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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group hug

My roommate just posted about group hug, a fantastic site full of confessions. An example:


I worked for two years at a Walgreens, I would chase down shoplifters and make sure they realized shoplifting was bad.

I stole my lunch from the candy and frozen foods section every day. probably $12 worth.

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