We rely too much on networks driven by bait. “Bowling Alone” can be viewed as the forerunner to being lonely in digital apparatuses, fishing alone in search of fish, entertaining oneself for no apparent reason. If we better understand human networks that have a deeper connection with our nature, we can increase productivity and weed out manipulation and distraction.
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Tumblr and Automattic join blog forces
Automattic acquired 450 million blogs for a super nice price. Tumblr couldn’t have asked for a better partner that talks and walks the open web. Harnessing the open source prowess of WordPress with the community and mobile savviness of Tumblr could well be the future of blogs.
Will the real influencers please stand up
The credit that influencers once got for their authenticity is running out. In a report for Forrester, marketing analysts say they expect that, as with other forms of advertising, people will eventually ascribe no more trust to influencers’ branded content than to brands themselves. When authenticity becomes a commodity, how authentic can it be?
Fearless dentists
It’s nice to see dentists inspire with signs even if it’s detached from the art of dentistry. Albeit, we have a long way ahead of us before earth is covered with fearless humans in the pursuit of what they really, really want coupled with rich non materialistic desires, you first spiritual connectedness and post rat race slavery.
Tweetbusting Led By Donkeys
Who says you can’t tweet for real? Thanks to four dads with a ladder, tweets from politicians are plastered onto billboards across the UK, to expose the hypocrisy they voiced about the Brexit, because the internet never forgets.