Actually, not unlike the thread on the possible ideological clustering of economists, one can argue that generations X,Y,Z, AA, BB etc. of "young" economists will cluster using such technologies instead of AEA meetings. On the other hand, it makes us/them easier to surveil with an URPE site on Facebook (I am glad, however that more bumper stickers with "Marxism" on them are now available, although for the wrong reason (see Cafe Press)). They are transient technological trends due to the current profitability of certain bandwidths for short messages as in the 140 character Twitter, and their associated software and providers as in the idiocy of "american idolatry" text-message voting at $0.99 a shot. We can only hope for (more) embarassing litigation from IM / SMS abuse not unlke poorly functioning 911 systems and employees.
Ann ------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:00:23 -0700 From: Jim Devine <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Identi.ca for Twittering Leftists? To: Progressive Economics <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I've never understood the reasons for Twitter or, for that matter, Facebook & Myspace social-networking sites. What are they? Are these simply transitory fads? -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
