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Business FarmVille's secret: making you anxious Cory Doctorow

confederates Statue of Robert E. Lee removed from US Capitol building Jason Weisberger
marketing Internet users are wising up to persuasive "nudge" techniques Cory Doctorow
facebook How a cow-clicking parody game harvested Facebook user data Clive Thompson
facebook With repetition, most of us will become inured to all the dirty tricks of Facebook attention-manipulation Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Binky: a fully automated social network that doesn't require you to be sociable Cory Doctorow
uk The Tories' failed £1.2m social smear ads reveal callouses on our attention's tender spots Cory Doctorow
offworld The best games about home are the ones that make you leave it Laura Hudson
Business Tell-all free-to-play-game dev's confessions Cory Doctorow
Business On Big Data's shrinking returns Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Brianna Wu explains why #gamergate death-threats won't scare her into backing down Cory Doctorow
Games Pong is better than… Rob Beschizza
Games Everybody hates Zynga Rob Beschizza
Culture Facebook launches a new game: Organ Farmville Xeni Jardin
happy mutants Ian Bogost: the sarcastic game dev and academic who gave us Cow Clicker Cory Doctorow
Games Ending an endless game: an interview with Julian Gough, author of Minecraft's epic finale Tom Chatfield
happy mutants Glitch: dreamlike whimsy and play in a MMO Cory Doctorow
Action Why is Portland Police Dept. posting mugshots of Occupy Portland arrestees to Facebook? Xeni Jardin
Technology Harnessing the power of feedback loops Mark Frauenfelder
Make American Express Membership Rewards Your Social Currency David Pescovitz