Archive for the ‘Psychology and social media’ Category

Facebook: The Happiest Place on Earth?

New research shows that adults who frequent Facebook and other social networking sites are having a pretty happy experience with it.

Have you become a STOP SOPA lemming?

SOPA is a dangerous bill, but the online behaviors surrounding the bill might be of even greater concern.

Online Games Teach Kids Valuable Work Skills

By Neicole Crepeau, Contibuting {grow} Columunist Yes, you heard me right. For all the complaining that our children are too plugged in and too obsessed with online games, I […]

When social media destroys a career — The business case for being a fake

A guest post by {grow} community member Leslie Lewis Leslie Lewis is not my real name. You don’t need to know my real name, and you may never know it. Here’s why. […]

Blogging world flipped by AdAge Apocalypse

I woke up Thursday morning to a shocking development. My ego had been knocked down 60 pegs. On the right hand column of this blog there is a fancy orange […]

The problem with personas. Remembering Trey Pennington

The death of Trey Pennington shook me up and made me reflect on the role of social media in this tragedy.

10 ways to use psychology to lure web customers

I’ve been researching and thinking about the psychology of the social web and our Internet relationships. There are many common psychological techniques you can use in your every day Internet […]

For Google Plus, the party is over before it starts

Google Plus won’t be the Facebook killer gurus predict because the psychological switching costs are too high.

Our Digital Footprint. When a Friend, and a Network, Dies

This poignant post comes from {grow} community member Jenn Whinnem … Remember Friendster? The social network that predated even MySpace (or am I showing my age?)? At any rate, it […]