Socialized

NOVEMBER 7, 2009

Some of these are legislated, and some of them simply come from community values. My rules are based on a combination of factors, like why I am on Twitter, my personal standard of ethics, my perception of community values, and Twitter’s TOS. Rules have numerous origins. It’s not even immoral. But there are penalties.

Communities 162

Communities Twitter MySpace Social Networking 162

Socialized

MAY 14, 2010

Sure you’re ticked off about Facebook’s abuses of consumer privacy, but does closing your account accomplish anything? Even if one million people closed their accounts, that would represent 1/4 of one percent of Facebook’s 400 million user base. Read Facebook’s own Privacy page. Inform Your Friends.

Privacy 254

Privacy Facebook Google Reader Statistics 254

Socialized

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Everloop, which bills itself as an e-learning social network, claims “All tweens are left out of the social graph because they must be over 13 in order to legally use services such as Facebook. Without having a centralized online community of their own, a tween’s social media experience is disparate,

Social Graph 164

Social Graph Social Networking Communities Social Media 164

Socialized

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

Location-Based Applications Will Dissolve Into General Social Networks. Location-based applications like Foursquare and Brightkite will not be the darlings of social media as some predict, but will instead turn into features and dissolve into general social networks like Facebook and Twitter.

SocialText 250

SocialText Social Media Web 2.0 Astroturfing 250

Socialized

JANUARY 22, 2010

and went on to cite statistics that show both e-mail and social networking use on the increase. It’s hip and cool to say Facebook, Twitter, and text messaging have replaced e-mail, and “anything worth saying can be said in 140 characters,” but it isn’t true. We posted the finished video on YouTube and Facebook.

Social Media 214

Social Media MySpace Sharepoint comScore 214

Socialized

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Several clients have told me recently they don’t think their Facebook pages have as many fans as their brand seems to warrant. One executive compared the “coolness” of his brand to a larger, boring brand that drew many more fans to its Facebook page, adding, “I don’t get it.”. Why do you have a Facebook Fan Page?

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Facebook Tips Web 2.0 Retail 199

Socialized

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

I’m referring to smart, articulate people from other fields who have something profound to say that might help us put social media into perspective. McLuhan clearly foresaw the whole phenomenon of blogging, Twitter and Facebook status updates. The median age of the social networker is rising slowly, however.

Social Media 223

Social Media Sysomos Privacy Radian6 223