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Marketplace Tech Report for Monday, June 18, 2012
Jun 18, 2012

Marketplace Tech Report for Monday, June 18, 2012

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Breaking up is hard to do. And in this world of Facebook and Twitter, separating can be even harder. Even if you don't want to be on Facebook or on Twitter or on Instagram, or any of these things, now anyone who is using social media might see the daughter or son who doesn't talk to you, or the sibling you no longer talk to -- see what they post online. But there can be value in the social media/social life too. Plus, the empty, forgotten, digital spaces in virtual reality site Second Life.

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Breaking up is hard to do

Jun 18, 2012
The ways social media makes separation trickier.

Breaking up is hard to do. And in this world of Facebook and Twitter, separating can be even harder. Even if you don’t want to be on Facebook or on Twitter or on Instagram, or any of these things, now anyone who is using social media might see the daughter or son who doesn’t talk to you, or the sibling you no longer talk to — see what they post online. But there can be value in the social media/social life too. Plus, the empty, forgotten, digital spaces in virtual reality site Second Life.

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