Status Update

Why I Took a Facebook Hiatus

Natalie Thomas | Posted 05.20.2012

Natalie Thomas

Facebook is addictive. You feel inclined to read, stalk and share. Only in this forum would stalking be the more acceptable practice of the three. In this case, it's the sharing that's the problem.

Tweets That Will Ruin Your Relationship

Tamara Shayne Kagel | Posted 04.27.2012

Tamara Shayne Kagel

Why must we shout from the rooftops when our boyfriends are napping on the job? If you ever feel like tweeting the following or some variation thereof, stop -- call someone up, write in a diary, or confess to a stranger.

Just How Much Are Your Tweets And Yelp Reviews Worth?

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 04.12.2012

You could argue that your clever Facebook status updates and Frank Bruni-esque Yelp reviews are priceless, but the user data you generate can be conve...

4 Things I Wish I Hadn't Seen On Facebook

HelloGiggles | Posted 02.06.2012

I wasn't aware of fellow HelloGiggles contributor Bobby Box's previous post on the top ten most inane Facebook statuses when I hit a social media wall...

The Art of the Facebook Status Update

Rachel Weight | Posted 01.22.2012

Rachel Weight

How many random people from your life do you know too much about because of what they posted as their status?

20 Questions: The MEV-1 Vaccine

Christian Nwachukwu, Jr. | Posted 11.13.2011

Christian Nwachukwu, Jr.

1. Between "Up in the Air" and "Contagion," aren't you starting to rethink the common wisdom on who cheats? 2. Did you convince yourself that none of...

Facebook Slacktivism: Charitable Opiate for the Masses

Katie Hawkes | Posted 05.25.2011

Katie Hawkes

You know you're starting to become predictable when you receive the following comment on your Facebook status: "Like Like Like! I hope there's a Huffi...

Status Updating the Mudbath

Christopher Noxon | Posted 05.25.2011

Christopher Noxon

This Friday I will join friends in the Jewish nonprofit Reboot in a National Day of Unplugging. No phones, no computers, no TV, no iPhone, no TV. For 24 hours.

My Declaration of Disconnection

Daniel Sieberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Daniel Sieberg

I'm Daniel Sieberg. I'm a recovering social network addict. And my life is not a status update.

Morning Status Update for Monday 11/3

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

If you hoping for (or dreading) indications of a clear shift in voter preferences on the surveys released in the last 24 hours, you will not find them...

Morning Status Update for Sunday 11/02

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

The most important thing to keep in mind about pre-election polls is that they come with random variability built-in. That mostly predictable variatio...

Morning Status Update for Saturday 11/1

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

Not surprisingly, yesterday was another heavy day of new poll releases: 37 new statewide surveys and 10 national releases, yet these surveys indicate ...

Daily Status Update for Friday 10/31

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

Is the race for president "narrowing" enough for John McCain to catch Barack Obama by Tuesday? While our national trend has closed slightly over the l...

Morning Status Update for Thursday 10/30

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

We logged 38 new surveys yesterday. Of these, 20 were updates from surveys conducted earlier in October by the same pollster, and 15 of the 20 showed ...

Morning Status Update for Tuesday (10/28)

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

Today's update is posting a little earlier and is slightly abbreviated (for reasons that will be clear in the next post). We had what I believe is a n...

Morning Status Update for Monday 10/27

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

All of the speculation about polls this week will center around two: Are we seeing any meaningful trends in the margins by which Barack Obama leads Jo...

Morning Status Update for Friday 10/24

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

Yesterday's new polls helped solidify Barack Obama's standing on our electoral map, although the most recent updates and national tracking polls showi...

Morning Status Update for Thursday 10/23

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

Yesterday's 17 new statewide and 12 new national poll releases look like a picture of stability in the race for President. The state of Washington shi...

Morning Status Update for Wednesday 10/22

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

The 26 new statewide polls logged yesterday finally show some lagging indication of the slight narrowing of the Obama margin we saw over the weekend i...

Morning Status Update for Monday 10/20

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

As noted here last night, John McCain has slightly narrowed Barack Obama's lead on our national trend estimate over the last week, but aside from the ...

Morning Status Update for Sunday 10/19

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

Saturdays are typically slow for new statewide poll releases, but with Election Day just two weeks away, new surveys yesterday from PPP and Daily Kos/...

Morning Status Update for 10/18

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

On Friday we added 13 new statewide database, and these new surveys mostly confirm what we already knew. Most represent updates since September and sh...

Morning Status Update for 10/16

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

Before the debates (and the quick reaction surveys released late last night), the flood of new surveys continued, as we logged 22 new statewide polls ...

Morning Status Report for 10/15

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

The last 24 hours were relatively slow for new statewide polls, mostly because I included the crack-of-dawn releases by Quinnipiac University in yeste...

Morning Status Update for 10/14

Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Mark Blumenthal

I delayed this morning's update to include the new Quinnipiac surveys that include pre- and post-debate samples in the battleground states of Colorado...