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Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As Digg becomes more of a social network and less of a social news network (or a hybrid that incorporates both elements), it has a lot of obstacles it needs to face. Besides major usability issues , duplicate stories submissions , and ads that literally scream at you , Digg has yet another issue to deal with: privacy.

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Social Media Insecurity: What to do When Online Activity Affects.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Just because my work includes strong involvement with social media doesn’t mean that I need to let everyone into my personal life… or for that matter… open my privacy so you can see all my posts. I kind of have an “old school&# approach but I also respect my privacy. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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How Young is Too Young?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I started blogging at 20 when I was a college newspaper editor in 2006, and even then I was considered something of an early adapter. I first heard about him when he was 15 in 2006 and he captured the attention of some huge blogs because of his analysis of their posts. Tamar is also the author of The New Community Rules (July 2009).

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How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I became a lot more conservative in choosing my friends in Facebook (as broken down in the chart below) with a few exceptions because Facebook is starting to blend in with my social media enthusiasm. The Irony: MySpace Okay, so in my previous paragraph, I mention that you should be an early adopter of social networks.

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Analysis of Five Top Blogs and What You Can Learn from Them

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Based on my findings, Problogger started in 2004, Copyblogger started in 2006, Daily Blog Tips started in 2006, Steve Pavlina’s Blog started in 2004, and Entrepreneur’s Journey started in 2004. Tamar, regarding your feelings that In-Text ads are irritating, I realize that no form of advertising will ever be 100% embraced.

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Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce - ReadWriteWeb

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Crowdsourcing, a term coined by Jeff Howe in a June 2006 issue of Wired magazine, is a model of labor that has been fully embraced on the Internet over the past couple of years. . social networking. social media. advertising. social news. social networks. About | Subscribe | Contact | Advertise.

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SXSW: Mark Zuckerberg Keynote (the edited liveblogged version)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Lacy : The world of advertising is changing. There was a lot more uproar over the news feed from more users than there was with Beacon and it was primarily a concern about privacy. Is there something about a bigger vision of where things are going that addresses this concern of privacy? That enables more sharing.

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