Scott Karp tells you why your article never makes it to the Digg homepage: “As with everything else, it’s all about who [you] know. Digg, to its credit, is fundamentally social. The success of Digg users in getting stories to the homepage presents as a long tail in no small part because of the power… Continue reading Why You Never Make it to the Digg Homepage
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Social Software: Always Collaborating
Fred Wilson posits that all software should be social: “I can barely use software that doesn’t have other people in it. I want profiles and faces and connections. I want to see what others are doing with the software. I want to connect and be connected… a huge social net that’s made up of millions… Continue reading Social Software: Always Collaborating
Social Media Hits USA Today
USA Today has redesigned their website with this goal: “create a community around the news, one that connects readers to reporting.” The new site features: Unmoderated commenting. The ability to create your own profile & blog on their site. Journalists will participate in this online community as well. Open forums. Further details on PaidContent and… Continue reading Social Media Hits USA Today
What the ‘Social Web’ Thinks of You
Remember how concerned you were in high school about what people thought of you? Well, Read/Write Web checks out what the ‘social web’ thinks of them, by checking out their appreances on Digg, del.icio.us, and their own comments. An interesting how-to guide, with their conclusion: “Using social information to measure user information is an effective… Continue reading What the ‘Social Web’ Thinks of You
Meet the New Media Moguls
The Wall Street Journal profiles the “users” behind sites such as Digg, Reddit, Del.icio.us, and StumbleUpon, who help decide what is popular online. “The opinions of these key users have implications for advertisers shelling out money for Internet ads, trend watchers trying to understand what’s cool among young people, and companies whose products or services… Continue reading Meet the New Media Moguls
Mainstream Media is not an Island
Read/Write Web gives us a quick look at mainstream media’s adoption of Web 2.0 elements, such as including links to Digg and del.icio.us in their articles: “It appears that we are nearing a tipping point for the mass adoption of prominent web 2.0 services, like digg and del.icio.us. Endorsement by mainstream media opens these services… Continue reading Mainstream Media is not an Island
How Fragile We Are: The Life and Death of Social Networks
Flickr, a social network fueled by photo sharing has made some changes, and has some members of its community jumping ship. Some changes to Flickr: Limiting the maximum number of contacts, or ‘friends’ in your Flickr network. Each photo can have a maximum of 75 tags. They will be discontinuing their email-based Flickr sign in… Continue reading How Fragile We Are: The Life and Death of Social Networks
Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life
As we use online environments for more day-to-day business and personal matters, I often wonder when we will make the jump to a more cohesive and accountable presentation of self that merges the two. There are two ways I look at this. One is the more technical: how do others know that it is you… Continue reading Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life
Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life
As we use online environments for more day-to-day business and personal matters, I often wonder when we will make the jump to a more cohesive and accountable presentation of self that merges the two. There are two ways I look at this. One is the more technical: how do others know that it is you… Continue reading Social Relationships: The Merging of Online & Real-Life
YouTube: Sharing Revenue with Content Creators
YouTube founder Chad Hurley has announced that in the future, the site will share revenue with those who create and upload videos to the site. His reason for waiting: “…he says he did not do that at first because he wanted to build a community of people who wanted to be there to be there… Continue reading YouTube: Sharing Revenue with Content Creators