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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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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