Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
What's that? socialmedian is now on FriendFeed? Yes...sort of. We have now RSS-enabled the "Me" tab on your homepage, which provides a feed of all your socialmedian activities (postings, clippings, comments). This feed formats nicely for FriendFeed or any blog roll widgets. To add your socialmedian feed on FriendFeed: (Read More)
Mashable!
Let’s face it: Social media has become one of the hot buzzwords in tech circles. It used to be Web 2.0 and social networking, but now we have moved on to a broader term that encompasses not only social networking, but blogs, podcasts, user-generated content, social bookmarking, microblogging, and lifestreams. The ri (Read More)
: @bob_sibdu @ragtag @billso @jkleske @charlesheflin @kendra @web2marketing I just re-read this one. Great article. Every company has to get socialmedia or it will *get them* first.
Submitted by Onlinetreason:
Here are "15 Blogs All Bloggers Should Read." A lot of of times bloggers, especially new ones, do not know where to look for help. Well, look no more. (Read More)
: I only read about 4 of these. Checked them all out. Don't see making any immediate changes (and I was beginning to update my Google Reader list this weekend) ?!
Submitted by Jasongoldberg:
A number of users have submitted requests for socialmedian to have a "block" function so that users can blog another user from following them. Question: Is this really needed? What's the harm in someone being able to follow what stories you clip? . (Read More)
: We are soon going to enable private news networks and private discussions. But, before that, is there a real reason you would not want someone else to be able to follow you? Please help me/us understand.
: Until I read David's comment, I was going to say that was idiotic especially if the site is open to search engines. But I see he does have a valid point.
Mashable!
I lept right into social bookmarking early on. At first is was not only a place to store your bookmarks, but to tag them for easier searching. The old browser based bookmarks took time to organize and sort. Tagging was a natural progression to me. Assigning keywords to links I needed to save made perfect sense. The vis (Read More)
: i confess the rush to claim digital real estate has its allure but wisdom trumps greed and the great unwashed will realize having 20,000 friends is more wishful thinking . A list is a List is a List.A Friend is a Friend indeed and that takes time and nurturing
Submitted by Nicolesimon:
»Market entry in this country with a “What works in the US must also work over there”-attitude is going awry for both Facebook and MySpace.«. (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb
Let's be honest here: we're all a bunch of social media addicts. We're junkies. Whether it's a new Twitter app, a new Facebook feature, or a new social anything service, we're all over it. But we may not be the norm. The truth is, being involved in social media takes time, something that most people don't have a lot of. So (Read More)
: This is definately a consideration when trying to budget your time online. With websites to manage, forums to moderate and blogs to write, social sites like Twitter and Friendfeed can steal time from more productive activities.