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Ypulse Essentials: Turf War, Is Facebook The Future Of Search?, MADD’s New Album

Posted by anastasia on 02-07-2008

    WeNeedGirlfriends.tvThe un-entourage (The New York Times, reg. required, profiles the “beta males” of WeNeedGirlfriends.tv, a webisodic series that’s been viewed millions of times online)

    - MySpace launches a second season… (of Roommates) (ReelPop)

    - Disney’s virtual world domination (ArsTechnica has a lengthy piece on Disney’s virtual worlds — interesting stuff about some of the content in “Pirates” that’s considered allowable by the ESRB as part of the game, i.e. gambling, alcohol references and violence)

    - Turf War (new viral game launched by very cool UK non-profit TheSite.org)

    - Is Facebook the future of search? (not if its based on the newsfeed, which I find to be extremely limiting in terms of what is “pushed” by friends…I see the same friends all the time, no offense guys!) (TIME.com)

    - No duh research (bullying hurts kids’ mental health) (Reuters)

    - Oh Yeah! (Kool-Aid sneaks) (PSFK)

    - CosmoGIRL! hypocritical? (that’s what this post argues in reviewing its article examining what “sexy” really is) (Newsbusters)

    - MADD promotes artist (killed in a drunk driving accident: “Mothers Against Drunk Driving, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preventing automobile accidents resulting from the consumption of alcohol, is bringing out a charity music album to raise awareness about drunk driving featuring the songs of Victoria Hilton, a deceased Luck Media & Marketing recording artist.”)

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      One Response to “Ypulse Essentials: Turf War, Is Facebook The Future Of Search?, MADD’s New Album”

      1. Gareth Says:
        February 8th, 2008 at 8:35 am

        Please note that MADD are not “an organisation dedicated to preventing automobile accidents resulting from the consumption of alcohol”, they are dedicated to preventing the consumption of alcohol period.

        Their original founder Candy Lightner left the organisation stating;

        “[MADD] has become far more neo-prohibitionist than I ever wanted or envisioned”.

        Needless to say this is completely contrary to America’s principles of civil liberty and individual freedom, not to mention unworkable (based on evidence from the disaster that was the last national prohibition of alcohol in the US in the 30s).

        They are an organisation whose original goals have been achieved and are now dangerously extending their cause to justify their continued existence. Sinister stuff, and not to be trusted or supported.

        More: http://www.reason.com/news/show/122456.html

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