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Yelp is Broken and Social Flashmobs Apparently Rule

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Suffice it to say, the owners of this restaurant, took it to another level via these Kitchen Nightmare Youtube videos. Apparently the owners decided to respond to the trolls that were commenting about how bad they came off on the show. Watching the videos of the show you can see why. The gist or the fuel?

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Is Being Too Social Ruining Social Media?

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It’s not going to happen yet, but as I was made aware in a comment on a post I wrote about social media bubbles -&# there is a bubble, it’s just different&#. So with that assumptive comment in hand, which in hindsight I now agree with. I actually think so.

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Protecting Children from Social Media

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Do some of the following questions and comments sound familiar? Create video on YouTube. Comment on YouTube. Comment on any blog anywhere. Upload music and comment on the music. and another would say “We have to&#. and still another will say, “We’re all overreacting&#. and you know what?

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How are you going to monetize that?

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Meaning I can set up a Twitter profile, A Facebook page, a YouTube video and a blog in less than a half hour. The kicker though is, that at that point NO ONE is reading your tweets, commenting on your wall, viewing your video or reading your latest blog post. How are you going to monetize that?

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Sports and Social Media-What have We Learned?

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This means that 1) we have realized the power and potential of the digitally written word/visual world and we realize its impact; and 2) all of us have become comfortable with the notion that we’re all publishers, editors and commentators of our lives, your lives and even the lives of people we know nothing about. What do you do?

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Sports and Social Media-What have We Learned?

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This means that 1) we have realized the power and potential of the digitally written word/visual world and we realize its impact; and 2) all of us have become comfortable with the notion that we’re all publishers, editors and commentators of our lives, your lives and even the lives of people we know nothing about. What do you do?

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Corning Creates an Impactful and Viral Video

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Was it Corning’s intention that it garner close to 6 million views, 14,000 likes and almost 3,000 comments? Something to ponder the next time your company wants to create a video. I don’t think so…

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