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Five Social Channels You May Not Know About

Ignite Social Media

In longer form, Sina Weibo is one of the most popular social media sites in China and is commonly referred to as the “Chinese Twitter”. The microblogging site launched in August of 2009 and as of May 2017 had 340 million active monthly users. Hello Network. It’s focused more on what you love doing versus who you know.

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Social Media Citizens Hate BP + 4 Other Social Media News Items

Firebelly

Twitter to Change Links and How They Are Displayed By Ben Parr In an effort to bypass the obscurity of shortened links and to prevent malware and phishing attacks, Twitter has begun the rollout of t.co, its official URL shortener, along with some major changes to how the microblogging platform handles links.

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7 Traits of Highly Effective Viral Videos

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

It’s why T-Mobile succeeded with a flash mob. Susan Boyle’s video on YouTube didn’t make any money and when you refer to monetization, it’s hard to understand what you mean. It’s why Susan Boyle’s “Britain’s Got Talent&# audition video is now hovering at 86 million views.

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Top 20 iPhone Apps for Bloggers

ProBlogger

Just recently, the app was updated to version 8, bringing one essential feature suited for mobile bloggers: the ability to post photos that you’ve taken using your iPhone’s camera. If PayPal is the official financial service of bloggers, Twitter is the official microblogging service.

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Tamar Weinberg is a Media Snacker » Techipedia | Tamar Weinberg

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The internet and technology ownership has changed everything: digital TV, mobile phones, iPods, weblogs, instant messaging, [and] social networking. Previously, to have a mobile phone, you needed a large bank account. Young people of the new WWW generation snuck in whenever, wherever, and on whatever they like.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Mastodon

Buffer Social

Post-Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, interest in other social networking sites has spiked significantly. Some names may be familiar to you while others are completely new, but a quick search on Google Trends reveals that old or new, people are looking for the next, best microblogging platform. What is Mastodon?

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Twitter versus Plurk: Not Even in the Same League

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

The only similarity is a 140 character limit for posts — so Plurk is essentially a microblogging platform. Plurk: Real Nested Conversations Brought to the Microblogging Platform A few days ago, I noticed via Twitter search tool Summize that Aaron Brazell had been talking about me on his Twitter stream.

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