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- noun
information overload
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Faced with this kind of "infobesity," users will start using social networks to filter information that is modified and personalized based on the profile pages upon which it will appear (
Digital, Buzz, viral & social media marketing agency ★★★ Vanksen|Culture-buzz 2010
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Faced with this kind of "infobesity," users will start using social networks to filter information that is modified and personalized based on the profile pages upon which it will appear (
Digital, Buzz, viral & social media marketing agency ★★★ Vanksen|Culture-buzz 2010
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Furthermore, there is a risk of slipping into infobesity, overwhelmed as we are by information picked up left and right and tweeted in a hurry.
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In their current state, the aggregators are part of the infobesity problem, not part of its solution.
The Infodiet: How Libraries Can Offer an Appetizing Alternative to Google « ResourceShelf 2004
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Very amusing article about infobesity for which he presents various infodiets.
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Infoglut: Tales of Technology: Consider a cure for pernicious infobesity March 30 first of a new monthly column at post-gazette.com by James H. Morris, dean of the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.
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