I’m bad at Facebook. I don’t share. So when I go to Facebook’s new Look Back service, I don’t get a cool movie dramatising my social media career; I only get a few pictures. Somehow I can’t imagine Breaking Bad’s Walter White as the social media sharing type either, but it seems others can: [youtube]http://youtu.be/S6_w7lDQcCU[/youtube] […]
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Klout Now A Content Hub?
Klout has been around for the last couple of years and is probably best known for its “score”. Using a number of different metrics it calculates each person’s overall “influence” across social networks and assigns a score from 0 to 100. The higher your score the more influential you are. And if you have a […]
The Top Social Brands of 2013
Here’s some more great research on social media for business by Social Bakers. The #SociallyDevoted report is out for Q4, 2013, with Dutch Airline KLM topping the poll for customer service on social media. Airlines in general are better at social media with a 76.4% response rate on Facebook compared with 59.4% average across all […]
Google Blackmail
So Google+ may not be the most popular social network. How can Google fix this? This hilarious spoof video from the guys at CollegeHumor explains Google’s new strategy – exposing all the data you’ve given them over the last few years. Enjoy!
Twitter Changes Blocking – Then Reverses It
You may have missed this but, late yesterday, Twitter introduced changes to the way blocking works. Hours later they rolled back the changes in response to user protests. In the current scheme of things, blocking a user means that they cannot follow you, favourite or retweet you. Yet if your account is public, they can […]
Twitter says: Oops! You’re not an Advertiser – Do You Want To Be?
It’s the social media equivalent of bumping into someone as a pretext to asking them on a date. (Does anyone actually do that? In movies maybe? OK, forget it.) Yesterday Twitter sent emails to several (not all) Twitter users inviting them to try Twitter’s advertising platform which has been extended to all “small and medium […]
What Are You Worth to Twitter?
So Twitter’s first day on Wall Street has come to a close. For a company that has yet to make a profit, they couldn’t have asked for a better IPO, but starting today they will dance to a different tune of shareholder and analyst expectations. So what exactly is this value that investors scrambled to […]
Facebook Suffering Service Issues
Facebook is currently suffering service issues. At the moment users are unable their status or “like” other users’ content You’ll get the rather unhelpful error message above if you try. More details over on Mashable Related articles Facebook greets users with Monday morning error message (wtvr.com) It’s Not Just You – Facebook Won’t […]
Twitter Now Lets You Receive Messages From Any Follower
One of the frustrations (and features) of the way Twitter is setup is that unless you follow someone they cannot message you privately and vice-versa. And in order for there to be two way communication you need to follow each other mutually. So if I followed a famous celebrity or brand they could message me […]
Twitter Is Filing For An IPO
Twitter is filing for an IPO We’ve confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned IPO. This Tweet does not constitute an offer of any securities for sale. — Twitter (@twitter) September 12, 2013 You can expect the tech’ news sites to explode with this one over the next few hours! You can […]