While they do have API support for it, Places does so little that it really is just an additional data point for profile information. You might as well call yourself Tweetdeck or Tweetie etc and make a quick sell to FB for a few bucks while you can. The olive branch is the API, where Facebook has given a clear path to the current leaders in the LBS market of how to work with Facebook. By and large, FB has always been a talking platform with all these outside hooks allowing most anyone to come in, drop on a new layer/tool and let the community decide on whether it stays. MORE >>

Why Quora will thrive long after buzz [link] #quoratuesday Tue Jan 11 16:45:34 via TweetDeck David Armano armano What is it called when you answer questions on Quora? big online community forum. Yes, but a different community at this time depending on who/what topics you are following. How Quora Works Everyone’s talking about Quora API of the Week: Quora Extension API Ultimate Guide to using Quora for SEO Ranking on Google How Small Businesses Can Use Quora Can Quora drive traffic? Some give credit to Robert Scoble and the Scoble affect. Quora is not twitter! MORE >>

The goal isn’t always to manipulate the follower into finding value in a product…Sponsored tweets simply allow you to tap in to a community that you don’t currently have access to. Want to know a community’s thoughts and opinions?   If you want to start a contest for a specific community, you need to be able to reach the people in that community.  Pull in ideas by sponsoring tweets in different communities and asking for feedback. Sure, if you’re trying to engage with the community, sponsored tweets aren’t the best method. MORE >>

The Redux Reflux Clearly Twitter needs to evolve, but it should do so by embracing its developer community, not alienating it or taking it for granted which is what it appears to be doing. Certainly being a third-party developer for any service is risky business, but unlike TweetDeck or Seesmic ( listen to my interview with Seesmic founder Loic Le Meur where we discussed Twitter dependency ) who have broadened their services beyond Twitter, almost all of the other Twitter apps and services are exclusively tied to Twitter. Tweetdeck isn’t going anywhere. Twitter 2.0, MORE >>

When you dream about twitter… having images of tweetdeck flashing before you. You have so many followers you have categorized your community into 30 columns on tweetdeck and when new followers add you, you break out into a cold sweat as to what column to put them in. You custom built a tool off of Twitters API to notify you the second your boss starts following you on Twitter so you can instantly block him or her. Perused and collated from around the web: You went to a Tweet Up but had nothing to say to the people you met. And then immediately tweeted them about it. MORE >>