Archive for the 'Meanderings' Category

Do We Use Social Media or Does It Use Us?

August 4th, 2008 by socialmediaphilosophy

Fresh off the electrons is this fascinating piece: “Social Media is using us” by benedikt koehler, who points out how we feed and sustain the flow of data, and that sometimes it seems…

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Are We Losing Ourselves In Cyberspace?

August 4th, 2008 by socialmediaphilosophy

A somewhat disconcerting thought crossed my mind the other day. I was wishing that I could access the Internet through my mind. Why be tied down to electronics when you could just surf the net in…

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A Price to Raising Our Children In Cyberspace?

August 4th, 2008 by socialmediaphilosophy

Saw this posted a bit ago on FriendFeed from our friends over at ReadWriteWeb and it raised some thoughts about how we are incorporating social media into our educational system.
Since I was a kid,…

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ProBlogger Banned by StumbleUpon: Whose Content? Our Content!

August 4th, 2008 by socialmediaphilosophy

Just saw this from Darren over at ProBlogger. Seems StumbleUpon didn’t like the recent surge from the love-in. Now, StumbleUpon has the right to control who uses their service. However, social…

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ProBlogger Returned to StumbleUpon in Record Time!

August 4th, 2008 by socialmediaphilosophy

Just saw this tweet from Darren. That was fast.

But Igor the Troll thinks it might have been a scam.

Either way, that was an amazingly short period of time for a reaction. Thanks to everyone who…

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“i am neurotic.”: Social Therapy and Virtual Healing

August 4th, 2008 by socialmediaphilosophy

i am neurotic questions the normal divide between the personal and the private realms of life in an interesting way. Here people post their compulsions, fears, and neuroses for the whole world to…

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Hello virtual world!

July 31st, 2008 by socialmediaphilosophy

We are under construction. Please bear with us.

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What is Social Media Philosophy?

July 31st, 2008 by socialmediaphilosophy

Social media is a major change in the collective consciousness of humanity. The speed of communication, universality of common knowledge, and distributed nature of the internet allows for a new kind…

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The Return of the Village

July 31st, 2008 by socialmediaphilosophy

Once, everyone lived in a village. Once, everyone knew what everyone else was doing. Secrets were hard to hold. The offset of that was the sense of community. To share the events of life, big and…

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Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young…

July 31st, 2008 by timelady

…nor weary of it when old.

I have started regularly writing for a new blog, Social Media Philosophy. I will link to the rss feed, so you can see all updated posts from the many talented people involved.

My first post is Return of The Village.