The Singularity We Live In …

Around five hundred years ago, another nerd, Johannes Gutenberg, invented some tech, but lacked the marketing skills to go really big. That took a social media practitioner, Martin Luther, who started with a posting on a church door. That had impact similar to a really good Facebook Wall post.

However, Luther made use of a social networking platform, the Church store-and-forward network, which really got his stuff around, to considerable effect, ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Jun 30, 2011 - 12:49 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Fabrice Florin (review), Suraj Shinde (review), Mike Carlson (review)
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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Jun. 30, 2011

Good insights from Craig Newmark about finding good information on the Internet. This guest column offers some historical perspective and thoughtful observations about the need for fact-checking -- and the role that satire can play to engage people more thoughtfully in civic life.

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by Mike Carlson - Jul. 2, 2011

An insightful historical review of social media. It's accuracy is evidenced by the vitrolic comments by those exposed by Mr. Newmark's observations.

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