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Twitter is the Voice of the Collective Soul of Humanity

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

A very strange thought came to me this evening. I often think about how famous artists from the sixties used to talk of the collective soul of humanity. How we are “one unified consciousness, a cosmic hive mind living out one life with the illusion of separate bodies.” I’ve always liked that mindset, seeing as how that mode […]

Epic Tweets: Dino Dogan and the Irresistible Allure of Confusion

Friday, February 10, 2012

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Another powerful tool in the arsenal of the epic tweeter is the power of ambiguity. Be just vague enough, and your tweet will be irresistible to the mouse clicks of your followers. The great Sun Tzu wrote that one should “feign confusion in order to lure the enemy on”. We’re guessing that the father of modern military tactics would have been […]

Epic Tweets: The Zen Of TweetSmarter

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

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Sometimes you see a Tweet that is so awesome that it demands something more than a mere retweet. It’s a tweet that speaks to you on a soulful level, perfect form encapsulating a bold and innovative statement. A tweet so amazing, that it makes you want to analyze it and share its grandeur with others. I’ve seen […]

Facebook’s Frictionless Sharing Is Bad For You

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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The term “slippery slope” gets thrown around a lot these days, but I feel that I’ve finally found a situation where it can be justly used. Facebook’s increasingly automatic sharing of users content is a troubling development for social media, and for more than the fact that you can now see just how many times your significant […]

Spambots Are Getting Meaner Everyday.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

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I know I will probably come off as an old timer when I say this, but spambots used to be better back in the day. It used to be that you would get spammed by Nigerian princes in need of a loan, or by multi-colored eggs offering instant solutions for losing weight, but these days […]