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The (New) New MySpace

The new Myspace from Myspace on Vimeo.

Designs are nice. Looks like they’re aiming at their sweetspot, music. I wonder if this comeback will go any better than the last.

Facebook Warns Brands that Scale in Social Won’t Come For Free

“These new ads are the first indication that being publicly traded will reset the balance between users and marketers in a marketer’s favor,” said Chris Wexler, director-strategy at Campbell Mithun. “Don’t expect MySpace 2.0 anytime soon. But you will see marketing messages continue to invade what has been a largely ad-free place.”

Gross.

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Welcome to the Storyverse™ – Story Focused Startup

I literally said, “That is *awesome*” out loud to myself when I saw this.

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This Basically Sums Up Facebook

Cultural hegemony is the philosophic and sociological theory, by the Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci, that a culturally diverse society can be dominated (ruled) by one social class, by manipulating the societal culture (beliefs, explanations, perceptions, values) so that its ruling-class worldview is imposed as the societal norm, which then is perceived as a universally valid ideology and status quo beneficial to all of society, whilst benefiting only the ruling class.

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Ariel Fashion Shoot

All I can think of is…how much money did this thing cost…? Reminds me of the Halo Reach campaign using a robotic arm, which leads me to…

I have decided that my next idea will contain a robotic arm.

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