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		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so the title is a little over the top.  But I&#8217;ve been thinking about how the services which are collectively called &#8220;Web 2.0&#8243; work, and what they do to people, and perhaps it&#8217;s not hyperbole after all. This all began with a game I played with friends called the Poll Game.  The idea is that one persons asks a question, and everyone tries to predict how many people will answer &#8220;yes&#8221; to the question.  It&#8217;s a step above Scruples (shudder), but can be a way to kill 20 minutes.  Anyway, the question in question (hah!  made a funny!) was, </p>]]></description>
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