Herpes to Go, Cewebrities in the Wild, Banging Power, Calacanis-Style Damage Control

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– @MackCollier, in the thick of SXSW, captures social media junkies in unnatural habitats.

– Trojan continues that slightly uncomfortable pro-STD reverse psychology thing with an a la carte booth. Samples of genital warts, anyone?

– Mark Cuban invests in poo-inducing pizza. Just read the story, man.

– More ‘net-based teen angst.

– “Is this the most sexually explicit ad ever?” In a word, no. We’re still kinda confused about what dude was doing with the Six Hour Power jar, and it isn’t immediately clear if he’s going to bang his secretary or just give her a really peppy memo. It could go either way … but the reason why this ad fails is, we don’t care where it goes.

– Why Jason Calacanis employed a felon — or how to handle negative press.

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