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Bogus “news” stories feed on confusion and rage

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Why do people share their shock and outrage over amazing and incredible "news" stories from questionable sources? Why do they continue to comment and share these stories, even after they know them to be bogus? The story of the 60-year-old woman who supposedly shot and killed two teenagers who punched her.'

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Facebook Contextual Ads Insensitive to Boston Tragedy

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News and commentary about yesterday''s tragic events in Boston are dominating my feed on Facebook, but there, in the middle of it all, I was appalled to see a pathetic, contextual ad for the Zoosk dating site, with a montage of all the smiling hotties that were dying to meet.'

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How Social Is Your Company, Really?

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So you have a blog, maybe two, a couple of Twitter feeds, a YouTube channel and a Facebook page. Your company is truly social, isn’t it? Everything on the checklist is in place. But none of these things equates to being truly social. Is your Twitter account staffed by one or more real people who respond in real time to questions and comments?

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A Few Motivational Thoughts

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Don’t you wish you could screw up 10,000 times before you got fired? You’re not Thomas Effing Edison, pal. Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for life. Teach a man how to exploit disadvantaged workers in the third world, build a multinational seafood empire and feed his family for generations.

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Facebook Dislike Button is a Bad Idea

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Facebook users have launched a handful of petition drives asking the social network to allow users to click a thumbs-down icon to give a news feed item, advertisement, etc. a “Dislike,&# just as they can currently give it a thumbs-up, or “Like.&# There are several Facebook groups with a million or more users advocating this.

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9 Twitter Best Practices for Business

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Twitter only permits one account per email address, meaning you would need to use another for your company account if you’re using an existing Twitter account linked with an email address. For this move, Twitter must ask users to follow three people from even a selection it offers but instead five people that you know.

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Santa Cruz Sentinel on FriendFeed - Newspaper of the Future?

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Readers can just as easily comment on an item, share it, or give it a StumbleUpon-style “Like” aka, a thumbs-up. There are icons allowing readers to easily sign up for any of several RSS feeds the paper offers. On FriendFeed, more than anywhere else it seems, real discussions happen via the comments function.

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