article thumbnail

How Flickr and Google Help Us Remember

Ari Herzog

The Library of Congress did not know the names of French brothers Michel, age 4, and Edmond, age 2, when the institution uploaded this photograph to Flickr in the summer of 2008. Through Flickr’s users who viewed, commented, liked, and shared that photo, the LOC can now tell a story for what was once a story-less photograph.

Flickr 159
article thumbnail

Managing Negative Comments in Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

If you work as a social media manager or online community manager you see these all the time … negative comments. Here are 6 more tips on how to manage negative comments: Listen to what is being said. Don’t let negative comments linger. So when you run into negative comments, handle them with speed and care.

Comments 214
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Flickr Friday: Sexist Profiling on Twitter

Firebelly

» June 04, 2010 Flickr Friday: Sexist Profiling on Twitter Heres an interesting look at a breakdown of the several different Twitter user types. Your comment has not yet been posted. Your comment could not be posted. Error type: Your comment has been saved. This prevents automated programs from posting comments.

Flickr 100
article thumbnail

Non-Facebook Users: Please Comment Here

Ari Herzog

Scroll below his post to add a comment — and be forced to comment through Facebook. Whether or not you choose to share that comment on your Facebook wall is up to you, but it’s either comment with Facebook or don’t comment at all. If you do comment, how do you react to a Facebook system?

Comments 119
article thumbnail

Why Livefyre Is The Best Blog Comment System Evah

Waxing UnLyrical

I think Livefyre, the comment system that has been implemented on WUL for just under two months , is da bomb. Image: elventear via Flickr, CC 2.0. I’m not one to get overly excited by blog comment systems, but this one has me blown away. If you publish a blog, there are three things I want to tell you today. Just genius.

System 170
article thumbnail

Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Flickr YouTube Blogging Blah Blah Blah: Knowing Why You Use Social Media is What Counts

Ari Herzog

Kim Woodbridge set the tone of nearly every subsequent comment or inspired reactions in (dis)agreement when she shared that the only person who really knew or cared what the schedule was — on her blog — was her. She owned her world. It is common to do things because other people do them. That’s not a reason to do it.

Flickr 120
article thumbnail

Over 100 Great Photos on Flickr

Koka Sexton

Koka Sexton dot Com Home About Koka Contact Twitter FULL RSS Over 100 Great Photos on Flickr I use Flickr as my online photo bucket. I was using ImageShack or something before but when I found Flickr, I was amazed. Some nights I spend an hour or more just surfing the Flickr highway finding new pictures. Leave a comment!

Flickr 40