Tag Archives: social community
A Virtual Experience Can Be Just As Powerful
While watching my beloved Texas A&M Aggies lose a close football game to Alabama last Saturday, I was struck at how big my community has become. In the past, I would call one of my close friends at game time…and we would watch the entire game “together” – just as we did while we were […]
A Facebook That’s Changing Science
“You’ve got to see this” goes the ubiquitous Facebook post. The link jumps to a YouTube video of a dog saying “I love you” or a friend inhaling his sixth consecutive hot dog in an informal competition at the bar. But what if there were a social network designed to solve some of the deepest […]
Ambushed by the Digital Mob
A waitress at a St. Louis area Applebee’s restaurant was fired after violating company policy by posting a customer’s receipt with a signature on news-sharing site Reddit. The woman posted the receipt online because the customer, a local pastor, penned: “I give God 10% why do you get 18?” News reports say the waitress, who did not […]