social networking

An Epic Plea For Sovereign Words

S Prasannarajan

When free speech is not an idealised abstraction but a practical pursuit. A user's guide by Timothy Garton Ash

Ring in the Free New

Madhavankutty Pillai

On WhatsApp calling and another painful revolution in the works

Ello, the all new ‘private’ social networking website

Open

The sudden interest in Ello might be caused by a Facebook crackdown on drag queens in San Francisco for not using real names

Sleepless on Facebook

Sumana Roy

The nocturnal gathering of insomniacs on a social networking site

The Tumblr Comedians

Michael Edison Hayden

A bunch of social networkers on the web have kept tabs on Michael Jordan’s outfits, the late Kim Jong Il’s postures and other such absurdities to hilarious effect

Internet Rehab

Atreyee Majumder

When she realised she was checking Twitter before brushing her teeth in the morning, Atreyee Majumder figured she had to sober up. Especially if she wanted to finish her PhD thesis in this lifetime

Friendship, the Google Way

Rahul Bhatia

Google is playing the Pied Piper again with its new social networking platform, and its early converts are ready to bid adieu to Facebook. Not tearfully either