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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Myspace: “A place for friends” (2003) Friendster rival Myspace (originally styled as MySpace) quickly became the go-to site for millions of hip teens. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. 2005 marked the apex of Myspace. Unfortunately, the site’s spike in popularity in 2003 caught the company by surprise.

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Convince and Convert Blog: Social Media Strategy and Social Media.

Convince & Convert

Swix aggregates as many as 100+ of your social media metrics, and presents them in a unified, visually digestible fashion that will be the darling of any Excel hater. Swix also plans to publish its own API so that third-parties can push and pull Swix data into other applications. Need to see the increase in Twitter followers over time?

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Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I also have doubts that blocking the submitter data would even work, because of the API. Take MySpace for example, they rank their blog postings daily like a billboard chart. Why is Digg allowing third-party sites to aggregate the statistics? all this information can be assimilated without an API or publicly available stats.

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An Open Letter to Facebook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

I loved FB because it wasn’t myspace and wasn’t full of junk, spam and porn and when it opened to everyone, i was afraid it would become just like that. I think people opted for FB over MySpace because of so many of the reasons people are becoming disenchanted with FB right now. This reminds me of Myspace 3 years ago.

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No, You Can't Automate Social Media!

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Thanks to social media’s widespread adoption and thanks to a really open API for platforms such as Twitter, it’s inevitable that people will take advantage of the latest and greatest of Twitter tools — and then some — to eliminate the need for manual labor while still charging an arm and a leg for services.

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Ple - LTCWiki

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Personal Learning Environments (PLEs) refer to the aggregation of single-functionality tools which enable learners greater control over their own learning experience. Numerous other factors play a role: content creation tools, content storage, tools for communication, protocols/APIs, and identity management. Aggregating People.

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Social Media U: Take a Class in Social Media - ReadWriteWeb

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Be it MySpace or Facebook or whatever network works for your target demographic, companies and individuals interested in maintaining their personal brand need to establish and maintain a presence on social networks - especially if youre looking to connect with the younger crowd. aggregators. Thanks Facebook." RECENT JOBS.

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