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Selfie-conscious?

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If you think it’s enough to have a few fetching profile photos to secure your presence on the Web, then you’re really deluding your selfie.

One of the great growth areas of self-presentation is constant self-presentation in pictorial form.

Your selfie today isn’t your selfie yesterday, so you’re obliged to ensure that your newest look is a complement to — and an advancement on — your yesterday look.

Those who reside permanently at the top of the world understand this. In a touching acceptance of their own imperfections, they are realizing that they can’t trust themselves to capture their best self-image.

So, if we are to believe The Daily Mail, they are designating specific individuals to be their selfie-expressionists.

The Mail dubs them “Instassistants.” This, though, is a touch degrading. These people are artists, under pressure every day to show a star’s very best side. And some days, this can surely be very difficult.

One should therefore heap praise upon Rihanna’s self-expressionist, Melissa Forde. She isn’t merely the singer’s best friend. She is the one who captures Rihanna’s everyday essence.

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Never Hide Films has been working with Ray Ban since 2007 to put out weird videos that make you think about the world differently. And ideally make you want to go buy sunglasses. This one, titled "Super Clever Sunglass Illusion," has enough twists to keep the momentum going. And I don’t think it’s a spoiler, given the title, to say that things on that desk are not what they seem. Though I do think it’s kind of presumptuous to call a video "super clever." We’ll be the judge of that. But yeah, okay it is.

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DivShare has now turned social with their new “DivShare Groups.” They describe it as a “simple and social way to share your files with people around the web.”

One of the nicest features is that users will be able to subscribe to groups via email or RSS. This way it will be easy to monitor for new additions and changes. You can either join a group that has already been created or create a group of your own. If you decide to create a group of your own, you have control over who is able to join – either all members, or only the ones that you approve.

Another nice feature is that you can set the privacy level of your group. If you only want your group members to see it, the group won’t appear to the public. If you created the group, you can also make the decision on who is able to add files- either all users, members only, or moderators only.

DivShare has created a few groups as examples so that you get an idea of what it’s like.  Generally speaking, the most popular files to share will probably be music, and images. The screenshot above shows what one of their example groups looks like.

Visit the Groups page to checkout the groups that are available for anyone to join. If you have an account, you can join the groups that are “open to everyone.” Or of course, start one of your own!

Join the DivShare Button Contest!

Here’s you’re chance to win a free premium DivShare account. Yes, that’s right, a free premium DivShare account. Those will be launched later in the month.

They’re looking for people to create a “promotional button that explains why you’re such a DivShare fan.” You’ll need to start with their logo that’s found here, and it will need to be 125×125. If your button is one of their three favorites, as mentioned, you’ll win a free premium account.

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