Comments on: Tweeting on asps, burgers, and love

By: Jeff Ritter

Jeff Ritter — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:57:19 +0000

It’s amazing how social media has changed our interpersonal relationships. One in eight US married couples met via social media. Now we have apps that tell us how many feet away a potential mate is. I remember the anxiety of asking out girls in high school and how I had to write a note to my homecoming date my sophomore year. It had to be a lot harder back in the 60′s. Watch this clip from “The Wonder Years” and see the trouble Kevin Arnold had asking out Lisa Berllini! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEARJsLnVrM

By: Jim Willis

Jim Willis — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:26:17 +0000

Thanks for the thoughtful post, Natalie. The Web definitely has its upside as well as its negatives. In any case, it definitely has become a part of our lives.

By: Natalie Freeman

Natalie Freeman — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:02:23 +0000

I honestly used to think that meeting people online was a little unnerving. When it first became a “thing” it was still sort of frowned upon because of the safety aspect. Now, maybe five years later, I know many people who have either met their spouse online or are currently experimenting with online dating. They all say that it isn’t really as big of a deal as it used to be made out to be and that you just have to use your head. I think that it all depends on the person and the place that they are at in their lives.
I love Twitter. I have an account and I used to update it frequently, but now I mostly use it to follow different companies or celebrities. I remember when the cobra escaped from the Bronx Zoo in NY and reading those fake tweets. Another one that I saw recently was the fake We Bought a Zoo movie Twitter. It was being monitored from the point of view of Matt Damon and it was truly hilarious. I think that Twitter is a very functional and efficient tool for social media and marketing.

By: Anthony Romano

Anthony Romano — Tue, 31 May 2011 02:16:15 +0000

I know this post was not intended to focus on ethical issues but I think the Bronx Zoo’s Cobra phenomenon is a great example of how “want to know” news is becoming the choice of preference over news that consumer’s have the “right to know” or “need to know”. Yes, a cobra in the Bronx that is unaccounted for could be deemed newsworthy, but certainly not the attention it received at the national—even international level—but it became an overnight media sensation. In fact, The Bronx Zoo Cobra currently has more than twice as many Twitter followers (even though he was caught nearly two months ago) as NBC News has. The New York Times recently (May 10) ran a story about a peacock that had escaped from the Bronx Zoo, and referenced the cobra in its lead sentence. Would that story have made the paper if not for the cobra phenomenon? Could that space have been used for news that could impact consumers more—or were they simply supplying the type of news that their audience was demanding?

By: Bryan Carson

Bryan Carson — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 23:52:46 +0000

This article fascinated me, i love how twitter is becoming something that people are taking to be fun, not something people are taking so seriously and making it their lives. ive had friends who lose sleep over something someone has said over twitter and it has always kept me away because it just doesnt seem like a fun thing. but now that i read about the snake getting loose and someone making a twitter account to post hings about its life, now that is something i would read because that is funny and it is doing what i feel like twitter should do, provide entertainment for those following certain people. to be honest i dont have a facebook because i enjoy reading about other people days, i find that part of facebook to be annoying and totally unnecessary. what i do like however are the funny stories people have or the pictures that i like to look at and reminisce. those types of site should be entertaining and whoever made that snake’s twitter account hit the money.

By: Mariya Wilson

Mariya Wilson — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 03:03:15 +0000

If “half the respondents in a survey by advertising giant Euro RSCG Worldwide said they know someone who had met a partner online,” why is online dating still an awkward topic? Those who did find someone online often have the “actual” story about how they met and then they have the “real” story they tell others. What is it about dating online that is so taboo? What are the dangers of letting the Internet become such a huge medium in our personal lives?