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Digital grassroots: the Internet fights back

Sherrilynne Starkie

Yesterday, Michael Geis t presented a keynote address to the IABC 2012 Canada Business Communicators’ Summit which was held in Ottawa. His topic, the year the Internet fought back, focused on how a genuine grassroots movement, fuelled by social media, impacted the Canadian Federal government’s digital copyright law.

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Top 10 Powerful Moments That Shaped Social Media History Over the Last 20 Years

Buffer Social

Do you remember your first social media profile? Or, how about your first social media post? Social media has changed and evolved so much since the early days, it’s almost hard to believe how far we’ve come. How people use social media has changed as well. Let’s dive in!

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Social Media and Travel

Social Media Marketing

The Airlines To my knowledge, Southwest was the first airline (or at least the most prominent early on) to get involved with social media. They've made great use of Flickr, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and more and have always led with a very human and very customer-centric approach. That finger wag gets me every time.

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2007: Facebook. From Singapore I’ve watched the social media world develop its identity and characteristics. Often, friends from the “real” world gave me passage to the social media world. Another friend, Dinnertube , started posting videos on Youtube in 2006. Social media became specialized.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

The history of social media is a long and storied one. It’s bursting with pivotal moments like the launch of Instagram Stories, to that one time Zuck was on trial for Facebook privacy issues, to…honestly, let’s just look at the entire social media history timeline. So, how old is social media?

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Is IGTV Monetization Enough to Keep Creators on Instagram?

Later

While YouTube was earliest to monetize creators, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok are all testing their own ways for creators to earn money. In the following post, we look at how different social platforms are compensating creators and what this means for brands. . YouTube figured this out pretty quickly.

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Is IGTV Monetization Enough to Keep Creators on Instagram?

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While YouTube was earliest to monetize creators, Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram are all testing their own ways for creators to earn money — and it seems to be working. . In the following post, we look at how different social platforms are compensating creators and what this means for brands. .