Social Media Is Destroying Our Youth

Posted in Education, Web 2.0 by Elliott Back on November 14th, 2006.

I was horrified to find a Cornell University student with this [censored] on their Facebook profile:

Yup, the third time’s the charm, even when you’re a graduate student in Operations Research with another graduate degree in Physics. Social media is ruining our generation.

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Dana 2 years ago 1 point
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I couldn't agree more, but you could say that about a lot of different media as well.

for another example, check out www.blottoes.com, its different from the others

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http://www.blottoes.com

visakh 11 months ago 1 point
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i want a reply

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