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Inside Facebook confirm rumors of Facebook testing a new virtual currency. Have we seen something like this before? A closed system, with lots of new people interacting with no real purpose –just sharin’ — and exchanging money for virtual goods? Well, yes we have, remember SecondLife? Of course, Facebook is way easier to [...]

“Communities in Cyberspace”
The Hong Kongs, New Yorks and Tokyos of the Internet (NYT, 30 October 2007)

The “Communities in Cyberspace” reading reinforces my view that in general the human reactions are similar no matter what technology we are looking. Yes, there are nuances with each one of the applications, but in general we’re still dealing [...]