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Being human on the Internet

J. David Velleman (NYU): Virtual Selves. Johanna T. Sprondel (Humboldt), Thiemo Breyer (Heidelberg), and Maren Wehrle (Freiburg): Cyberanthropology: Being Human on the Internet. Antonio A. Casilli (Telecom ParisTech): Bums, Bridges, and Primates: Some Elements for a Sociology of Online Interactions. From First Monday, Lee Knuttila (York): User Unknown: 4chan, Anonymity and Contingency; and Robert W. Gehl (Utah): Ladders, Samurai, and Blue Collars: Personal Branding in Web 2.0. A review of Worm: The First Digital World War by Mark Bowden. How to build the great online library: The minds behind the Digital Public Library of America are thinking very big — can they succeed where others have failed? Clive Thompson on why kids can’t search. Cutting the cord: A look at how the world's engineers built Wi-Fi. Felix Salmon on the future of online advertising. Colleges across have started snapping up .xxx domains, but not for the reasons RedTubers would hope. Does Baidu's Robin Li have the hardest job in the world? From Cracked, Daniel O'Brien on the 4 worst things about writing for the Internet; a look at 6 innocent-sounding topics that are guaranteed flame wars; and here are the 5 most overused jokes on the Internet. Internet Memes 101: Here's a guide to online wackiness, the Internet memes you should know. Here is the epic A to Z guide of expressions that should be retired from the Internet (and IRL).