Beacon and it was primarily a concern about privacy. Lacy : Everyone wants to write about Web 2.0

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23 Reactions to the New Digg, and It's Not Good » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As Tamar pointed out, it’s a social news site, not a network and I could care less about how often profiles are updated. Folks that spent considerable time on Digg prior to the update, by and large, were looking for a social news site. It’s a social site with news secondary. Is there any?

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