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noise

Social Media is Mostly Noise

by Ben Saren on Jul Wed, 2008 in New Media and Web 2.0, Pop Culture, Social Networking

I’m a fan of social media, I am, but it’s noise. Like too much time in the subway, or at the airport, it’s just loud and mostly unpleasant noise. Yet somehow many of us us can’t help but get lured into some of it, like a drunk at a bar fight (I know, odd parallel [...]

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Facebook Social Ads Won’t Take My Money

by Ben Saren on Feb Tue, 2008 in CitySquares, Social Networking

CitySquares has a couple ad campaigns running on Facebook as well as a “Page”. I’ve seen very little results, but that’s not too surprising and I’m not too disappointed about it. We may throw some gas on that fire this spring but we’re not losing sleep over it. Since they announced their ad campaign feature [...]

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I’m Leaving MySpace

I’m Leaving MySpace

by Ben Saren on Jun Fri, 2007 in Pop Culture, Social Networking

After about two years or so in MySpace, I’ve decided to quit.
When I first started using MySpace I was totally reluctant. At that time my coworkers were using it heavily, and a couple of my friends and family were also active in it, but I joined, reluctantly, to be a part of the party. I [...]

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