Social Media
Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.
Finally: (public) Facebook posts can be embedded Paid Members Public
Interesting thing that happened while I was away: Facebook posts became embeddable by all [https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2013/08/21/embedded-posts-now-available-to-everyone/] . For example: [Post](https://www.facebook.com/adamtinworth/posts/10153129669970456) by [Adam Tinworth](https://www.facebook.com/adamtinworth).That’s one heck of a potential resource
Quote of the Day: Professionalism Paid Members Public
Euan Semple [http://euansemple.com/theobvious/2013/9/2/linkedin-professionalism-or-keeping-up-appearances] : > The full impact of the social web will only be apparent when being “professional” – in the sense of restrained, impersonal, guarded and “businesslike” as distinct from being bloody good at your job – is finally seen as unproductive, dysfunctional, often
The short-lived triumph of social media noise Paid Members Public
Stephanie Booth [http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2013/08/12/refaire-sa-job-description/]: > I recently realised that I need to distance myself a little from this social media pigeonhole I’m in — not that I’m going to stop doing what I’ve done until now, not at all, but I find
Facebook Likes - the newest target of the fake internet Paid Members Public
Channel 4 news ran a big investigation into Facebook Likes [http://www.channel4.com/news/facebook-likes-hacking-fan-data-internet-how] last week: > As Facebook has grown to 1.15 billion users, gaining “likes” or fans, the social network has become a valuable marketing opportunity for companies. One social intelligence company put the value
The solution to Twitter bullying? Paid Members Public
Euan Semple on the recent Twitter abuse issues [http://euansemple.com/theobvious/2013/7/31/a-volume-control-on-mob-rule]: > Bullies gain strength from that audience. The audience is to blame for not saying anything. Sure their hardcore mates would have egged them on but there must have been some at the periphery
How well does Twitter track political sentiment? Paid Members Public
Do all those fine folks on Twitter represent a good cross-section of the general public? > Overall, the reaction to political events on Twitter reflects a combination of the unique profile of active Twitter users and the extent to which events engage different communities and draw the comments of active
Too many Twits... Paid Members Public
Everything you need to know about journalists and social media in one cartoon [http://xkcd.com/1239/]…
Instagram is embeddable - finally Paid Members Public
Today in “about bloomin’ time” news: Instagram introduces web embeds [http://blog.instagram.com/post/55095847329/introducing-instagram-web-embeds]. Up until now, using an Instagram image in your article or post involved downloading it and adding it into your CMS. Now, you just embed it with a tiny chunk of HTML. The
