The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of the Media

Future New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson just joined the world of Twitter. And though she’s only tweeting fellow NYT staffers so far, she looks like she knows what she’s doing! [NY Magazine]

Speaking of social networking… Do you think it’s time to deactivate that Facebook page? Good Magazine talks you through the decision in flow-chart form. [Good Magazine]

A new survey from the Pew Institute reports that Facebook users are more politically active. [Pew Institute]

And this is why technology is getting to be a problem. A town in India recently renamed itself snapdeal.com. No, we’re not making this up! [Time]

Stephen Colbert gave the commencement speech for Northwestern University’s spring graduation ceremony. One of his jewels of wisdom: ““I am not here to talk about me. I am here to inspire you by talking about me.” [Chicago Sun Times]