Kruse: The "25 Random Things About Me" phenomenon on the social networking site Facebook.com seemed to come out of nowhere, peaked in late January and then began to fade away.
People wrote 25 things about themselves and then tagged 25 friends. It took off. What did it mean? Was it a silly fad? Viral spam? Or was it something more? What did the burst of miniature autobiographies say about us, and our intimacy, our urges or our digital identities? What did it say about the way we live in the early 21st century?
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