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Foursquare Driving Media Paranoia Fun Fest

Socialized

The idea is that you “check in&# with a service like Brightkite or Foursquare , letting your friends know you are at a restaurant, the office, the gym, etc., “God damn Foursquare! You shouldn’t be on Foursquare!&#. and this alerts criminals that you are away from home so they can burglarize you. Come on, folks.

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Which Social Media Sites Are The Riskiest?

Small Business Mavericks

According to one survey , Facebook is the riskiest social media site for businesses online. 43% of businesses found video sharing sites to be slightly risky. 43% of businesses found video sharing sites to be slightly risky. Answers, Google+, and Foursquare (in that order) are likely to be your cup of tea.

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Social Networking Stats: Facebook’s User Base Is Getting Older; Twitter’s Is Getting Younger, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Foursquare: over 20 million users. via Foursquare. are between 25 and 44 years old, but there are considerable differences – of average age and gender – among individual sites, based on recent research by Pingdom. The study also looked at the average age of users on each site. Tumblr: 69 million blogs.

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The Sharing Avalanche [Infographic]

Mindjumpers

2000 people check in to Foursquare every 60 seconds. Also interesting to note is the statistics for people who do not share content on social media. 60% of those who use digital methods to research about the products they intend to buy, learned about it on social media sites. 250 million photos are uploaded to FB every day.

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Which Social Media Channels Should I Use For My Business?

yMarketingMatters

billion people using the site each month, 665 million active users each day, and generates up to 645 million local business page views per week, Facebook has proved that its popularity amongst users is here to stay. These search ranking benefits makes Google+ an important social media site to consider for your business.

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Social Networking Stats: Amazon Is Top Retailer on Pinterest, #RLTM Scoreboard

The Realtime Report

Foursquare: 40 million users. Out of the top ten retail sites, web content from Amazon is most shared on Pinterest, followed by Walmart and then Apple. Social Media Statistics Amazon Apple holiday boards Pinterest Searchmetrics social media statistics social networking statistics Walmart' Tumblr: 157 million blogs.

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Social Networking Stats: Complaints Total One-Fifth of Brand Interactions on Facebook, Twitter

The Realtime Report

Foursquare: 45 million users. Here’s the good news: around 50% of user interactions with brands on each site was positive. Are you surprised that there wasn’t more variation on brand sentiment by social networking site (ex: did you expect Facebook or Google+ users to be less critical than Twitter users, or vice versa)?