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Social networking
Has Chinese law crippled Sina Weibo’s chance at world domination?
This week, Twitter received some very high (and much deserved) praise for standing up for one of its users against the New York state court. The state of NY wanted information on an Occupy Wall Street protester, Malcolm Harris. Harris' efforts to fight against the court were struck down and so now Twitter has stepped in to the fight.Compare that to another post which also came out this week about Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo.According to Sina Weibo's ...Could paid connections be the future of social networking? [Net Prophet]
Social networking hasn't quite lived up to its promise. It was supposed to flatten hierarchies and democratise networking. Theoretically, I'm just a few clicks and an email away from Richard Branson, so I should be able to have a conversation with him and do business.How hopelessly naive. The reality is that social networks mirror life and it's difficult to get the attention of busy, important people. Why? Because well-known and successful people have limited time and can't possibly give attention ...Social? The web’s always been social
Long ago, before Facebook and Twitter; before MySpace even, there were simple html-rendered pages and IRC, and forums devoted to everything from discussing the finer points of Klingon grammar, to the very first pro-ana boards. Long ago, people were talking.
They were having multiple, myriad, overlapping and multidimensional conversations about the things they loved to talk about. With people who understood them. And even better, wanted to hear what they had to say.
Every misfit, freak, and geek, ...They’re watching you: Non-members of social networks are still products
A few people I know have removed their Facebook profiles, in the interest of gaining back some sense of privacy. In fact, I even know a couple of people who have never signed up to a social network in the first place. Sometimes I envy these people, just because they are taking a stand against a growing phenomenon that is rapidly turning personal data into a commercial product. Still, I have often wondered how much of a difference it makes ...Is BranchOut the new LinkedIn?
To date, LinkedIn has been the social network of choice for business professionals. According to Socialbakers, there are 1 575 842 registered LinkedIn users in South Africa. If you compare this with the 4 745 920 registered Facebook users in South Africa, should LinkedIn take the new kid on the block, BranchOut, seriously?BranchOut is a Facebook app which enables users to present their résumé (current job, work history, summary, specialities and endorsements) and form connections with Facebook users, using name or company as search criteria. In addition, you may also request introductions through existing connections.Neal Schaffer of Windmill Networking wrote an article recently where he describes BranchOut as ...Is LinkedIn a glorified recruitment tool or is there more to it?
Goldman Sachs recently upgraded LinkedIn to BUY as the social network derives income from subscriptions as opposed to advertising. This is wonderful news for those that have invested a lot of time and money in LinkedIn. What concerned me was that the article went on to mention all the recruitment companies who are using LinkedIn, which I think is great, but is this all that LinkedIn is good for?I have a number of questions for LinkedIn: Are the future plans ...Pottermore: Harry Potter’s social network goes live
After months of collating and beta testing, J.K Rowling's interactive website, Pottermore, for Harry Potter fans has finally gone live to the public. According to Rowling, the "unique", "online reading experience" will be a home for "fans of all ages" to interact and share their views on "Potter-verse"."Get ready to begin your Pottermore journey, because Pottermore.com is now opening to everyone. Over the coming days, we'll be inviting new users onto Pottermore.com. We're expecting to be really busy to start ...How to get more pins and repins on Pinterest [Infographic]
Data about Pinterest is sparse because it's been slow to release its API, but I was able to utilise search engine APIs to pull some data about the trendy new social site. I gathered information on over 11 000 pinned images and did some analysis to create the infographic below.This data should be useful for Pinterest users who’d like to get more repins on the images they’ve pinned, as well as content producers who want their content pinned and repinned ...Are social networks really killing the web?
Occasionally I stumble on blog posts describing how social networks are killing the internet. The claim is that people are becoming locked into social media so much that they no longer surf the web like they used to. Instead, they rely on information shared within the closed environment provided by sites like Facebook.These articles annoy me. To begin with, the internet is really the underlying infrastructure on which everything online, including the social networks themselves, exist. But pedantry aside, and ...You can now pin text to Pinterest
Pinterest is all about images and video -- so if you run a text-heavy website, sorry, no pins for you. But someone saw the potential and developed a bookmarklet that lets you pin a cool quote to one of your Pinterest boards.That someone is creative web strategist Adam Rotman. He recently launched Pin a Quote, which lets you highlight text on a website that you think would make a good pin. It then converts the quote to an image and ...
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