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In a story from the Onion news network, an archaeologist discovers traces of an ancient network of people known as Friendster. Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of ‘Friendster’ Civilization Not so much ‘fake’ news on this occasion. More like news that hasn’t happened yet. I can see this being broadcast 100 years from now. danah boyd has published a new paper at First Monday, an online academic journal. In it, she examines the concept of Friendship on social networks, as opposed to friendship in the offline world. Briefly, Friends (capital ‘F’) are about ‘identity performance’ — they reflect who you are online and offline — and may arrive Hopefully, the news report in Red Herring that Friendster has acquired a patent on social networking won’t mean that the article I’ve been writing on the subject won’t be out-of-date by the time it comes out. The patent, applied for in 2003 and awarded June 27th, applies to a “system, method, and apparatus for |             | |||
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