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Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Social Media Consultant and Tech Geek at Heart Home About Press Consulting Contact Sitemap Home > Opinion , Social Media > Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators Content Aggregators are Killing Content Creators by Tamar Weinberg on September 23, 2009 Share This is a guest post from Josh Schnell, founder of Macgasm.net and web developer.

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

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For example, the PLATO system, developed by the University of Illinois in 1970, had many features of an early social media network but was largely used in academia. It wasn’t until a couple of months later, that the #SanDiegoFire hashtag was sparked to aggregate tweets and updates about the California wildfires.

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Five Benefits to Using Twitter Â? Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

As an example, I followed two major news aggregators for awhile, but the updates were just too frequent for my needs. Tagged as: communication , facebook , Internet , microblogging , social media , twitter { 4 trackbacks } Pour la promotion du cne extreme, devenez ralisateur et crez un film. Your mileage may vary.

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The Ultimate List of Social Media Definitions You Need to Know

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For an example, check out Ask me Anything: The Talkwalker Edition. For example, Hootsuite uses Twitter’s API to publish tweets, and Instagram’s API to schedule posts. Face filters on social apps like Snapchat and Instagram Stories are the most common examples. Twitter chats, like the monthly #HootChat , are a prime example.

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Top 20 iPhone Apps for Bloggers

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If PayPal is the official financial service of bloggers, Twitter is the official microblogging service. In fact, it’s not a microblogging service anymore. Tumblr is also known as the “other&# microblogging service, which thankfully didn’t follow Twitter’s path and remained true to what it was created for.

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How friendfeed Can Teach You About Your Friends

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Since FriendFeed aggregates numerous social networks, it can give you a lot more information about its users, especially with regards to how and when they engage with online content. FriendFeed isn’t just an aggregator, though. That is, of course, if your friends are using Twitter. It’s also a conversation medium.

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Is Social Media the Final Frontier of Marketing?

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

To take two examples: people complain about an issue to an important newspaper prompting them to push the issue into the mainstream, or if a TV station covers an event, that becomes an important topic. A great example, one that recently affected me: A mobile phone manufacturer, called HTC, released a phone that had sub-par video performance.