My name is danah boyd and I'm a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research, a Research Assistant Professor in Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University, a Visting Researcher at Harvard Law School, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales. I received my PhD from the School of Information at UC-Berkeley. I spend 1/3 of my time in Cambridge, MA, 1/3 in New York, NY, and 1/3 in the air. Buzzwords in my world include: public/private, identity, context, youth culture, social network sites, social media. I use this blog to express random thoughts about whatever I'm thinking.

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FOTD1: friendster of the day

Today i wandered into a bookstore between meetings. (Of course, “spare time” and the cute cats are my justification for my small book addiction, but still…) So, at the front desk, the woman working the store is surfing Friendster. Customers keep coming in and noticing what she is doing and getting into conversations with her about Friendster – storytelling style. Not surprisingly, they all talk about how they find old friends there and about how addictive it is. Each new customer asks her to look them up to see how they’re connected. One guy suggests she Friendsters them.

A new form of Friendster dating: public performance of Friendster using for potential dating ice-breaking. Meet someone in RL; see if you’re connected; then ask for a date.

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