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[396] "Fundraising, Via Twitter (With Cats!)," David Pogue, March 4, 2009 (http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/fundraising-via-twitter-with-cats/?ref=personaltech).

[397] "Changing Face of Communications," IBM, January 2009.

[398] Statistics collected by medialab for 2008 (www.scribd.com/doc/11481779/Social-Media-2008-Statistics).

[399] For a list of some of the Craigslist crimes, read "'Craigslist Crimes'" Piling Up: Will Recent Horrifying Examples Spur Action?" Javier Lavagnino, June 8, 2009 (http://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2009/06/craigslist-crimes-piling-up-will-recent-horrifying-examples-spur-action.html).

[400] "Facebook gets $200 million investment from European firm," Scott Duke Harris, Mercury News, May 26, 2009.

[401] According to Nielsen, as reported in "Chart of the day: Users Spent A Billion Hours on Facebook," Nicholas Carlson and Kamelia Angelova, The Business Insider, Silicon Alley Insider, July 14, 2009 (www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=101403592053&h=eXyIw&u=hdIo-&ref=nf).

[402] "How Facebook is Taking Over Our Lives," Jessi Hempel, BusinessWeek, March 2, 2009.

[403] Reston, Virginia-based researcher ComScore, November 2008.

[404] "Number of US Facebook Users Over 35 Nearly Doubles in Last 60 Days," March 25, 2009 as reported on "Inside Facebook: Tracking Facebook and the Facebook Platform for Developers and Marketers" (www.insidefacebook.com/2009/03/25/number-of-us-facebook-usersover-35-nearly-doubles-in-last-60-days/).

[405] Facebook addicts (11%) of the service make up approximately 62% of its traffic, with regulars (53%) accounting for approximately 34%. Quantcast, December 2008 (www.quantcast.com/facebook.com#demographics).

[406] ComScore Media Metrix data for March 2009

[407] ComScore Media Metrix data for April 2009

[408] www.quantcast.com/twitter.com, April 30, 2009

[409] www.informationweek.com/news/internet/social_network/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216500968&cid=nl_IWK_daily_H

[410] www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/05/twitter.hacked/index.html?iref=newssearch

[411] "A Virtual Bank with Real Woes," Rob Cox, New York Times, June 14, 2009.

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