Comments on: Question (FB & Commonplaces) http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2010/05/12/question-fb-commonplaces/ A revealing look at the arts of persuasion Mon, 07 May 2012 13:19:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kaitlin http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2010/05/12/question-fb-commonplaces/#comment-9122 Kaitlin Sat, 15 May 2010 00:01:07 +0000 http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/?p=1561#comment-9122 Thank you very much, Robert! I've found <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/01/the-face-book-fad-is-more-than-a-century-old/" rel="nofollow">the article online at the NYTimes</a>. Very thought-provoking (and I loved seeing the <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/19/hfo-emoticon/" rel="nofollow">emoticon in Lincoln's speech transcript</a>). Hmm. It's almost as if we're merely seeing a progression of the commonplace, no? From book to parlor game to online forum. It's all kinda the same thing, but expressed in different forms. Very cool. Very snazzy. Thank you very much, Robert! I’ve found the article online at the NYTimes. Very thought-provoking (and I loved seeing the emoticon in Lincoln’s speech transcript).

Hmm. It’s almost as if we’re merely seeing a progression of the commonplace, no? From book to parlor game to online forum. It’s all kinda the same thing, but expressed in different forms. Very cool. Very snazzy.

]]> By: Robert Clark http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/2010/05/12/question-fb-commonplaces/#comment-9088 Robert Clark Thu, 13 May 2010 19:51:35 +0000 http://harlotofthearts.org/blog/?p=1561#comment-9088 There was a Boston Globe article about a parlor game called Facebook that was reported in 1901, I believe. It was similar to the electronic Facebook of today in that faces and scrapbook imagery and visitors book clippings were colleted and used for the game. That's the same sort of material that many people post nowadays. There was a Boston Globe article about a parlor game called Facebook that was reported in 1901, I believe. It was similar to the electronic Facebook of today in that faces and scrapbook imagery and visitors book clippings were colleted and used for the game. That’s the same sort of material that many people post nowadays.

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