tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post5597467893865199715..comments2024-03-26T23:27:56.399-07:00Comments on B: Strange creatures and virtual costumesBlake Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-73297294747806219232011-10-31T15:50:15.957-07:002011-10-31T15:50:15.957-07:00I remember seeing a few Apple logos on Facebook af...I remember seeing a few Apple logos on Facebook after Steven Jobs died. Perhaps this is a new way to track cultural currents, via profile picture counts.Blake Andrewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187987264904729243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4935046131385109105.post-51139789004539768882011-10-31T09:09:40.014-07:002011-10-31T09:09:40.014-07:00That's so sad - my condolences Blake.
I think...That's so sad - my condolences Blake.<br /><br />I think it is quite a common form of homage - people identifying with the loss. After the shootings in Norway people put Norwegian flags up as their facebook profile.<br /><br />It also ties in with the opposite, when people don't identify with something, like when they break up with somebody and their profile pictures are changed, their status changed and whole albums deleted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com