Wow, I don't think I've found myself is such load disagreement with James. I think the FB study was research. I think that the OKCupid case is much less clear.
Cool article on Joi. He also published an "unabridged" version on his blog.
"The first thing I didn’t write about quitting Facebook was a status update to my friends saying, I’m quitting Facebook."
Alaine de Botton almost writes a film review.
Malcolm Gladwell on social movements and new technology. He talks about McAdams, Granovetter, and a bunch of other sociology hits. I'm not a huge Gladwell fan usually but, in this case, I think the article is pretty keen.