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Why Reddit Continues to be Relevant

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According to Digg’s top brass, these changes were meant to bring in more revenue to the site, giving corporations and companies more control over content and more exposure for their own content. However, this went against what many people felt was the point of Digg: allowing anyone to potentially make the front page of the site.

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Occupy Wall Street – The Revolution is Twittervised

Laurel Papworth

In this article, I’m looking at process vs product journalism, representational democracy falling over, the demise of capitalism, authoritarian aspects of traditional media AND online community hosts e.g. Twitter and the newly found power of Crowd Activism. Citizen Journalism is Process Journalism.

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Social Pros 25 – Alison Carlman, globalgiving

Convince & Convert

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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The Question Of Quora

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Answers can be voted up and down (ala Digg ) and you have the ability to follow the individuals and topics that are of interest to you. Imagine the ability to really ask serious and honest questions of your consumers and community members. journalism. It's called Quora. At it's core, Quora is a question and answer service.

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Study: Facebook Fan Pages are Great Marketing Tool for Businesses

Bill Hartzer

His research interests lie in studying motivational psychology of consumers and online marketing issues such as virtual communities and online auctions. He has published in a number of marketing and management journals, and consults with firms in financial services, energy, health-care and other industries. Share this on del.icio.us.

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United Way of Central Indiana Recognized for their Social Media.

Firebelly

  The article, Appealing to Community , focused on how not-for-profits are reaching out to younger donors with social media while keeping older supporters in the fold.  Chad Richards is the Social Program Manager at Firebelly Marketing.

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Be Creative with your Job Hunting and Get Hired Now

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These niche sites provide you with the ability to make a name for yourself amongst the community, which may lead to unsolicited job offers. Furthermore, you may also become privy to job opportunities during internal discussions, and can reach out to members of the community directly. #2 2 – Cold calling. Share this on Facebook.

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