Monthly Archives: June 2009
Passwords Protect Privacy
A friend of mine lives in Bozeman, MT. He pointed me to an article that talked about the City of Bozemen requiring job applicants to submit their usernames and passwords for social media sites they are on. You read right. Passwords, too. When I first heard about this, I had a rather negative emotional reaction to it. I was ready to write about it, but decided to wait and take a step back first. Writing when you’re in the heat of battle is never a good thing. After a few days, I started... (more...)
The Story (so far) of Twitter
This is an interesting image posted by manolith.com: Original post at http://www.manolith.com/2009/06/21/the-story-so-far-of-twitter/. Read More →
Is 140 characters enough?
The simple answer is, “yes.” Ever talk to that guy or girl that just goes on and on and on? And worse yet, they’re not really saying anything? The great thing about 140 characters is that you have to get to the point. You can say a lot in 140 characters. More than I expected when I first started tweeting. I certainly have those moments where I’m squeezing words, using funky abbreviations, and chopping sentences to make things fit, but that’s when it gets really... (more...)
The Tworg Collective
I recently read an article about how Twitter employees use Twitter. They don’t tweet very often and they don’t follow very many people. They appear to be using Twitter in the manner it was intended rather than in the manner it has become. Twitter was intended to let people–a small group of friends and family, perhaps–know what you are doing. That’s fine, but Twitter has evolved into something much more than that. Unless you’re a personal friend of the person... (more...)
Social Media Division of Labor
Every once in a while, when I follow someone, I get a DM asking me to “friend” them on Facebook. I’ve never understood that because Facebook is not the same as Twitter. To me, the paradigm is completely different. Like it or not, having a large number of followers on Twitter is a guage of prestige. Having a large number of friends on Facebook doesn’t have the same level of importance. It’s just not a big deal to have a lot of friends on Facebook. That got me to... (more...)
Why I Tweet
I first started tweeting for business. Our company uses social media to turn traditional media ad campaigns into viral ones. Our corporate Twitter account, which has excess of 18,000 followers will be used to help kick start some of those campaigns. A few months ago, I decided to bolster my own Twitter account with followers to help the cause. After all, two accounts with 18,000 followers each is better than just one, right? I had already been a member of Twitter for a number of months, but... (more...)
