user manual
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How Not To Piss People Off In A Group Text Message
It’s a shame you can’t unsubscribe from group texts. This week I was one of the recipients of a never-ending text bacchanal with a bunch of people I didn’t know. But it wasn’t fun or consensual. It was just a good reminder that we need to talk about text etiquette.
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The Case For Lurking On Twitter
When Twitter announced its slow user growth last week, the company’s stock went into a tailspin. But as Herb Greenberg writes over at LinkedIn, what may be hurting the service most of all might be the common — and incorrect — assumption that to enjoy Twitter, one must tweet. Quite the contrary! Twitter’s at its…
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Should Smilies Have Noses: The Great Emoticon Debate
Recently, the dating website Zoosk conducted a study of 4000 singles to see which online dating habits were the most conducive to finding yourself your very own sex friend. One of the most peculiar bits of info gleaned from the study, though, is that fact that profiles that used the emoticon “:-)” racked up a…
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362 Holiday Party Conversation Topics That Beat Staring At Your Phone
It’s that special time of year where we have holiday parties to attend. Before you collapse into a drunken pile of hair and shoes and whisky smell after singing Boyz II Men with coworkers until the wee hours of the morning, you have to actually make conversation. Chat up the boss’s wife! Thank the CEO…