I thought I would post this because we found out in class that a majority of us to not have a LinkedIn. Well, I decided to get one because I am graduating, and I'm hoping that it will help me with my job search. I found that I really don't know a lot of people on LinkedIn. Because of this, I have a hard time understanding what acceptable LinkedIn activity is like and how to connect to people that I don't know. I want my LinkedIn to be more than just the profile that I created. This is where I think this article comes in handy.

How do you handle awkward social situations? This article answers the question of "do I say hi to someone who I am distant Facebook friends with, even though we haven't communicated in years"? Also, "what gift is appropriate to give for an online wedding?" What do you think of these solutions?

An article about how social networking sites sucker you in to staying with them and how to break away from them. It might be harder than you think.

A wiki for looking up information about the Chippewa Valley area. Courtesy of the Chippewa Valley Museum. I thought this might be a nice resource to have if you are doing research on anything local.

On Yammer, I posted a new article that addressed what happened on Twitter during this case. This article goes more into how Middle schools, High schools, and parents in Torrington, Connecticut, make efforts to communicate with students about rape after the students tweeted their support of two fellow classmates accused of statutory rape.

An article addressing the ways protesting was done in the past (sit-ins, press involvement, etc) and how it has changed with social media (Twitter, ect). Essentially, Malcolm Gladwell argues that activism through social media does not have the strength that social change requires because the strategies are built around people who are weakly tied to others through social networks

Okay, this article is from October 2011, however, I still think it brings up important questions about freedom of speech/expression on social networking sites.

By applying machine learning and natural language understanding techniques the health of Twitter users and people in their area can be determined with high accuracy by plotting geo-tagged tweets on a map. I posted this article because it makes me wonder how else we can use social networking site's public data to predict information beneficial of everyone--not just site users.

The National Labor Relations Board says workers have a right to discuss work conditions freely, whether the discussion takes place at the office or on social networking sites. They have ordered the rehiring of employees fired for their posts on social media.

George W Bush's e-mail account gets hacked. The importance of keeping your e-mail and networks safe.

This article brings up many topics about our current social media use like whether or not it brings people together or keeps them apart. The article discusses how people used to be and are now (people are living more solitary lives, gathering less, meeting less people, and feeling like they have no one to talk to). It also includes many statistics and examples to analyse the effects of Facebook on today's society.