Tag: Facebook
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Pretending to be Someone Else
It’s not that hard to pretend to be someone else. We’ve all done it. You know you’ve tried to do a Michael Jordan move and stuck your tongue out and everything. Okay, so maybe not Jordan, but someone else. Theoretically, it’s a normal thing. Identity experiments typically happen during adolescents. …
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Social Networks
When we think of a social network – we tend to think about Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. But social networks have existed for centuries. Your family is a social network. Your church is a social network. Your classmates are a part of your social network. The social networks online and…
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Mark Zuckerberg and Identity
Zuckerberg is the CEO of Facebook. There’s a movie that will be coming out about him and Facebook. Many have talked about him. You have heard them make fun of how young he is or how he sweats profusely when he does interviews. It’s ironic to me that he’s running…
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Your Inner Narcissism
Studies have shown that Generation Y uses social media for self-promotion, narcissism, and attention seeking. Here’s the article. It’s not just the Gen Y crowd. It’s every generation. It’s everybody on social media. Yes, we do use it to reconnect and get information. But social media really taps into our…
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Blogging and New Friends
I have met so many people just by blogging. I can’t tell you how many great people that I have met and interacted with – on my blog, in the comments, on Facebook, on their blogs, on Twitter. It’s been fun to meet people from all over the world –…
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Facebook “Like”
Just because I don’t “like” you doesn’t mean that I don’t like you. What I’m talking about is the “like” option on Facebook. I have pretty much turned down all the pages, bands, and whatever that has been sent my way that asks me to “like” your stuff. In many…
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Google Me
Not Google Lem Usita, but “Google Me.” This is Google’s next social network. They’ve tried a few, but this is going to be the Facebook-killer. It could happen. Honestly, they know more about you than you might even know yourself. Orkut didn’t quite work. They are saying that it’s going…
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What Do You Think About When You Think About a Million?
My Facebook status this morning was – Lem Usita is a million a big number to you? 4hours ago · Comment · Like The responses were interesting. At the end of the day, the answer depends on what you’re thinking about – and how much of that thing you have. …
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Facebook = Identity Matrix
One of the great things about Facebook is that you can’t really hide your real world identity on Facebook. At first, you could only get a profile if you had an havard.edu email address. It was something that people wanted because if it was good enough for Harvard, it was…
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Facebook the Verb
That’s what one of my friends said to me today. I haven’t seen him in a year, and I happened to see him at lunch. It was a pleasant surprise, and after we caught up for a bit, he said “Facebook me.” It is now possible to “Facebook” one…
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Psychology of Like
Psychology n., pl., -gies. The science that deals with mental processes and behavior. The emotional and behavioral characteristics of an individual, group, or activity: the psychology of war. Subtle tactical action or argument used to manipulate or influence another: He used poor psychology on his employer when trying to make…
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