Ari Herzog

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2007: Facebook. A story I posted on Digg in 2005 crashed the “interesting” get-paid-for content site I was briefly testing. Even if Facebook et al. This is his story. 2005: Flickr. Do I want to treat Flickr as a serious base for showcasing my photographic works? Or, do I want to use it as a base for experimentation? 2012: Today.

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Your Favorite Networking Site Is

Ari Herzog

Beyond Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn, what is your favorite networking site? Inclusive of YouTube, Orkut, Bebo, Yammer, Plurk, Plaxo, Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Quora, Google+, MySpace, Pinterest, Foursquare, Instagram, Vimeo, SlideShare, Tumblr, Klout, Spotify, and Mixx, what do you like the most beyond the big three?

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Why You Add a Comment, Why You Click Like

Ari Herzog

This sentiment from Yahoo chief scientist Marc Davis to New York Times contributing writer Clive Thompson is as relevant today as in 2008 when Facebook updates were the rage. Clive elaborates: Merely looking at a stranger’s Twitter or Facebook feed isn’t interesting, because it seems like blather. But placement isn’t everything.