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Facebook is predicting the end of the written word [Quartz Link Only]
Quartz ^ | June 14, 2016 | Cassie Werber

Posted on 06/15/2016 6:28:38 AM PDT by C19fan

Here

(Excerpt) Read more at none.com ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Computers/Internet; Society
KEYWORDS: facebook; language; media
Orwell and Bradbury were warnings not guidebooks.
1 posted on 06/15/2016 6:28:39 AM PDT by C19fan
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“Facebook is predicting the end of the written word”

Zuck’s aiming for that coveted leftist “Spoken Word” Grammy in February....


2 posted on 06/15/2016 6:31:07 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: C19fan

Fits a Facebook user.


3 posted on 06/15/2016 6:31:45 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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The end? no, and it’s stupid to predict it. A reduction in the amount of things printed on paper, yes, and that’s obviously true.


4 posted on 06/15/2016 6:35:56 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Islam mandates warfare against unbelievers and is absolutely incompatible with Western society.)
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Because once everything is digitized, it’s much easier to change.

Don’t like that history manual’s version of WWII? “Corrected”, with the stroke of a few keys.

We are living in a Brave New World, indeed.


5 posted on 06/15/2016 6:50:14 AM PDT by Reddy (B.O. stinks)
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Considering the brain power of the average Facebook user, I’m not surprised.


6 posted on 06/15/2016 6:57:46 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: C19fan

Judging from the level of writing among my MBA students, I can’t argue too much with that assessment...I’m amazed that some of them graduated from high school. Interestingly, if I can decipher what they’re saying, most of them actually get the concepts of business law. Makes it tough to grade a paper.


7 posted on 06/15/2016 7:13:27 AM PDT by jagusafr
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To: C19fan; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
How do they plan to notify us when it takes place?

8 posted on 06/15/2016 7:14:43 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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Farcebook certainly signals the end of thought...


9 posted on 06/15/2016 7:24:11 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: SunkenCiv

Emojis ;)


10 posted on 06/15/2016 7:35:41 AM PDT by Unassuaged (I have shocking data relevant to the conversation!)
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To: miss marmelstein

lots of freepers are on facebook you would be surprised I have some 25 or o on my list


11 posted on 06/15/2016 7:44:10 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know john 3:16)
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People have been predicting the death of the written word for a long time. It’s very popular among the people who are never held accountable for false predictions.


12 posted on 06/15/2016 7:45:52 AM PDT by discostu (Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
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I am predicting the end of Facebook. It is no more than My Space part 2.


13 posted on 06/15/2016 7:46:57 AM PDT by anton
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To: al baby

Well, FR has its own page. I’m not on it much but I have seen it. Currently I’m warring with all these Brits (I’m on dozens of English history pages) who think that guns are the problem, not jihadi murderers. So dumb. They also think Florida is very nasty for having alligators...


14 posted on 06/15/2016 7:47:58 AM PDT by miss marmelstein (Richard the Third: With my own people alone I should like to drive away the Muslims)
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To: Reddy

Actually once everything gets digitized it’s HARDER to change because more copies can be more widely distributed giving people more opportunity to call BS on the new version.


15 posted on 06/15/2016 7:48:52 AM PDT by discostu (Joan Crawford has risen from the grave)
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“... And there was a time in this country, a long time ago, when reading wasn’t just for fags and neither was writing. People wrote books and movies, movies that had stories so you cared whose ass it was and why it was farting, and I believe that time can come again!” - Not Sure (Idiocracy)


16 posted on 06/15/2016 7:48:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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too bad since I forgo any videos and would rather read the word. I will be spending more time in a real building called a library. I will not mind that.


17 posted on 06/15/2016 7:49:56 AM PDT by Pilated
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To: miss marmelstein

I saw that one about a kid being eaten up by one in Disneyworld what a way to go


18 posted on 06/15/2016 8:13:02 AM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom yes I know john 3:16)
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To: discostu

Bingo. The ‘original’...or current...must be changed along with all those backups.


19 posted on 06/15/2016 11:52:18 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (#BlackOlivesMatter)
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