Dec
12

How is photo sharing faring in social media?

Imaging of Photo Sharing Variations

There has been quite a lot going on in the social media world concerning photo sharing in the last few weeks. Changes in how photos are handled by major networks such as Instagram and Twitter have caused some uproar among end users. There is also the ongoing problem of images being taken from photo display…
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Oct
04

How do you automate being human in social media?

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As a review, we wanted to let you know that we have changed up our weekly blog post and our Twitter chat #shehechat that the blog post supports. Last week, we introduced our single post format published on Thursday each week. We are keeping the posts shorter for a couple of reasons. Many folks don’t…
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Sep
20

Does size improve quality on social media networks?

SocialMediaQuality

When I shared the following topic suggestion with Shelby earlier this week, we both loved the idea and thought the posts would be easy to write. Is it the size of the network or the way in which you utilize it? [Name of friend removed to protect the guilty] locking her account changes Twitter for…
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Sep
20

Finding the quality of social media

SocialMediaQualityQuantity

When a new social media network appears on the scene, how do you decide whether to join or not? Are you concerned with its shiny newness and that it’s become popular talk among your friends and family? Or are you more interested because it offers something that other networks don’t and therefore has potential value…
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Aug
16

A place where social media rules and limits don’t apply

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Yesterday Shelby wrote “Reaching my social media limit & the day I was kicked off Twitter” and my original plan was to write a very snarky response. I mean, come on folks. Clearly she has a Twitter problem and needs an intervention. Oh wait. She hit her Twitter limit because she is my co-host of…
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Aug
15

Reaching my social media limit & the day I was kicked off Twitter

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Life has limitations and we learn to live with them or at least we try to. Social media has limitations too; which I learned the hard way when I was kicked off Twitter one day last week. Looking at the limitations Some social media limitations are ridiculous. I don’t think I’ll ever send out 3,000…
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Aug
09

Facts be damned: Social media “reporting” of tragedies

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Yesterday, Shelby’s “Facts matter: Covering tragedies via social media” generated a great deal of conversation between the two of us as we happened to be traveling together on a business trip. I accused her of going on a rant; but in hindsight I realize she handled a delicate topic as only someone with 17 years…
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