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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

The history of social media is a long and storied one. It’s bursting with pivotal moments like the launch of Instagram Stories, to that one time Zuck was on trial for Facebook privacy issues, to…honestly, let’s just look at the entire social media history timeline. So, how old is social media?

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The Strangest Argument I’ve Ever Had On Social Media

Waxing UnLyrical

The points he tweeted back basically amounted to just one: social media cannot be used to sell anything, so why deceive people with tips to help them do that? I’m not a social media evangelist, and I’m very cautious about how I engage in this space. Photo credit: havi , courtesy Flickr, CC 2.0.

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The Social Media Vibe Theory

Waxing UnLyrical

It’s not enough to pick one of the “personalities” under which social media users have been classified and run with that, because a) no one’s purely one or the other, and b) you can’t differentiate yourself by working a label. Image: amonja via Flickr, CC 2.0. You can also connect with her on Twitter.

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Why Alps Bethneck is 5 Years Old

Ari Herzog

2005: Flickr. Do I want to treat Flickr as a serious base for showcasing my photographic works? 2010: Twitter. Do I want to use Twitter to tell the world what Stephen Black ate for lunch or do I want to connect with an audience interested in art and creative writing? It started in 2002. This is his story.

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The Serious Goings-On Behind The Social Networking Scene

Waxing UnLyrical

We met on someone’s blog, followed each other “home,” and now see each other on social platforms pretty much daily. We share each other’s links, support and tease each other on Twitter, and share brief direct message dialogues every now and again (no, not about you. Not the… time before last, anyway).

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What Information Is Not

Waxing UnLyrical

I remind myself of that when I’m frustrated by how fast my Twitter stream is moving, or the new “free ebook alerts&# I’ll never get to read, or the LinkedIn discussions I never get to join. Otherwise, I’m doing the social media equivalent of watching National Geographic. I heard it.

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The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Marketing , Opinion , Social Media > The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook The Ultimate Social Media Etiquette Handbook by Tamar Weinberg on December 10, 2008 Share Social media mimics real relationships — in many cases.

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