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Over the last year I had the honor of sharing office space with the Tweety Got Back crew. They are simple wonderful, and so is their new site. If you’re on Twitter and don’t have a fun theme set up, go grab one. They’ve made it ridiculously easy.
As always, I’m a sucker for good info-graphics and good motion-graphics. Put the two together and you’ve really got me.
You have to watch this a couple times to really internalize some of the numbers. In particular, Facebook’s overall dominance is simply staggering.
(via @micah)
In it’s entirety, this is the best article I’ve seen about Buzz, Google’s mistake related to it, and what’s worrisome as they attempt more stunts like this.
For a public that doesn’t even know what a web browser is, what Gmail lacked was not a bolted-on Buzz that further complicates what’s already a poorly designed email reader. What’s needed is not a knee-jerk reaction to Facebook and Twitter that would make Microsoft proud, but a fundamental rethinking of the presentation of Google’s sole cash cow: search. In 2010, the design quality of its search results is a disgrace for a company as ambitious as Google.
Humans are naturally drawn to stories. I think she’s right.
(via @skaw)
So what we’re seeing today isn’t new. It’s neither the unprecedented flowering of human potential nor the death of intelligent discourse, but rather the correction of a historical anomaly. There was a brief period of time in the 20th century when “media” was understood as something professionals created for others to passively consume. Collectively, we rejected this idea.
Amazing.
So, what will your fans do for you?
Heap gets it on so many levels. She may have a head start coming out of the traditional record label model of the past, but she’s moving forward the right way.
(emphasis mine)
During a time when many music fans are clamoring for free music, Heap’s fans actually helped ensure her music wasn’t prematurely leaked.
I agree – I wonder who will be the first to recognize this and capitalize on it. Flickr has done well charging $25 per year for their pro account. I bet Facebook or Twitter could get $15-$30 a year for access to better customer service, some other tools, things like that.
When it happened to me, it made me realize the value of reliable service providers, and responsive customer service. I would absolutely pay a membership fee to be able to count on both, even on a social community site.
Can’t embed this one because it’s on Facebook, but I’m posting to make a quick point: videos like these are what make social media fun. Lance Armstrong consistently uses social media well to connect with his fans. As one of those fans, I’m loving it – and, sadly, I haven’t been on a big regularly in a couple years.
A little bit of personal responsibility…
While I think there is something to be said regarding spammy behavior on Twitter, this is the ultimate issue: you choose who to follow (or not), so at some point you have to stop whining about it.
Read the full article, if you get a chance, it’s excellent.
Twitter spam. Really? Are you even paying attention? I’ll say it again, you choose who you follow. If you’re following a newsbot, you’re going to get news spam. If you follow a good friend who can’t stop RTing, you’re going to to get retweet spam, but complaining about it is like standing the middle of a freeway asking, “Why do these cars keep hitting me?”
(emphasis mine.)
…you need a Social Media Strategist/Guru/Mahatma to run point and decipher the turbo-complicated, multi-leveled world of the big, wide web.
Only you don’t.
You don’t need those sites and you don’t need that guy on your team. You need to find The Mission and do everything in your power to ignore the voices that compromise it.
It’s always interesting to watch the evolution of a social network. The early Twitter adopters are starting to grumble. And they have good points.
Now you have authority. Or so you think. Now you are important. Or so you think. Now you are a spammer. Or so I think.
Welcome Twitter, the MySpace.
As it happens, this is also my Twitter policy. I can’t and won’t follow everyone. But I’ll do my best to interact with you if you interact with me.
BONUS: “In the realm of electronic communications, you owe me nothing. Not a follow-back on Twitter, not a response to an @ reply, not an answer to my emails… Counterpoint. It goes both ways.”
I do not follow everyone back who follows me on Twitter. When I follow you, it’s because your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter. It’s not a ploy to get you to follow me back, that’d make me a spammer.
Don’t be a spammy-mcspammerton.
It won’t get you anywhere.
Sure, build an “Elite Power Account”, but don’t call yourself expert, maven, guru, or coach. Spamming Twitter does not make you a Premier Thought Leader. It makes you an Idiot.
I got the chance yesterday to give a little presentation to a weekly group that my dad runs for business owners in south Denver. It was fun, I met a lot of great people and got to share a few thoughts on social networking and other web tidbits for the uninitiated.
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