http://dir.salon.com/topics/social_networking/?source=rss&aim=social_networking en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 02 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT By Megan Hustad Fri, 02 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/02/megan_hustad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/02/megan_hustad/index.html?source=rss Online profiles and painfully constructed "faves lists" have turned us into a bunch of unwitting snobs. Enough already. Andrew Leonard Fri, 02 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/19/brazilian_orkut_virus/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/12/19/brazilian_orkut_virus/index.html?source=rss Like zombies in search of fresh brains, social networks will rise from the grave when you least expect them. Especially if Brazilian hackers are involved Andrew Leonard Fri, 02 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/09/penn_masala_facebook_stalker/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/10/09/penn_masala_facebook_stalker/index.html?source=rss Penn Masala pledge undying social networking devotion in "The Facebook Skit." By Jamie Pietras Fri, 02 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/07/31/deathspace/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2007/07/31/deathspace/index.html?source=rss Morbid curiosity and ridicule have replaced respect for the deceased at MyDeathSpace, where your life is an open book -- even when you're 6 feet under. Andrew Leonard Fri, 02 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/11/orkut_india/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/10/11/orkut_india/index.html?source=rss Orkut, India and Pakistan: Don't be a hater Andrew Leonard Fri, 02 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/09/27/caste_networking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/09/27/caste_networking/index.html?source=rss Caste, social networking and Orkut. What a wonderful world Andrew Leonard Fri, 02 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/08/31/wegman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/08/31/wegman/index.html?source=rss Fun with paleoclimatologist cliques and hockey sticks By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 02 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/02/08/tagging/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2005/02/08/tagging/index.html?source=rss Tagging, the Web's newest game, lets you see what other people are reading and thinking. Welcome to the key-worded universe. By Andrew Leonard, Farhad Manjoo and Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 02 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/12/27/year_in_technology_2004/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/12/27/year_in_technology_2004/index.html?source=rss Google, Firefox and digital cameras gave us reason to cheer in 2004. Then again, outsourcing, global warming and the politics of stem cells proved there is a dark side. By Paul Lamb Fri, 02 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/07/20/social_networking_justice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/07/20/social_networking_justice/index.html?source=rss Can online networking offer a leg up to the disadvantaged? The founder of Street Tech aims to find out. By Andrew Leonard Fri, 02 May 2008 03:05:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/06/15/social_software_one/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2004/06/15/social_software_one/index.html?source=rss The new social software turbo-charges friendships, sexual hookups and the business of human relationship -- and could turn our lives into an open book. Part 1 of a two-part series.