Tag Archives: social networks

Another New Social Media Network? Sorry, But I’m Not Pinterested

February 13, 2012 – 9:52 am

Over the past several weeks, the dominating social media trend has been Pinterest, an “online pinboard.” In essence, Pinterest allows you to share and organize batches of images in a multi-column format. Like other networks, users can like your images, follow your feed, and comment. My initial impression of it is a Tumblr blog on [...]

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Scales and Sheen: How Very New Social Media Accounts Can Amass Influence So Quickly

March 30, 2011 – 12:26 pm

As social influence metrics like Klout continue to gain, well, clout in the industry, instances will arise where folks will cry foul over perceived inconsistencies in how scores are generated. An example I’ll use in this post is how very new Twitter accounts are able to amass very high influence scores in a very short period of time.

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Social Authority in Search Results and Lessons from the Past

December 11, 2010 – 8:27 am

I read a very interesting article on Mark Schaefer’s blog {Grow} today that discussed some relatively new topics in the search world: “social scoring” and “social authority.” He cited excerpts from interviews with Google and Bing that explain how both search firms are considering changes to their algorithms to account for the influence of content [...]

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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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Why Twitter Privacy is an Illusion

May 16, 2010 – 5:00 pm

In this post, I discuss how private, business-oriented Twitter accounts are neither an effective nor trustworthy way of using the channel. I also elaborate on why privacy on Twitter is an illusion.

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Keeping Your Private Life Private: Social Networks Only Know What You Tell Them

April 25, 2010 – 5:31 pm

One of the main points of social networks is the sharing of information. You obviously can’t and shouldn’t be fearful of sharing, but you can be aware of how much you do share. I’ve collected a few thoughts I hope will get you thinking more about your social privacy.

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