“Sharing and recommendation shouldn’t be passive. It should be conscious, thoughtful, and amusing—we are tickled by a story, picture, or video and we choose to share it, and if a startling number of Internet users also find that thing amusing, we, together, consciously create a tidal wave of meme that elevates that piece of media to viral status. We choose these gems from the noise.”

How Facebook is ruining sharing | Molly Rants - CNET 
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    Molly’s piece is totally right; Facebook is removing the humanity and personality of sharing web links and news...
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I lead business development at Union Metrics for our flagship product TweetReach. Born and raised in Atlanta, I completed my Master's in Digital Media at Georgia Tech and moved to San Francisco in April 2010 to consult on new media strategy for top companies and consumer brands.

I am passionate about technology and new media and voraciously consume all the best blogs and books on both.

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