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Social Media: The Followup

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The other day I wrote a post about my discomfort with the combination of the pervasiveness of social media and the lack of nuance and subtlety provided by text -based communication. I put it that our willingness to be part of a, and share with a, community can overrule our desire to retain control over our personal information and that text can be an inflexible foe when trying to communicate with a deft touch. Bring these two together and you can have  miscommunication with horrifying outcomes. Read the rest of this entry »

About DownSideUp Design

I'm Drew Smith and I'm a freelance design strategist and journalist for the automotive industry. DownsideUpDesign is a place for me to collect stuff that I like, often love and sometimes hate for safe keeping. Get in touch at downsideupdesigner (at) me (dot) com or tweet me (@drewpasmith) to rant, contribute or collaborate!

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  • @RedSpec Cheers mate. Much more than I actually need. The garbage service is gonna love me 4 hours ago
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  • Must stop looking for flatshares before I get to london. Pointless exercise if ever there was one. 4 hours ago
  • I just fell in manlove with @daveygjohnson . And he'll be cool with that, I'm sure. 5 hours ago
  • @DR1665 Seriously, it was soooo much fun. 145bhp (rebuilt), 1250Kg and compliant suspension made it a cross-country queen. 7 hours ago

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