Toluu+Tags = A match made in heaven (7)
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Today, Toluu launched the long awaited feature that its members have been patiently waiting for. The new feature is the ability to label and discover new feeds using tags. Just as you would use Diigo for labeling, sorting and discovery of new bookmarks, you can now do the same with your rss feeds on Toluu. Clicking the tags tab on any feed will reveal the top tags in the Toluu system for that particular feed. ...
Sweetcron is looking like Sweetcrap (7)
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Sweetcron is the latest new shiny toy in self-hosted lifestreaming. Sweetcrons main selling point is the ability to store your lifestreaming data on your own server,and on your own domain. There was much awaited anticipation of this application. It has garnered lots of publicity for the past few months. I finally installed Sweetcron and took it for a test drive.. I was extremely unimpressed. The hype sold me, but that’s about the only thing that ...
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Bwana said:
Disagree with just about everything in this post.
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sarahintampa said:
how disappointing!
Fake following in social media: Yay or Nay? (14)
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In the world of social media, establishing, engaging, maintaining and growing your follower base is crucial for any type of success. We use a variety of social networking sites, tools, and platforms to establish and broadcast to our potential and existing follower base. Power in numbers often dictates and dominates the said outcomes. We work hard to establish a manageable and measurable following to listening ratio. Notification emails are constantly bombarding our inboxes. I enjoy ...
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LouCypher said:
Ｎａｙ！
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Justin Korn said:
This is a great write up and think people should really think about why they are using social media. I'm a NAY for fake following, but think a pause option could be useful.
The bookmarking system on FriendFeed (1)
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The bookmarking system I am referring to is liking something on FriendFeed. Liking an item not only serves as an encouraging vote for the content author, but it also serves as a great bookmarking tool. In addition, the liking feature performs as a: Presence system Bookmarking system Recognition system The river of content flows fast and furiously on FriendFeed. Often, I will miss friends’ postings because of this. The like feature has become a necessary ...
The last few days on FriendFeed (11)
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Last week I decided to stray from the herd on FriendFeed. My mission was to spend five days getting to know the people that I follow better. For five days I only commented, liked and shared content of individuals in my member circle. For the most part the experiment was a success. My mistake was only doing this for 5 days. In actuality I should of did it for 30 days. This would of exposed ...
The underground world of internet fraud. (9)
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One of my core responsibilities as a system admin is preventing credit card fraud on our network. I’m basically the primary gatekeeper who determines the validity and legitimacy of all new online orders. With the large amount of business we do on a daily basis, it’s impossible to completely eliminate credit card fraud. Even with the help of filters and automated systems, inevitably fraud gets through. I am realistic about the situation, all I can ...
Compensation for content creators (6)
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Allen Stern recently posted on his blog, “Do You Compensate Content Creators?” - Stern is referring to actively clicking advertisements to show support for the author. He has a noble argument. I occasionally will click a banner ad, but not as often I should be doing. Being a webmaster for so many years, has lead me to become oblivious to advertisements. Stern states he does not feel compensating authors via clicking an advertisement is the ...
My thoughts on social networking applications. » The followability factor (10)
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Michael Harris recently posted on his blog, “Should I unsubscribe from people who don’t follow me back?” Felix, a member on FriendFeed, recently released a handy little FriendFeed script called FriendVenn. The script tells you 3 important things: People who you subscribe to, and people who do not reciprocate. People who subscribe to you and who reciprocate. People who only subscribe to you. In the early stages of my experience in social networking, I had ...
Toluu just got better (11)
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Toluu is a one stop social supermarket for discovery of new rss feeds. How Toluu works is quite simple. Once registered, you will import your current OPML file into the system. The service will then search for other users with interests similar to yours. This is almost like a dating service, and will display the best matches accordingly. Toluu is not a replacement rss reader, but rather a type of condiment. This post highlights some ...
Staying active in social media. (11)
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The criteria for staying active in social media can be defined and interpreted in many different ways. This leads me to the foundation first, contribution. The frequency at which we contribute, dictates the level of our activity and inactivity in social media.Measuring an individuals level of activeness can be based on the mechanisms we use for participation: Communication: Blogs Micro blogging Presence applications Message boards Social networking sites Collaboration: Wikis: Wikipedia Social bookmarking Social News ...
Spam invades Friendfeed (11)
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I wrote a post a little over a week ago titled “The ticking time bomb awaiting Friendfeed.” I talked about how Friendfeed will become a spammer’s new tool, more specifically on how they could monetize on their efforts using rooms on Friendfeed. Spam on social networking sites and applications is nothing new, it just comes in different flavors. Comment spamming, profile spamming, instant messaging spam etc. Spammers finding Friendfeed is inevitable. The first flavor of ...
Social media.. Your privacy going down the drain. (1)
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I focused in on my last post, about how Friendfeed could be a great resource for spammers. Delving further into the subject, it got me thinking. With Friendfeed becoming a social bank of information, it would be an ideal tool for private investigators, law enforcement, debt collectors and so forth. We are so quick to be active contributors to social media, the majority of us, sadly do not sit back and think about the implications ...
