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Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 11, 2008

As Digg becomes more of a social network and less of a social news network (or a hybrid that incorporates both elements), it has a lot of obstacles it needs to face. Besides major usability issues , duplicate stories submissions , and ads that literally scream at you , Digg has yet another issue to deal with: privacy.

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Digg Privacy MySpace Yahoo

Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 9, 2008

In the past few weeks, however, even Digg’s other top users are seeing that Digg is becoming more difficult of a social news site to enjoy, and after stepping away from Digg for awhile, I have some thoughts and reflections on how it was and possibly how it should be. The community had to react. Completely.

Digg

Digg Sites News API

A Review of the New Digg Images and Universal Taxonomy.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Social Media > Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up Thoughts on Digg’s Latest Features: Thumbs Up by Tamar Weinberg on December 17, 2007 Share When I was at Pubcon last week, Digg launched its highly anticipated images section.

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Digg Review Web 2.0 Upcoming

Digg vs. Reddit: Reddit's Staff is Better ¬ª Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

The story did quite well on Digg and on Reddit, with Reddit users noticing that one of the fish forms actually looked very much like the Reddit logo. The story did quite well on Digg and on Reddit, with Reddit users noticing that one of the fish forms actually looked very much like the Reddit logo. I am enjoying Stumble lately, though.

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Digg Reddit Web 2.0 StumbleUpon

Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites

Adam Sherk

AUGUST 7, 2009

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites by Adam Sherk on August 7, 2009 This week’s Sysomos study of the 5% most active users on Twitter includes a list of the top 25 users (with more than 50,000 followers) ranked by average tweets per day. tweets per day.

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Sites News Strategy Twitter

Old Spice: Successful Social Media Campaign

Mindjumpers

JULY 15, 2010

New Spice – Study like a Scholar, Scholar Launching A Car Only Through Social Media Toyota Goes Viral With Hip Hop Family Car Tags: Best Practice , commercial , Isaiah Mustafah , Old Spice , Old Spice Guy , Social Media Campaign , Viral video , Youtube Posted in Best Practise Cases , Social Media Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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Campaign Social Media Reddit Disqus

Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #108

Twist Image

JULY 14, 2012

Worse because government policy tanks are empty: interest rates have been near zero for years now, there isn't much more capacity for stimulus spending, Europe is near collapse. "When the news broke this week that DIgg would be sold for about $500,000 , it kind of depressed me. Is this real news? Probably not.

Reddit Digg Retail Compete

Book Review: Social Media Marketing

Webbiquity SMM

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

She provides an excellent taxonomy of the social media landscape, categorizing the different types of social media tools into: • Social News Sites (Digg, Reddit, Kirtsy, etc.). Social Bookmarking (Delicious, Diigo, Bmaccess; the distinction from social news sites is s bit blurry). Social Events (e.g., Dana Larson | Expert Bits.

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Review Social Media Marketing Handbook

YouTube - What is LinkedIn? Part 2

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 2, 2008

Introducing LinkedIn News & the redesigned home page. Announcing LinkedIn News. Detroit News film criti. Privacy Policy. What is LinkedIn? Rate: 1 ratings Sign in to rate. Views: 288. watch in standard quality. watch in high quality. more share options ). fewer share options ). Thank you for sharing this video!

OpenSocial

OpenSocial YouTube LinkedIn MySpace

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Tetherless World Constellation Launch Event - June 11, 2008

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 24, 2008

The content of the debate will be collaboratively created by Web users, who can submit questions and promote them through a user-based ranking system, similar to the community-based news site Digg. We aim to make the next generation Web natural to use while responsive to a growing variety of policy and social needs.

Eventful

Eventful Policies Collaboration Wikipedia

Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 25, 2008

How do you get your news? In the past I have variously read newspapers, watched TV news bulletins, read news.bbc.co.uk and obviously more recently sites such as Digg. Now it seems I get most of my news from Twitter. As Chris Garrett explains in his post, if you follow numerous feed bots, you can get the news all the time.

Social Networking

Social Networking Digg StumbleUpon Social Bookmarking

Social Pros 25 – Alison Carlman, globalgiving

Convince & Convert

JULY 20, 2012

Read on for insights from Eric Boss & DJ Waldow’s Social Media Stat of the Week ( This week : The Wall Street Journal reports more people are turning to YouTube as their news source). Digg died this week, basically, I guess Digg died several weeks ago but like it officially died this week. Listen Now. Why did it fail?

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 19, 2009

After attending SMX (I’ll post something on that soon) and SES NY, I realized that Twitter is a useful tool for conferencegoers to communicate their whereabouts or to share breaking news and announcements. That’s why Twitter works — it delivers this news to you and you can read it right away as it comes to your Twitter page.

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Twitter Microblogging MySpace Yahoo

The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

FEBRUARY 1, 2008

Here’s a screenshot of a story that became popular with a whopping 235 Diggs. It was taken the night of January 28, 2008 (approximately 11PM EST): While Digg typically allowed stories to hit the front page within 80-120 votes (the latter being more rare than normal), it’s now requiring almost double the number.

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Digg Social Media Upcoming Ustream

Mixxing In, and Why Early Adoption is Important: A Review of the.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

NOVEMBER 28, 2007

It’s about time that I bring the dialogue here since it’s evident that I’m already starting to grow fond of the brand new social network. The Early Adopter Appeal Mixx is a new social news site that went into private beta a mere two months ago. Social Desire November 30, 2007 at 5:26 pm Don’t Digg?

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Review Digg StumbleUpon Web 2.0

10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 18, 2010

You can search for related groups and Fan Pages through Facebook, start accounts on social bookmarking sites such as Digg or StumbleUpon, and check on who is linking to your site to find out who’s interested. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Social Media Strategy StumbleUpon Digg

Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

Networks like Digg, FriendFeed, and Facebook are seeing huge growths in value, but the little guys, the ones actually providing the meat and potatoes for those operations, rarely see a nickel. Just like it’s not uncommon for someone to click the “Digg&# button on Digg without ever visiting the site.

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Aggregator Content Digg Posterous

100+ Blog Directories and RSS Sites for Promoting Your Blog

Webbiquity SMM

OCTOBER 25, 2010

To give credit where it’s due, both the TopRank Online Marketing Blog and Robin Good have provided nice lists in the past, but as changes in the blog directory world can be challenging to keep pace with, both now include dead links and directories that have significantly changed their policies (e.g. NGOID News Network.

Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MAY 13, 2008

Such was the case for this Digg story , which compared multiple web hosting companies and watched as these hosts handled the traffic spikes that resulted from the Digg effect. Digg is the social media network of tech geeks, and the Digg statistics should not be too surprising: 39% of Diggers publish their own blog.

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Social Media Digg Brands Marketing

Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 22, 2009

Reply Dror Zaifman October 23, 2009 at 4:44 am Frankly Tamar I believe this is the same type of policy that is rooted within Apple’s culture. Look at their policy about servicing you from the get go. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch!

Apple

Apple Twitter Forums Policies

Internet Marketers of New York Charity Party: March 18, 2008

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 16, 2008

12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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MySpace Handbook Yahoo Microblogging

11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Oblivion If you are an expert on a subject matter, you should know the latest news, findings, and opinions about it. People often advance themselves as a technical expert on a brand, but seem unaware when that brand is in the news for having a defect or a major product announcement. Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Brands Handbook MySpace Construction

YouTube - Diigo V3: Highlight & Share the Web! Social Bookmarking 2.0

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 22, 2008

great for use on news sites like nobosh. Privacy Policy. Social Bookmarking 2.0. Rate: 47 ratings Sign in to rate. Views: 31,977. watch in standard quality. watch in high quality. more share options ). fewer share options ). This video will appear on your blog shortly. Thank you for sharing this video! Marked as spam. noboshanswers. (2

Social Bookmarking

Social Bookmarking YouTube Handbook Web 2.0

3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 25, 2010

They don’t follow guidelines on contact form policies on what will be covered and what won’t be. If this rockstar knew better, he’d have used my contact form and read my coverage policy (short answer: I won’t cover anything you send to me). I also really like your blog policy. Good, clear communication!

Social Media

Social Media Engagement Forums Policies

ITunes Allows Radiologists To Save, Sort And Search Personal Learning Files

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 20, 2008

Science News. 16, 2007) — Website policy makers who use robots.txt files as gatekeepers to specify what is open and what is off limits to Web crawlers have a preference for Google over other search engines, say researchers. > Nature-Nurture Link Sheds New Light On Autism. Science Video News. Breaking News.

Energy

Energy Biotechnology Newsvine RSS

I Invented Facebook » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 11, 2010

12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

MySpace

MySpace Facebook Web 2.0 Yahoo

Managing in the Virtual or Network(ed) Organization: News, views, and reviews of Work 2.0 tools, apps and practices

Buzz Marketing for Technology

JULY 28, 2008

About | Contributor Bios | Blog Policy | Contact us. -->. Notable + Quotable: mobile internet use, Digg, the Long Tail, and iPhone apps. via RSS: Via email: Search. Recent Entries. Managing in the Virtual or Network(ed) Organization. E20portal.com â?? Enterprise 2.0

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Organization Review Web 2.0 Tools

How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search » Techipedia | Tamar.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 22, 2010

When you search “Tiger Woods” on a traditional search engine, you will get results which include news stories from major media outlets, links to Wikipedia and espn.com, and Tiger’s official site which happens to be TigerWoods.com. Also, when breaking news happens, a real time search can also clue you in to more information.

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Engineering Wikipedia MySpace Yahoo

Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

APRIL 20, 2010

12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca As Seen In… Social Media Backtype Brightkite Business Exchange DailyBooth del.icio.us © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

Social Media

Social Media Chemicals Wikipedia MySpace

Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JUNE 3, 2009

I recently wrapped up writing a book on social media marketing for individuals to large businesses entitled The New Community Rules ( Amazon link ) and the book is slated for a late June/early July release. But in even bigger news, two weeks ago today, I gave birth to a healthy baby boy. Announcing… David Jacob Weinberg!

Social Media

Social Media Web 2.0 Digg MySpace

Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 19, 2010

Communities, social news sites, and online sharing can be leveraged to build a site following. 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

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Social Media Yahoo Discount Training

Rogue Snapnames Employee Bids on Domain Name Auctions, Drives Up Prices

Bill Hartzer

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

This is a clear violation of our internal policy and was not approved by the company. Specific domain name registration policies for employees. Domain Name News is also reporting that the name of this rogue executive (former Snapnames Executive) is Nelson Brady. We deeply regret that this conduct has impacted our customers.

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Domain Name Price FAQ Consultant

5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read

Firebelly

JANUARY 29, 2010

Here are 5 news items or blog posts that I wouldnt want you to miss: 1. After Facebook’s failed attempt to buy Twitter, Facebook has embarked on a policy of “If you cant buy them, destroy them” and has slowly but surely copied the features offered by Twitter. Have a great weekend everyone!

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Marketing Feed Reader Paid Search SMS

How Not to Increase Online Credibility: MediaPost Fail

Bill Hartzer

JUNE 4, 2009

That’s great news, since I actually would like to see Aldi’s come into our area and start offering an alternative to Walmart. UPDATE: After several people have pointed out this article on MediaPost, it looks like the Media Post folks have finally updated the article and included a new screenshot of the real Aldi Foods website.

Domain Name

Domain Name Reputation Policies Wikipedia

Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 14, 2009

Tagged as: avi kaplan , case study , charity , epic change , ideablob , non-profits , social media , social media marketing , stacey monk , twitter { 2 trackbacks } News Update - Best of the Day August 17, 2009 at 8:15 am Got a tweet to spare? Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca

Social Media

Social Media Case Study MySpace Yahoo

A Brief Introduction to The New Community Rules: Marketing on the.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2009

When should I use Digg ? 12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca You’ll learn: What’s the hype about LinkedIn and how can I use it?

Communities

Communities Marketing MySpace Yahoo

Pubcon 2007 Recap

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 9, 2007

12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca December 9, 2007 at 5:43 pm Great to finally meet you in person, Tamar! Accelerated by MaxCDN Content Delivery Network.

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Yahoo Conference Digg MySpace

Andrew Sutherland, 17 Year Old Creator of Quizlet » Techipedia.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

MARCH 4, 2008

12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca May there be more of you in the future, those people that follow your example. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

Digg

Digg MySpace Reddit Yahoo

Social Media Insecurity: What to do When Online Activity Affects.

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

AUGUST 18, 2010

We almost have to create our own personal social media policy. Reply Arthur Charles Van Wyk August 20, 2010 at 3:03 pm I’m not sure I agree with your Facebook friend policy. Reply llllillllyyyy September 9, 2010 at 5:36 am Directed at users who are new to social networks and social communication. Where are the boundaries?

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Activities Social Media Policies Social Networking

Choosing To Friend or Unfriend on Facebook

Kikolani

JUNE 16, 2011

You’re posting things I’m not interested in on my news feed. Or worse, you’re posting offensive things on your profile that show up in my news feed. Your Friending or Unfriending Policies on Facebook? 2010 Social Media Wishlist – New Features for Facebook, StumbleUpon, & Twitter.

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Facebook Groups Groups Notification

7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JULY 15, 2010

Sorry, you must have not read my blog policy. However, as stated in my blog policy , I have asked you to use your real name. I do not think your name is “How to Attract New Customers&# and have edited your comment and URL as explained in the blog policy. It’s crime. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Blogger Engineering Flickr SEO

10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

DECEMBER 31, 2009

12484 SUBSCRIBERS FOLLOWERS Lijit Search Read more about The New Community Rules Get Techipedia on your iPhone or iPod touch! Digg Diigo Disqus Dopplr Facebook Fetch Flickr FriendFeed gdgt Google Reader Identi.ca Reply Cancel reply Leave a Comment Be sure to wrap all code in <code></code> tags. © 2006-2010 Tamar Weinberg.

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Crowdsourcing scribd Ustream Social Media

How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

JANUARY 12, 2010

I needed to differentiate Digg from social media because they actually are part of a distinctive community (and as you know, I’m very passionate about Digg so it really did deserve its own category). Digg I blindly accept friend requests and rarely if ever pay attention to “shouts&#.

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Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

Confessions and Reflections of a [Former] Digg Addict

Trending Sources

A Review of the New Digg Images and Universal Taxonomy.

Digg vs. Reddit: Reddit's Staff is Better ¬ª Techipedia | Tamar.

Diversified Twitter Strategies for News Sites

Old Spice: Successful Social Media Campaign

Six Links Worthy Of Your Attention #108

Book Review: Social Media Marketing

YouTube - What is LinkedIn? Part 2

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Tetherless World Constellation Launch Event - June 11, 2008

Every Social Network is Different: Here's What You Need to Know

Social Pros 25 – Alison Carlman, globalgiving

Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

The Unfortunate Investment of Social Media (and its Consequences)

Mixxing In, and Why Early Adoption is Important: A Review of the.

10 Reasons Why Your Business Needs a Killer Social Media Strategy

Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

100+ Blog Directories and RSS Sites for Promoting Your Blog

Social Media Marketing Without Brand Awareness Can Kill You.

Apple Gets More Serious About Using Twitter, but Why it Doesn't Matter

Internet Marketers of New York Charity Party: March 18, 2008

11 Common Mistakes That People Make With Their Personal Brands.

YouTube - Diigo V3: Highlight & Share the Web! Social Bookmarking 2.0

3 Golden Business Rules for Social Media Engagement

ITunes Allows Radiologists To Save, Sort And Search Personal Learning Files

I Invented Facebook » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Managing in the Virtual or Network(ed) Organization: News, views, and reviews of Work 2.0 tools, apps and practices

How You Can Benefit from Real Time Search » Techipedia | Tamar.

Why Social Media Is Like Getting Stoned

Announcing the Newest Social Media Prince

Is Social Media Worth it for You?

Rogue Snapnames Employee Bids on Domain Name Auctions, Drives Up Prices

5 Social Marketing Stories You Need To Read

How Not to Increase Online Credibility: MediaPost Fail

Social Media for Non-Profits: How One Small Charity Makes it Work

A Brief Introduction to The New Community Rules: Marketing on the.

More Great Internet Marketing Posts for 2007

Pubcon 2007 Recap

Andrew Sutherland, 17 Year Old Creator of Quizlet » Techipedia.

Social Media Insecurity: What to do When Online Activity Affects.

Choosing To Friend or Unfriend on Facebook

7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins

10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

How I Network on Friendster, Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn Â?

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