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Julia Allison
11/10/09

In reply to First Pic of Justin Timberlake as Facebook President

Sean Parker would never make such a provincial sartorial decision. #thesocialnetwork
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Julia Allison
11/10/09

PS. SP is also exceedingly sweet. #thesocialnetwork
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Phyllis Nefler
11/10/09

@Julia Allison: Wait so, help me understand. Who's sweeter: Andrew Ross Sorkin ("super sweet") or this dude ("exceedingly sweet")? And who makes for a better namedrop? I guess it probably depends on which coast you're on at the time, huh. #thesocialnetwork
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Double Banger
11/09/09

In reply to First Pic of Justin Timberlake as Facebook President
According the script, Sean Parker was also "the guy" who founded Napster.

Shawn Fanning, lost to history. Pour one out. #thesocialnetwork
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Matt Cherette
11/09/09

In reply to First Pic of Justin Timberlake as Facebook President
I figured that the picture on the left was a JT candid, the one on the right was Parker (which it is), and that I'd see JT-as-Parker after I clicked on the post. Are they seriously just having him grow his hair out a bit and letting that be enough to supposedly look like Parker? This should be interesting. #thesocialnetwork
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Clarence Rosario
11/09/09

In reply to First Pic of Justin Timberlake as Facebook President
Well, at least someone finally figured out a way to monetize Facebook. #thesocialnetwork
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Aatom
11/09/09

@Clarence Rosario: Twitter better start casting calls soon. #thesocialnetwork
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El_Gato
11/10/09

@Clarence Rosario: Hah! FTW! #thesocialnetwork
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El_Gato
11/09/09

In reply to First Pic of Justin Timberlake as Facebook President
Wait, are you guys sure this is a shot of him in costume? It looks like he just stepped out of his house to buy some groceries. #thesocialnetwork
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Motoko Kusanagi
11/09/09

@El_Gato: Shut up, he's ACTING! #thesocialnetwork
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El_Gato
11/10/09

@Motoko Kusanagi: Haha. Oh sorry, you're right. Perhaps this performance will rival his cinematic tour de force in The Love Guru. #thesocialnetwork
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Tawnie is saving no daylight
11/10/09

@El_Gato: This will be better than The Love Guru especially when you see what the towel and baby oil are for. #thesocialnetwork
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El_Gato
11/10/09

@Tawnie is saving no daylight: Hah!! Well said. #thesocialnetwork
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Conchie Birdie
11/02/09

In reply to From Poster Boy to Fright-Night Costume

I guess it's a little more creative than this... #thisthinglookslikethatthing
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GZAthegenius
11/02/09

@Conchie Birdie: Well dressing up like Kevin Rose is easy by comparison, all you need is a backwards hat, some headphones and a striped t-shirt. To dress up a Zuckerberg you'd have to buy a brown zip-up hoodie and smash you face against a wall for a solid hour. #thisthinglookslikethatthing
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Flippyjack
11/03/09

@Conchie Birdie: I'm a white guy with no fashion sense- apparently I look like a million-billionaire!
Fuck. This is kinda depressing, but in addition to looking kinda like an older version of them, I use facebook and read digg.
Who started Gawker? Lemme guess: white guy in a stupid T-shirt, probably younger than me.
whats up homie. #thisthinglookslikethatthing
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Conchie Birdie
11/03/09

@Flippyjack: Um, would you believe a white, British guy in a fashionable, casual button-down, nearing the age of XX? Sorry, homie.
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Flippyjack
11/03/09

@Conchie Birdie: Like the Brian Woodbury song says: All white people look alike. Those teeth are not British. #thisthinglookslikethatthing
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TheBusinessGuy
10/28/09

In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
Ah, it's a lonely job. Christ, find Obama a brother, shoot in black and white, raise Kruschev from the dead and be done with it! I mean, is there ever a picture of the President in the Oval Office doing the Happy Dance or lighting a fart? #barackobama
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Cicada
10/28/09

In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
Where are all of the Obama on the crapper shots the American public is clamoring for?
Get on it Souza, you hack! #barackobama
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joefuntime
10/28/09

In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
um, its a small office. i think you're being 100% paranoid. where should he stand, in front of the desk? on it? #barackobama
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Lizawithazee
10/28/09

In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.

I haven't seen one like this yet... #barackobama
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blix
10/28/09

@Lizawithazee: Or this. #barackobama
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mrbrownthumb
10/28/09

@Lizawithazee: Image from obamamessiah.blogspot.com
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blix
10/29/09

@mrbrownthumb: Heh! Good one. #barackobama
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NotChoinski
10/28/09

In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
They also did the same thing (JFK at Window burdened with leadership, probably during the Missle Crisis) for the opening credits of both West Wing and Commander in Chief . #barackobama
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Uncle_Billy_Slumming
10/28/09

In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
All he needs now is a mobbed up dad. #barackobama
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scroll_lock
10/28/09

@Uncle_Billy_Slumming: heh #barackobama
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scroll_lock
10/28/09

In reply to Dear White House Flickr Feed: Enough With the Hagiography. Thanks.
Call me when they get a photo of Biden peeking his head out of the little door under Obama's desk. #barackobama
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ampersandparade
10/28/09

@scroll_lock: That will be cute, but I'd give up my Social Security for him riding Macaroni around the front lawn. #barackobama
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BettyCrocker
10/28/09

@ampersandparade: Or drop-kicking Socks to Pluto for peeing in his shoe. #barackobama
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scroll_lock
10/28/09

@BettyCrocker: @ampersandparade: Or picking up a visiting Dubya by the ears. #barackobama
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Unsolicited Advice
10/28/09

@ampersandparade:

Are you younger than 40? You aren't getting Social Security! #barackobama
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limber
10/26/09

In reply to Salon and CNN Share an Awkward Redesign Moment
I abhor BOTH of these hideous redesigns. Though Salon looks better than CNN.

I wish CNN would just shift all of their video stuff to a centralized video section, or a single piece of homepage real estate that flicks through vital videos. I used to go to CNN to get quick headlines, and now it's all entertainment and lifestyle crap. And now it looks like a hideous media wall.

In conclusion: go to the BBC news page.

...actually, I take it back, I actually quite like Salon. My hatred for CNN's content and over-reliance on video overwhelmed me for a moment.
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ostartero
10/26/09

@limber: What are you talking about? As of 3:34pm central time there's no entertainment or lifestyle links in the lastest headlines. It's redesign DOES move all there video stuff into a centralized video section. And from a graphic design standpoint CNN's redesign is much more organized, stylized, and coherent than Salon's.

You're letting your bias out on something you don't even know about. #cnn
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limber
10/26/09

@ostartero: Center column, as of posting: three personal stories, UGC "photo of the day", celebrity cancer drive, Mad Men article. Right column, an ad and "popular stories" poll. The entirety of breaking news has been relegated to the narrow left column. Out of those bulleted stories, I'd say about five are quasi-news ("Mrs Edwards talks love story"?) or not worthy of breaking-news cover. I'm sticking above the fold here, prime real estate.

There's a video section, but when I initially looked at this, the front page was larded with videos. I don't think users are as willing to toggle random videos as these designers think they are. As another poster mentioned, many people access CNN at work, where they can't/won't start a video and want the text alternative -- something CNN frequently skimps on.

Feel free to like the redesign, but you're off base assuming I don't know about the field.
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Our Lady of the Massacre
10/26/09

In reply to Salon and CNN Share an Awkward Redesign Moment
Salon switched back to their old layout today (some time around noon I think) #cnn
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Baroness
10/26/09

@Our Lady of the Massacre:
I wish they would, I still see the new layout. Which I loathe. I can't tell what's new content, it's strewn all over, mixed with older posts . #cnn
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Baroness
10/26/09

@Baroness: Ah- I see there's a link at top- "Go to Present Salon". Whatever that means, but yeah, there's the old layout, good. #cnn
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