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Socializing With Movementarians

October 5, 2006 5:36 PM by Tim Swanson | Other posts by Tim Swanson | Comments (4)

For those readers unfamiliar with sites like MySpace and Facebook, they are social networking services, somewhat similar to The Austrian Network (albeit with more functionality).

What this has come to mean is that users are given the ability to create a permanent detailed profile that includes activities, jobs, interests and a slew of other interactive minutiae. You can then search for and talk to friends, classmates, colleagues, roommates, family members, and millions of other people. See the Wikipedia entry on SNS and Web 2.0.

Recently Facebook opened its doors to the public-at-large (it had been exclusive to college students only) and as a result, you too can keep track of your friends and families.

In addition, users can start interest groups whose members can then discuss various issues. Some of these include:

- Everything I Need to Know About Life I Learned from Jeff Tucker
- The Rothbardians (musical group)
- Walter Block=Genius
- Ludwig von Mises is cooler than Mick Jagger

And apropos Lew Rockwell's article on drunk driving, is the germane: Keg Stands for Liberty.

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