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The Mystery of the Silent Partner, Part II: Three Additional Theories

October 25, 2010 – 6:44 am

In a post this past August, I discussed a relationship I had observed on Twitter that I called the “silent partner”: accounts that follow you but never interact with you, or those who follow you back, but seemingly refuse interaction. I had put forth some proposals on why these connections occur, but I’ve since developed three additional theories on why you may find yourself linked up with a silent partner.

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The Conundrum of Critical Mass

September 9, 2010 – 9:47 am

How much noise must you tolerate in a social network to attain a reliable set of responses to your posts? Would the content and value of those responses be sufficient to balance the “wheat vs. chaff” formula in your network? What’s that magic number or ratio that marks the “critical mass” of your network to [...]

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The Mystery of the Silent Partner

August 21, 2010 – 4:41 pm

Social media produces some interesting and downright curious behaviors. Over the past few months, I’ve noticed a rather compelling relationship that’s popped up in my social interactions. It tends to manifest in two similar fashions: Someone chooses to follow or friend you. They’re active within their own network; it’s not a spammer or automated account, [...]

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Notes from Radian6’s Online Seminar on Open Leadership in Social Media

July 30, 2010 – 4:57 pm

On Friday, July 30, 2010, I attended an online seminar hosted by Radian6 and starring Charlene Li, founder of Altimeter Group. Charlene talked about key points from her book, “Open Leadership: How Social Technology Can Transform the Way You Lead”. I recorded brief elaborations of the key points I live-tweeted during the seminar.

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