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Are Facebook and Twitter Making People More Narcissistic?
I love my Twitter and Facebook as much as the next gal, but there might be some truth to this Venn Diagram.
Perhaps our inner self-promoters and oversharers would have found another way to self-promote and overshare, but these social media platforms sure have made it easy for everyone to get up-to-the-minute updates on how we're feeling and what we're doing — whether they like it or not!
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Are Facebook and Twitter Making People More Narcissistic?
Twitter Lists: Love It or Leave It?
After a long wait, Twitter has rolled out its Lists feature to all users.
The new feature allows you to group the people you follow into categories, which means less clutter on the homepage. Plus, you can view or subscribe to other users' lists.
Get Alerted When Anyone Tweets About Twilight, Vamps, Tech
The day is drawing nearer my friends: Halloween is tomorrow and New Moon hits theaters in just three weeks! It's almost too much vampire goodness to bear, but if you just can't get enough, then check out TweetAlarm.
It alerts you anytime anyone tweets about Twilight, vampires, or whatever it is you really care about, since you can customize the alert keywords.
Do Celebs Get Preferential Twitter Treatment?
A much publicized post on Slate asserts that Twitter is intentionally removing unflattering tweets to celebrities from search results. The author claims that he posted a tweet "teasing" the president of CNN (which he also describes as "as nasty an item as I thought I could write" without sounding like a complete jerk). Later, he tried to search for this "hostile" tweet, but it was nowhere to be found within Twitter search results.
Follow PetSugar on Twitter!
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Tweet What You Eat: Food Journals in the Digital Age
If the whole world knew what you ate all day, would it motivate you to make better food choices? That's what the folks behind Tweet What You Eat (TWYE) are hoping.
TWYE is a Twitter-based online food diary that is updated in real time via the web or a text message. And unless a member has opted to keep their diary private, the 15,000 (and growing) members of TWYE get to see what you eat, all day, every day.
Yummy Links: From Sustainable Seafood to Baconfest
- Is it too late to save the world's seafood population?— The Atlantic
- Twenty-five reasons to love the spoon. — Mouthing Off
- Hosting a party in San Francisco? Consider having it at one of these restaurants.
The Week in Geek
This was a week of big announcements from some heavy hitters: Microsoft, Apple, Twitter, and Google. Verizon launched a new ad campaign specifically targeting the iPhone, and of course we caught up on all the geeky details of our favorite shows. Did you miss anything?
Daily Tech: Google Calendar Gets Hiding and Snooze Features
- Google Calendar has just implemented a handy snooze button for notifications you want to disappear momentarily — Lifehacker
- Check out an in-depth review of the Apple iMac — Gizmodo
- Carve your very own 3D pumpkin using a game called Pumpkin Chop on Xbox Live Indie Games — Kotaku
- A database marketing firm says that Facebook accounts for 25 percent of US online pageviews — The Silicon Alley Insider
- A university in Australia has introduced a mandatory Twitter course for its journalism students — Switched
- Wal-Mart is expected to roll out tech-support services by the beginning of the holidays — CrunchGear
Get Your Own Twitter Handle Necklace — SJP Style
As Rachel Zoe would say, "I die." These Twitter St@tus Symbol Necklaces sure do make the tweet necklace look so boring and blasé. Brought to you by Survival of the Hippest, these cute custom-made Twitter necklaces can be designed with your own Twitter name or a favorite hashtag from sterling silver, or 10 and 14k gold (they even offer diamond embellishments!).
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