Ari Herzog

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The Purpose of Twitter

Ari Herzog

Jeffrey Levy commented on this blog in 2008 that his description of Twitter was a source of filtered, purified water out of a raging river. I tell my students that I compare LinkedIn to the Chamber of Commerce, Facebook to the cocktail party, Pinterest to the digital scrapbook, Tumblr to the photo collage, and Twitter to the river.

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Remember When Twitter was Born?

Ari Herzog

HI TWITTERS. I’d created my (first, now deleted) account on June 9, 2008 and naturally witnessed lots of bloggers who tended to be early adopters of technology with accounts. But with Oprah getting on the site, as a direct result of the Ashton-CNN battle, mainstream media noticed and Twitter took off.

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Case Study: Britney Spears on Twitter

Ari Herzog

Britney Spears held a Twitter press conference yesterday. Here’s a selection, in reverse order: Do you notice how she personalized each Twitter user when answering questions? Here’s a selection, in reverse order: Do you notice how she personalized each Twitter user when answering questions?

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Top Blog Posts of 2013

Ari Herzog

Examining the Objective of Facebook (2008). Examining the Objective of Twitter (2012). 10 Tips to be Productive on Twitter. Learn to be in the Moment. Why I Blog. Most Popular Posts of History (as visited this year). Diverse Summaries of 13 LinkedIn Users (2011). Most Popular Guest Posts of 2013. Thanks for reading.

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4 Things Joe Biden Needs to Do Now

Ari Herzog

Barack Obama campaigned for President in 2008 under the motto of hope. It’s already been liked over 50,000 times on Facebook and Twitter. I will be satisfied when I know that there is real change and real accountability and real purpose to correct the issues that are still there.” ” Source: Jezebel , April 27, 2019.

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Is Age Verification on Beer Websites Effective?

Ari Herzog

Federal Trade Commission’s 2008 report on self-regulation in the alcohol industry includes statistics, facts, and recommendations about age verification systems on websites: Visit the websites of Bud Light , Michelob Ultra , Guinness , or Lone Star , and you can see the age selectors. And, Twitter? Page 8 of the U.S.

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The Power of We

Ari Herzog

I first heard about BAD in 2008 — and participated by writing about poverty. Comments Comments Related Stories Meet Imogen: A Fake Wannabe Guest Blogger How to Blog About Anything You Want CASE STUDY: How JetBlue Listened on Twitter. October 15 was selected and thousands of bloggers answered the call. The movement was born.