We often think of human behavior as events with boundaries.  Indeed, contemporary online choices mostly seem to be binary; either/or, black/ white, on/ off, yes /no, for/against, or the now ubiquitous “like/dislike.” The binary meme is reinforced by a culture of absolutes, a world where arbitrary if not smug critics construct lists which presume to tell us about the “best” and “worst” of the animate and inanimate alike. The prominence of engineered opinion on the internet says volumes about dot.com culture, a space where selecting from a list is easier than doing or thinking for yourself.  In many respects, the internet is a closed loop, a humid electronic womb with: membership, special jargon, passwords, and emoticons. The bait for social networks is belonging, a childlike desire to be “liked” or accepted. The dot.com social kindergarten, however, has two facets.  Twitter and Facebook and other forums have become...(Read Full Article)