PaidContent.org is abuzz with the news and its after shocks. An interesting purchase of a very forward thinking social, participatory media hub. One that reminds me of old AOL (user profile directory in particular) in someways.

Speaking of social media, and social engineering, Dave Rogers applies some thoughts he picked up while reading “Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion”, by Robert B. Cialdini, Ph.D. to Technorati.