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The Ambient Conversations of Twitter

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The gist being that what we call our network on Twitter is very loosely constructed and defined. Last week I wrote about the diminishing return of relationships on Twitter. This week, I want to focus on the ambient nature of most conversations in Twitter. Without that foundation, you’ll just swim in a sea of ambient awareness.

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10 social media sites, blogs and links you might have missed

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From one of our weekly Tweetchats hosted by JD Lasica on Facebook and Privacy , this link was shared: Facebook Backlash Sparks Transparency Tools which has a couple of really good tools in the article. This has some potential now that Ning has constructed pay walls; Add a forum or social network to your blog with BlogFrog.

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How to Alienate an Influencer with Horrible Customer Service.

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I’m thinking it was supposed to be a constructive comment- but don’t mutter under your breath how I’m wrong and I’m crazy and you’re right. The customer has the tools to make or break a company. I can’t believe he’s doing this. You can’t be serious. At which point I asked him out loud.