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I know I talked a little in class about how facebook has had an affect on dating and people's perceptions of flirtation, so I thought I'd share this short article that discusses some of the potentially negative affects of dating through facebook. I'm not propagating that idea (my finance and I just looked through our very first facebook messages yesterday and it was heart warming) but it's interesting to see how others view the potential friendships and heartbreaks of this particular digital social sphere.

This article goes along with Lovink's idea in "MyBrain.net" that we "constantly login, create profiles in order to present our 'selves' on the global market place of employment, friendship and love. . . Trust is the oil of global capitalism and the security state, required by both sides in any transaction or exchange" (4-5). It looks like identity fraud is what happens when we trust too easily on social media sites.

Careful who you de-friend! I was interested in any news around the changing of language based on our use of technology - things like using "Google" or "Wiki" as verbs, for example - and thought of "friending." When I Googled this and looked at News, there were several stories to this effect!