My name is danah boyd and I'm a researcher at Microsoft Research New England and a Fellow at the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society. I received my PhD from the School of Information at UC-Berkeley. I live in Boston, MA. 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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FRinBL 8

William Blaze [27 July 203] – personal ponderings on social networks

Hipsters Are Annoying [7 August 2003] – fictional stories about Friendster

Gawker [11 August 2003] – Jayson Blair’s Friendster page

Meg [4 August 2003] – her friend’s explanation for why he quit Friendster.

Gawker [28 July 2003] – comments on a NYT article about Williamsburg chic that says “He listens to Electroclash music, has 40-plus pals on Friendster and creates art with discarded household paint under the moniker Scooter.”

Lorem Ipsum [28 July 2003] – joining because of high synchronicity, Lorem reflects on the articulated network aspects of Friendster.

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