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Are Online Friends “Real Friends”?

June 25, 2009

I understand the desire to differentiate between those relationships in daily life and those that exist online. I understand that there are different dimensions and dynamics to both. What I struggle with though is the implication that friendships formed online are in some way inferior, trivial or ‘unreal.’

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Advertisers: Users Engaged ‘For The Sake Of It’

March 26, 2009

Once upon a time on a video sharing website called YouTube, a woman relayed a tale about a man she met briefly in a Sydney cafe. Apparently he had a bit of a ‘silver slipper’ moment (with apologies to Cinderella) and left his jacket behind.

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