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"In the late 1980s, Internet users adopted the word “troll” to denote someone who intentionally disrupts online communities. Early trolling was relatively innocuous, taking place inside of small, single-topic Usenet groups.....As our emotional investment in the Internet has grown, the stakes for trolling — for provoking strangers online — have risen. Trolling has evolved from ironic solo skit to vicious group hunt." - Maki from Bookmarklet

http://seesmic.com/video... - Noah David Simon

Walter stepped up - Ed Shahzade /NextInstinct

Well, I think you'd need to piece it together - doing a bit of googling, this is the closest I found: http://members.shaw.ca/tfrisen... They don't really deal with the issue of humans, but if you know that humans need .84 kg of oxygen per day (http://members.shaw.ca/tfrisen...) and the amount of oxygen is 1.2 x 10^18 kg (from the... more... - Michelle Murrain

Of course, in practical terms, if all the plants were destroyed oxygen might be the least of our worries... - Marnie Webb

Enter PitchEngine- Social Media Release Builder http://mediapitch.ning.com - Jason Kintzler

YES! - Susan Beebe

I still won't like driving regardless. - Tamar Weinberg

Isn't that how the space shuttle's fuel works? O2 mixing with H2, forming water as the ship rises? We could all drive green friendly rocket cars! - Avi Kaplan

This would have been even more impressive if it was a 747-sided diamond, which is what I first read. - Louis Gray

Only for the verbally prolific Louis Gray would an imaginary typo take precedence over the visually amazing photos. (-: - John Lam

Interesting reinterpretations of some famous works of art. - Thomas Hawk from Bookmarklet

Lol @Andrew - Nicholas Kreidberg

"Business bureaucracy has brainwashed many people into thinking “nothing can change so hide the truth”, don’t put things out in the open because it is dangerous to admit shortcomings publicly. The social web is dangerous to the bureaucracy of business because it enables customers and employees to “openly discuss and share the very issues that ingrained bureaucracy has caused.”" - Jay Deragon from Bookmarklet

love this quote "In short, bureaucracy gums up the works. It’s a competitiveness killer.” - Avi Kaplan

love thomas hawk's thoughts on flickr - Beth Kanter

Count me in on this one. (Of course, I also refuse to refer to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, or to LA/Ontario International Airport, under their new names.) - Ontario Emperor

I still type summize.com in the addy box - Sally Church

This is a nice addition to the discussion favoring first adopting the right approach and attitude to social media, and then getting the tools that fit your strategy best as opposed to the other way around. - Avi Kaplan

How-to advice and case studies for using Facebook. - Eric Johnson from Bookmarklet

This would have been very useful in 2007. - Andy Roberts

for some more nitty gritty tips on page building on facebook check out http://www.diosacommunications.com/faceboo... - Avi Kaplan

Most of us know this information, but too many nonprofits and foundations still don't. - Rachel Lea Fox from Bookmarklet

@Rachel -- interesting reason for not having comments on the site. Makes me wonder if there is a way to get both via design -- sort of how newspapers separate out the comments so that they don't feel a part of the article in the same way that blog post comments do... - Marnie Webb

Just realized that I did not share this with the Social Media room. - Rob Diana

thanks for sharing, really interesting, i've added some new feeds to my reader :) - Alex Barredo