Social media
Find new Tweeps to follow
Twitter — just like most social networks — becomes more useful as you connect with more users. But finding those users can be tough for a newbie. Other social networks have created tools that automatically generate lists of users to connect with based on a user’s habits, but Twitter has yet to generate a similar [...]
See how a story evolved on Twitter
Twitter has a built-in search function, which performs well at finding Twitter posts in real time. But to dig into Twitter’s archive to see how a story or event evolved over time on the service, the built-in search feature sometimes falls short. Google now has a tool that allows you to search Twitter and visualize [...]
Monthly users of a Facebook game
81,572,860 for Farmville, the most popular game on Facebook, according to April 16 statistics from All Facebook, a site devoted to coverage of the social network.
Cost of a front-page ad on YouTube
$175,000 plus an additional $50,000 spending commitment, according to the company’s rate card. The Business Insider has reported that the spot is occupied 90% of the time.
Hearing about Michael Jackson’s death on Twitter
I don’t recall where I was when Buddy Holly died. But I’ll recall where I was when Michael Jackson died. I was on Twitter. — Twitter user Captain Stevens (@toomarvelous)
Average number of followers a Twitter user has
126 according to a presentation by a Twitter employee over the summer, as reported by the Guardian
Automatically feed a site’s content to Twitter and Facebook
Updating multiple social media accounts can be time-consuming. One way to cut down on time spent managing social media presences it to automatically post content from another website. TwitterFeed is a free service that allows you to send headlines from a website or blog directly to Twitter or Facebook using the site’s RSS feed (if [...]
How do divisions in social networks affect professional communicators?
In front of a packed audience in a New York City auditorium, researcher Danah Boyd posed a question. She asked the roomful of political junkies, activists and tech aficionados at the annual Personal Democracy Forum how many were on Facebook. Almost all raised their hands. Then she repeated the question, instead asking about MySpace. Almost [...]
Adult social network users with MySpace profiles
50% according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project. That’s compared to 22% for Facebook.
Twitter users under 25
16% according to a Nielsen study released in July. That’s less than the percentage of people under 25 who are regular internet users, which Nielsen reports as 25%.
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