The single most important decision we can make in a connected world is who to follow. - Stowe Boyd
Obviously, to enrich the connection!
I always knew the “Poke” would make a comeback in an age of awkward mobile social interactions.
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| — | MG Siegler (via justbeingseriouslysocial) |
End it.
Alert the (social) media: Hashtag is now a baby name. Yes, Hashtag, as in the the symbol used on social networking sites like Twitter and Instagram to categorize and/or emphasize topics.
I think Tumblr is one of the most exciting sources of social data that is just now being tapped and its value is just now being realized. The level of interest and amount of adoption of the data is really exciting.
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| — | Gnip Now Serves Over 100B Social Activities Per Month, Takes Tumblr Partnership To Next Level | TechCrunch (via rickwebb) |
Hashtags act as a powerful extender of your tweets to a much, much wider audience. While tweeting be sure to fill the space remaining with a couple of relevant hashtags. Potentially Awesome Hashtags just wants to deliver this message to you…
Love now Twitter is suggesting I follow @googlewave! Last tweet, 600+ days ago! Product shut down forever ago…
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| — | David Krane (via justbeingseriouslysocial) |
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The future of the internet can’t be mobile because mobile users don’t participate much. […] They will take the time to type out their own carefully planned ‘off the cuff’ tweet. They will even respond to someone else’s tweet now and then. But mostly, the action on the internet involves typing and they can’t do much of it because it is such a chore. They read emails, but barely write them. […] It’s really bad for Facebook because they are a user generated content business. The mobile user can make a little status update comment and post pictures from their phone, but the bread and butter of Facebook, the real draw, the real reason to use it WAS interaction and mobile is killing interaction. Consequently, Facebook is now mostly just an echo chamber. The desktop users and that rare, intrepid, super monkey thumbed mobile speed typist are ‘doing all the work’ while most of the mobile users just can’t handle doing anything and so mostly just sit back and watch. […] There will be lots of eyeballs on mobile devices, but that’s not the same thing as mobile being ‘the future.’ And any breakthrough that helps make mobile more useable is probably going to make the desktop experience even more awesome.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbotpmgo1p1r8dxvuo1_500.png)
The future of the internet can’t be mobile because mobile users don’t participate much. […] They will take the time to type out their own carefully planned ‘off the cuff’ tweet. They will even respond to someone else’s tweet now and then. But mostly, the action on the internet involves typing and they can’t do much of it because it is such a chore. They read emails, but barely write them. […] It’s really bad for Facebook because they are a user generated content business. The mobile user can make a little status update comment and post pictures from their phone, but the bread and butter of Facebook, the real draw, the real reason to use it WAS interaction and mobile is killing interaction. Consequently, Facebook is now mostly just an echo chamber. The desktop users and that rare, intrepid, super monkey thumbed mobile speed typist are ‘doing all the work’ while most of the mobile users just can’t handle doing anything and so mostly just sit back and watch. […] There will be lots of eyeballs on mobile devices, but that’s not the same thing as mobile being ‘the future.’ And any breakthrough that helps make mobile more useable is probably going to make the desktop experience even more awesome.
Most of Facebook’s billion accounts are fake »
…our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech looked deeper into this impressive number, discovering that not all of Facebook’s billion users are as active they seem.
