Loker, 22, works in the media industry, but studied anthropology. He's interested in how persons use technology and why.

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1. People were sympathizing with a Python script.

   Man Builds Twitter Bot That Humans Actually Like | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

   Bizarre. What would you do if you found out that someone you interacted with on Twitter wasn’t real? 

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2. Facebook Complicates Family Estrangements - NYTimes.com

   Glad to see attention like this in NYT.

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   (via Is Social Media Making Us Antisocial? [INFOGRAPHIC] - AllTwitter)

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4. Our relationship with mainstream Facebook? It’s complicated.

   The End of Facebook: What Will It Take to Kill the King of Social?

   Good subject to write about— glad someone is doing it. Hope to share my take in the next week or so.

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5. While the application is a tongue-in-cheek marketing gimmick, the developers behind the software, ad agency JWT, say it also highlights a serious problem among younger users, especially in Asia: growing stress about time spent maintaining a presence on social networks.

   Social media stress? There’s an app for that | Reuters

   You know there’s a problem when…

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