Why Instagram Works — Rainypixels
It’s all about the signalling.
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Twitter, Facebook, and social activism : The New Yorker
A well-argued piece by Malcolm Gladwell on the relative pros and cons of weak-tie networks and strong-tie hierarchies ...although, as always, Gladwell relies on anecdotes more than data to make his point.
Social Networks Aren't Good Businesses - washingtonpost.com
An interesting take on the business models of social networking sites.
4 Technologies for Portability in Social Networks: A Primer - ReadWriteWeb
A nice summary of the technologies presented at my SXSW panel.
Google Code Blog: URLs are People, Too
This is great news! Brad Fitzpatrick and Kevin Marks have built a new Google API that will spider XFN links.
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