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Can Twitter survive the hype cycle?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8015777.stm

2009-04-27

Twitter hype social network

MySpace to cut staff by a third

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8104295.stm

2009-06-16

social network hype fad

What happened to Second Life?

Not long ago Second Life was everywhere, with businesses opening branches and bands playing gigs in this virtual world. Today you'd be forgiven for asking if it's still going. Once upon a time Second Life had a Twitter level of hype.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8367957.stm

2009-11-20

hype Twitter Second Life virtual reality toread

Apple Creation: Controlled leaks and hype

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/maggieshiels/2010/01/apple_leaks.html

2010-01-19

Apple hype marketing deception

Outsmarting the Facebook Lobster Trap: Three Worries, One Guideline, Seven Principles

Enclosure is a process whereby a resource held in common is taken into private control. The acts of enclosure of the industrial age were about land, they were brutal and conspicuous, and they were implemented, to a large degree, by force. The acts of enclosure of the information age are about social assets, they are subtle and invisible, and they are being implemented, to a large degree, by peer pressure. Although the larger dynamic of...

http://news.gilbert.org/OutsmartingFacebook

2009-06-30

Facebook enclosure hype social network activism non-governmental organizations trap marketing