Tag Archives: Social Networking
Notes from #wjchat
I participated tonight in what I understand to be the first Wired Journalists wired journalists chat on Twitter. It was fast-paced and went on for much longer than the planned hour — from what I can discern. I had to leave after an hour.
(Proof it happened.)
In the hour I could stay on, between furiously trying to [...]
Web 2.0 Suicide
TechCrunch carried a story this morning about a new site called the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine. The site does just what it says, almost. You give the site your social networking credentials and it automatically starts deleting your friends and contacts and posts on Twitter and Facebook.
Once you start the process, there’s no stopping it. [...]
Posted in Social Networking, The Human Condition Also tagged Social Media, time management, web 2.0 Comments closed
Social media snake oil
James Cooper, Saatchi’s digital creative director, says social media, by their nature, are unpredictable, which makes them an easy target for critics. “Anyone who says ‘This is going to work’ is either lying or deranged,” he says. He compares the risk model with venture capital, where one bet out of 10 might pay off richly, [...]
Word of Mouth
From Brad Stone’s article in the New York Times, looking at how marketers are trying to overcome ad saturation and inject messages into the conversations people are having on their social networks:
“We don’t want to create an army of spammers, and we are not trying to turn Facebook and Twitter into one giant spam network,” [...]
Posted in Ethics, Social Networking Also tagged advertising, Brad Stone, marketing, New York Times, trust, twitter Comments closed
Michael Becker has been blogging about academia, digital culture and journalism since 2005. He is the Web editor of the
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