Most of Facebook’s interactions are local interactions, either between members of a community or people we already know in real life. The connections which span continents are estimated to be around 12% and 16% of the total. Ethan Zuckerman thinks that Facebook is being led astray by its grand vision of connecting the world together, […]

Mike Monteiro racconta la sua relazione con Twitter — un posto inizialmente dove stringere amicizie e incontrare sconosciuti, diventato poi sempre più difficile da gestire e ostile verso i propri utenti: At some point in 2006, or possibly late 2005, Noah Glass walked into our office all excited about something. That in itself isn’t news because Noah was […]

Leigh Alexander su quella funzionalità di Facebook che una volta al giorno ti ricorda cosa ti è successo uno, due, tre o più anni fa nella stessa giornata: Part of the palpable dissonance comes from the fact that many of our posts were never intended to become “memories” in the first place. An important question gets […]