App.net – the new way to finance social networks
If you’re observant then you will notice a new icon above the menu in the top right of the screen – the one with the tick on it. That’s a…
Tag Archives: Social Networks
Buying tweets in UK politics
There was an interesting debate on Twitter yesterday between @PaulLewis and @RowennaDavis about the latter being paid £75 to tweet about the Sky News show Murnaghan. It turns out that…
The case for a pro account for Twitter users
Adrian Short has written an excellent and widely-tweeted piece entitled What Makes Twitter Twitter? that looks at the future of the social network. The crucial line in the piece is…
Social Network friend/connection/follow criteria
My presence on various social networks was getting rather out of hand, so I’ve had to work out a rule of thumb as to who to add on each network….
I’m influencing people about the EU (and possibly think tank stuff too), but what does it mean?
I’m on a bit of a Twitter high these days. On the weekend I passed 5000 followers (probably only to drop below the level again once Twitter eliminates some spam-bots),…
A collection of vital social media resources
In the social media training work I do, there are some themes that I keep coming back to. This post summarises some of those things, and gives links to resources….
Social networks – who to add as a friend / follower / person in my circle
Others will post more profound observations about Google+, but for me it has provoked one fundamental question: what are my rules for adding friends, followers, people into circles etc. on…
Twitter isn’t egalitarian. Tell me something new.
There’s a story on The Telegraph website today entitled Twitter ‘elite’ send most tweets. That’s not quite a fair representation of the story itself – the most important parts of…
