This is the second of my weekly round-ups – a motley collection of the silly, serious and surprising
1 Black Mirror reality
The first episode of the second series of Black Mirror realised the prospect of a person living on after their death, through the power of social media.
It’s clearly meant to be futuristic horror, but it may not be as fantastic as it seems.
– Read this piece from Salon.com and you’ll understand why
(via @moriza)
2 Stranger danger?
Making friends online has had its ups and downs. Time was you were looked at like a weirdo if you met someone ‘who you met on the Internet’.
Now online dating is commonplace, but there are quite a few recent examples of people being duped into believing into talking to someone completely different.
– The modern reality of online friendships
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