Ari Herzog

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The 4 Social Networks I Use Most

Ari Herzog

I started 2014 with a mission to use social networks without rules. I have 112 friends on the site and I’m content with that number. Twitter is the social network that I use the most these days. I’m hardly present on other social networking sites. Today, I’m happy being myself.

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The 4 Social Networks I Use Most

Ari Herzog

But there’s valuable content in the groups. If I frequently share a hashtag with someone else, and I like that other person’s photos and captions, I’ll follow. Facebook is listed fourth because of my ongoing love-hate relationship. I’m constantly pondering about taking a sabbatical.

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Facebook Twitter and LinkedIn – The Truth

Ari Herzog

First of all , Facebook is a social network but it’s only for people to connect with their real friends. Citing a 2007 interview by founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Augie Ray points out : Facebook [has] been quite clear that the social network is for facilitating real and firm relationships and not making soft, virtual ones.

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Digital Sabbaticals are Healthy

Ari Herzog

Five days after logging off Facebook to spend time with family and enjoy the other side of the country, I returned to the social networking site and observed 6 private messages and 67 notifications. The messages were pithy and not time sensitive.

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Bring Balance to Your Online Life

Ari Herzog

If I followed you or visited your publicly-viewed content, would I see the same information everywhere? Or, do you share some content on some sites and other content on other sites? Related Stories Clean Your Social Connections The 4 Social Networks I Use Most. My online life is balanced. How’d I do?

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The Legal Conundrum of John Deere Online

Ari Herzog

Perusing their terms of use regarding RSS feeds, John Deere explicitly writes in the second-to-last paragraph: You certify you are legally permitted to use the RSS Services and access the RSS Content, and if you are an individual, you are over 18 years of age. Do you spot the conundrum yet? Do they have a choice?

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Emulate the @UN and Reply to Tweets

Ari Herzog

From Mashable’s January 2012 interview with the UN social media lead Nancy Groves, the following passage is notable: “Info can be a little slow to get out because of the translation and political review process,” says Groves. “For that reason, we’re often using pre-approved content. Media Twitter'

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