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10 Jul 09

The findings of this study have confirmed in some cases what we already knew about the different demographics of these networks. However, they're still helpful since the more sources that confirm the same demographics, the more likely they are to be accurate.
- I wish I could teach my students (and some teachers) to understand this new principle of information: a scientific study is no longer trustworthy by itself. It must be confirmed by several sources to gain trust. A stand-alone study is just something to consider, but not something to hang your hat on.
  
  But that is exactly what makes navigating our world's information landscape so difficult. It takes real work to find any information that we can believe. - on 2009-07-10
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09 Jul 09

Social networkers are not as interested in friending strangers or creating "fake" friends to boost their ego. Out of the group, 45% connect only to family and friends and another 18% will connect only to people they've met in person.
- This is what I tell people who are so cynical about social networking. They think that college students and teens are just on these sites looking for new friends, or friending anyone they make contact with. But nobody I know has ever done that. It's much simpler than that. It's a network -- my friend told me about it, I told my friend, and she told her friend. - on 2009-07-09
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Also interesting is that only 15% of social networkers say they log on at work, thus debunking another myth about how prevalent social network use is at the workplace.
- I wonder if this included cell phone activity? SMS is now my "drug" of choice for Twitter updates and Facebook conversations. - on 2009-07-09
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But consider the summer contractor fired from his job with the District of Columbia after he tweeted derogatory remarks about a local neighbourhood and talked about loafing on the job. Set aside the confession of misconduct, and you still have the issue of a worker publicly slagging the people he's supposed to be serving.
- Here's the deal: When we choose to make comments public, we have to understand the new implications. What we put into the public arena has always been an issue, but now that people can easily track you, we have a new level of importance put on everything we say. Are we teaching kids this in schools? - on 2009-07-09
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- 1984 comes to mind when I read this. We are going to have to figure out a line, but the reality is this: your attitude really does matter. If you hate your job and talk about hating your job to everyone, then why would you be surprised to find out that your boss doesn't want you around? - on 2009-07-09
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