Welcome to eModeration's weekly round-up of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media, compiled by Kate Williams (@emodkate). This week: President Obama's thumbs; Twillionaires; and 'intextication'. Next week, eModeration is sending me on a social-skills course...
InSites Consulting has released some of the results of its Ultimate Twitter Study which has the typical Twitter user as a male in his late twenties/early thirties, who is quite tech savvy and active in IT, media/advertising or the consulting business. It says these Twitter users address questions to...
The ad agency world is not shining when it comes to using social media to market itself, according to new research, but is pretty good at setting things up blogs and Twitter accounts and then infrequently updating them. Overall, the **research from search consultants RSW/US found that very few agencies...
It used to be that we got validation when other people commented on our blog posts. Now that warm feeling happens when people repeat one of our tweets. As Twitter replaces RSS, the RT replaces comments. Ok, I promised not to write about Twitter anymore, but this is more about the twitterverse. Dan Zarrella...
Welcome to eModeration's twice-weekly round-up of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media, compiled by Kate Williams (@emodkate). This week: News Corp and Google; Twitter's wailing grumps; Britney's encounter with the Dark Side; and why Stephen Fry is like a giant...
Just a few days ago we were having a discussion in the office about Bing and its seemingly terminal beta status... Following a bit of a debate regarding the rationale for leaving something in beta in one market whilst you launch in another (in summary: it enables a test-and-rollout approach for both...
On its blog today LinkedIn has announced a partnership with Twitter. Much needed I'd say and particularly for LinkedIn, which I think desperately needed a real-time web shot in the arm. As Biz Stone, Twitter co-founder says in this little video with Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn (they describe...
Welcome to eModeration's twice-weekly round-up of all that is intriguing, alarming or odd in the world of social media, compiled by Kate Williams (@emodkate). Check back soon! THE HEADLINES ... Good news! It turns out that using the Internet may not, after all, lead to alienation/sharp reduction...