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Social Media On The Farm: Crisis Management, Market Research, Education And APIs

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As a mobile-friendly platform, Twitter has been used by farmers to share information, check realtime conditions, and connect with customers from its earliest days – CNN reported on this as early as 2009. Using social media and video to promote it, they generated $10,000 in the first 10 days, as reported by Grist.

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Does the Law Have No Sense of Humor?

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Unlike some other social media, on Twitter it is within the rules and terms of service to have an anonymous account, as the system does not mandate identity verification. What we see happening every day in both the social and legal realm is the stuff of cutting room floors from an earlier, more innocent, and probably more creative era.

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A Social Network For Genetics Research: Can It Help Isolate Parkinson’s Genes?

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It started in 2009, when 23andMe decided to do genetic research and invited anyone diagnosed with Parkinson’s to donate their DNA sample. The company recruited people using social media, and at Parkinson’s research conferences.

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Mobile Shopping App Shopkick Adds CVS/pharmacy To Its Lineup Of Retail Partners

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More than 3 million people have registered for the service, collectively accumulating 9 million verified walk-ins to partner stores since launching in June 2009. Launched in August 2010, Shopkick is now enabled at more than 7,000 partner retail locations across the U.S. Mashable ).

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How One Social Superfan Made The xx Album Release Go Viral

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English indie pop band The xx released their debut album ‘xx’ back in August 2009. For the release of their second album , the band decided to use social media to create word-of-mouth buzz surrounding the release date. ” ( The Guardian ). .

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Less Than 30% of Fortune 500 CEOs Have Profiles on Social Networks

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Warren Buffett has the 3rd highest Klout score (behind Rupert Murdoch and Michael Dell) although he only tweeted once from his official account, back in February of 2009. Do CEOs need to be socially savvy (via personal profiles) in order to steer their business down the right course on social platforms? Does it matter?