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 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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a smile will stop a suicideFrom a suicide note: “I’m going to walk to the bridge. If one person smiles at me on the way, I will not jump.” The guy jumped. There’s something utterly intriguing about leaving one’s fate to the probability of society outperforming its stereotype. 5 comments to a smile will stop a suicide |
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Wow, I had no idea of the popularity.
Beautiful article.
ya but in a way it also seems many people leave their _happiness_ at least to the probability of society outperforming its stereotype. which is just as curious.
I hope you don’t mind if I link to your blog.
crazy…that article was touching and really makes you think
crazy…that article was touching and really makes you think