On Friday, The Business Insider‘s latest Chart of the Day portrayed Facebook’s unbelievable effect on the rest of the web. Unfortunately, the key word here is “unbelievable,” but not in the way The Business Insider intended. But why is this report so unbelievable, and why do we keep falling for all these not-so-thinly-veiled advertisements that [...]
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Since I’ve been blogging a lot lately about the power of professional networks, I’ve decided to do something drastic: I’m changing the way I’ve traditionally used my own social networks, so I can better understand how they work. Until now, I’ve tried to curate my Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn networks according to the following criteria: [...]
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Oh, half-truths… Yesterday, Mashable published an article on HOW TO: Improve Engagement on Your Brand’s Facebook Page. The post summarized a report from Buddy Media, conducted over 14 days, involving data from over 200 of its clients’ branded Facebook pages (though the exact names of the brands involved were withheld). If you don’t already see [...]
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Ever since Facebook bought FriendFeed, I’ve been getting daily notices from FriendFeed that complete strangers are following me, with dubious names like Casual Encounters and Scanna69. If I’ve never met you (and you’re a robot), how can we be friends? And doesn’t being stalked by strangers and spammers implicitly undermine the concept of a “Friend”Feed [...]
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Social Media Needs Backbone
Last week, I Twittered that a tar truck was idling on my street, leaking fumes into everyone’s home while the driver sat on his buddy’s stoop and chatted for at least 20 minutes. Fellow Twitter user Ben Atlas (who’s been very anti-social media lately*) asked if it wouldn’t have been more productive for me to [...]
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