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Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Nearly four months later, the social features appear to be here to stay. 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. My current Digg settings prohibit anyone from seeing my Digg shouts.

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Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. In fact, most of them had already left.

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Proto.in July 18-19 2008

The Marketing Blog

Home About In the Media Social Media Scores over Mass Media Again Social Media and Blog Camp – Courtesy Delhi Bloggers Bloc May 27, 2008.12:38 July 18-19 2008 Jump to Comments I discovered the news about proto.in 2008 , proto july 18-19 , proto.in 38 pm Proto.in Theme: Pressrow.

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2011 Social Media Marketing Trends

Webbiquity SMM

Social media marketing has progressed from radical new idea to widely adopted practice in a remarkably short period of time. Just 5% of Americans said they were familiar with Twitter in 2008; by the fall of last year, that figure was 87%, and Twitter is now adding 300,000 new users per day. Social media will become targetable.

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Criticising Social Media ?

The Marketing Blog

Home About In the Media Entrepreneurial resources Enterprise 2.0 35 pm Criticising Social Media ? Jump to Comments Criticizing social media ? Understand Social Media as a Philosophy and its application as a Culture. Criticising Social Media ? Conversations December 10, 2009.10:35

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Tetherless World Constellation Launch Event - June 11, 2008

Buzz Marketing for Technology

On June 11, 2008, leading authorities on the World Wide Web will gather at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for an old-fashioned debate with a social media twist. Copyright © 2008 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The most popular questions will drive the discussion at the June 11 debate.

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How to Use Social Media to Promote Your Blog

ProBlogger

The post How to Use Social Media to Promote Your Blog appeared first on ProBlogger. So far we’ve explored guest posting , advertising and networking – but today I want to turn our attention to the dynamic area of social media. Examples of this type of site are Reddit, Digg and Mix (formerly StumbleUpon).