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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2005: Flickr. 2010: Twitter. Do I want to use Twitter to tell the world what Stephen Black ate for lunch or do I want to connect with an audience interested in art and creative writing? A story I posted on Digg in 2005 crashed the “interesting” get-paid-for content site I was briefly testing. This is his story.

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Make Your LinkedIn Profile Work for You | chrisbrogan.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

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How I Became the Person Most Mentioned by Digital Marketers on Twitter

Convince & Convert

That happened to me – and you’re damn right I dad-milked that sucker – when it was announced last week that (among digital marketers) I am the most retweeted and most mentioned person on Twitter (PDF). How is Pharrell the #10 most mentioned person on Twitter among digital marketers? That guy is EVERYWHERE!

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Experiment: Do Other Social Networks Hate YouTube Links?

Hootsuite

There’s a theory going around that social networks (mainly Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter) give preference to posts that use their native video solutions. But unlike that brooding new guy at school with the mysterious scar and sad eyes, the inscrutability of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and the rest is usually infuriating, not alluring.

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Social Networking Stats: Reddit Earns 56 Billion Pageviews in 2013, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Twitter: over 218 million monthly active users. via Twitter. 404,603,286 comments. billion total votes (comment and link votes). Founded in 2005, Reddit has played an interesting role in internet culture, but has yet to achieve profitability. The #RLTM Scoreboard: Social Networking Stats for the Week.

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How Does the YouTube Algorithm Work? A Guide to Getting More Views

Hootsuite

YouTube’s first video was uploaded in 2005. But here’s the long answer, too: 2005-2012: View count (a.k.a. Your video’s engagement (likes, comments, watch time). How many likes, dislikes, comments or shares a video gets (a.k.a. Reply to your comments. A brief history of the YouTube algorithm. engagement).

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Justin Timberlake Loves Social Media and You Should Too

Freelance Social Media

Just look at what the internet did for the Arctic Monkeys back in 2005. And he’s also taken to Twitter and a newer platform called Robo.to , which is basically a status update via video. And he’s also taken to Twitter and a newer platform called Robo.to , which is basically a status update via video. to compete.