A couple of months ago, I got excited about App.net, Dalton Caldwell's social network which was both a Twitter clone and an anti-Twitter. (It looks and works much like Twitter once did, but charges for service and aims to welcome
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Facebook Rolls Out Promoted Posts: Update Your Status like You Mean It
You there. You’re important, no? Then why are your Facebook friends not giving your status updates the attention they deserve? Sure, your new and slightly-misspelled “Amercica: Tehse Colors Donut Run!” tattoo successfully drummed …
Wolfram Alpha’s Facebook Analytics Tool Digs Deep into Your Social Life
Quick: who’s your oldest friend on Facebook? What’s the most popular photo you’ve ever posted? When are you most likely to be found updating your status?
I actually know the answers to those questions—and a lot of …
Ask Him Anything: President Obama Takes Questions from Reddit Users
Well this is certainly a new one. President Obama is participating in an AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) session on Reddit.
Want proof? This photo was initially uploaded:
That’s not impossible to fake or grab from elsewhere, of …
Using Twitter to Crack Down on Bullying
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have developed a computer program that caught 15,000 bullying-related tweets in one day.
via Using Twitter to Crack Down on Bullying | NewsFeed | TIME.com.
Talk to Your Community, Twitter
If you want to know about the future Twitter’s attempting to build for itself, the best source is the company’s own developer blog. On Thursday, it featured a post by Twitter’s Michael Sippey outlining some changes. The piece …
The New Klout: A Warmer, Fuzzier Bottom Line on Your Online Reputation
People tend to have strong opinions about Klout, the Silicon Valley startup which analyzes online influence and boils it down to a credit-score-like single number on a scale of one to 100.
Some folks check their Klout scores …
Does Not Having a Facebook Account Make You ‘Suspicious’ to Employers?
Remember when the debate over “shoulder surfing” flared up earlier this year? At the time, a common response from readers was that they’d simply delete or deactivate their Facebook pages or make them unsearchable and then deny having an account. Well, here comes the bad news: not having a Facebook page can be detrimental to job …
Twitter Political Index Measures Sentiment About Obama and Romney
Happiness and rage: Twitter has both.
After trying to figure out which tweets are positive and which are negative, such “sentiment data” is being used to reflect the public’s general mood about certain topics. If you’re mad or …
Yahoo’s New IntoNow Update Lets You Do More with TV
How Low Can Facebook Go?
Facebook shares have fallen 36% since the IPO, which generated $9 billion for company insiders. “It has become a show-me story,” one analyst said.
via Facebook, Newly Public, Falls 11% to New Low on $157 Million Loss | Business | TIME.com.
Follow TIME on Stamped
The Internet is filled with people telling you what they like: overflowing Pinterest pages, endless Yelp lists, Facebook profiles packed with “Likes.” Stamped is a little more discerning.
Users get a limited number of stamps, …
