I thought I’d try clipping items from my Amplify News-feed. Then, I noticed that I could ‘clip’ the comments as well as the body of the item.

After I had selected the individual items from the page, I clicked on ‘done’ at the to of the page and noticed that I could actually select which of my listed social pages I want to push this item too. This post will go to Posterous.com, and then be auto posted to Buzz. I’m hoping that the profile pics are displayed in Buzz.

In any case, I thought it would be a good idea to show how threads are displayed on Amplify.

Amplify’d from amplify.com

Mobile phones the new cigarette?  - This article was a little disturbing. Couldn’t help but think there is some truth to this idea. If it is true, in terms of the cigarette analogy, I’d consider myself at least a pack a day smoker… Amplify’d fromwww.nytimes.com Just as parents now tell their kids that, believe it or not, there was a time when nobody knew that cigarettes and tanning were bad for you, those kids may grow up to tell their kids that, believe it or not, there was a time when nobody knew how dangerous it was to hold your phone right next to your head and chat away for hours. We don’t yet really know the physical and psychological impact of being slaves to technology. We just know that technology is a narcotic. We’re living in the cloud, in a force field, so afraid of being disconnected and plunged into a world of silence and stillness that even if scientists told us our computers would make our arms fall off, we’d probably keep typing. Read more at www.nytimes.com 5 hours ago by Eric Goldstein9 Comments Recommend

Eric Goldstein   RT @dgrossman Mobile phones the new cigarette? http://amplify.com/u/78of - aside from the comfort factor, this is why i use an ear piece whenever i’m on a mobile phone. 5 hours agoReply

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Chris Parandian   maureen.dowd. #enoughsaid 4 hours agoReply

Melissa Clouthier   Oh bleh. Another day, another scare article about technology. How about the NYT worrying about no longer being relevant in a digital world and the editors feeling terrorized by the ubiquitous cell phone. 4 hours agoReply

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Dave Grossman  The author’s drama aside, the topic of the piece did catch my attention. Definitely made me think about the possible long term effects but I can’t see myself altering current usage other than maybe an ear piece. @Melissa Yes, I think the Times and every othe… more The author’s drama aside, the topic of the piece did catch my attention. Definitely made me think about the possible long term effects but I can’t see myself altering current usage other than maybe an ear piece. @Melissa Yes, I think the Times and every other traditional news org needs to think about how they plan on staying relevant… 3 hours agoReply

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Wallace Lockhart   It’s a Brave New World. 1 min agoReply

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