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If Twitter was 100 People

If Twitter was 100 People….

Twitter TownHall Reveals That GOP ‘Debates’ Require No More Than 140 Characters | Fast Company

The Twitter event was, by any measure, a sound representation of modern presidential debating–which inadvertently speaks volumes about how little substance there is in so-called “debates.” The sorry truth is that the constraint of 140 characters did not oversimplify the arguments put forth by these candidates at all.

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Mobile devices overtake computers on Wi-Fi networks | Tech News and Analysis

“Smartphones and tablets are so much more mobile than laptops; the idea of someone pulling out a laptop in a store to check email, Facebook or prices — it’s very impractical,” said Sekar. “What we’re seeing with these mobile devices is it’s practical and enjoyable to do that.”

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Facebook Sees Big Traffic Drops in US and Canada as It Nears 700 Million Users Worldwide

by the time Facebook reaches around 50% of the total population in a given country (plus or minus, depending on internet access rates in that country), growth generally slows to a halt, as we’ve noted before.

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Duke’s Cathy Davidson Has A Bold Plan for Change | Fast Company

Fifteen years into the commercialization of the Internet, with people coming of age who don’t remember anything different, Davidson argues that we’re at the perfect moment to begin reimagining our institutions and developing practices to deal with the onslaught of information, the reality of constant connectedness, and the challenges of global collaboration.

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Courtney Love Settles “Hosebag” Twitter Lawsuit for $430,000 | Seattle News

…designer Dawn Simorangkir, who’d had the nerve to ask her to pay for some clothing she’d bought. For that, Love called her a “nasty, lying, hosebag thief,” among other things. Simorangkir sued for defamation. And now Love has shelled out a sweaty wad of cash to make the lawsuit go bye-bye.

The grand total: $430,000.

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The Seven Deadly Sins of Social Media | Fast Company

Posting on someone’s wall with a seven-line signature, mass-inviting people to every event (even if the event is local and the person is not even in the same country), to tagging people in articles that they are not even mentioned in just to get them to read it. There is a special vein in my forehead that you can clearly see when these things occur.

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Twitter’s Money-Making Plan: Promoted Tweets | Fast Company

At first, these Promoted Tweets will only be seen on Twitter’s site, not through any client (including mobile clients like Twidroid and Tweetie as well as desktop clients like TweetDeck), and they’ll only be linked to search keywords. Use a mobile app, or use the Twitter site without searching, and you won’t see any ads–for now.

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The Case for Handcrafted Social Media (Or Why You Should Stop Auto-Updating Your Feeds) | Fast Company

The Golden Rule of social networks is “you get what you give.” Writing updates that suit the medium will yield a stronger community and better conversations than just broadcasting one-to-many headlines.

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Think You’re Pissed at Facebook and Twitter? | TechWatch | Fast Company

If you think the combined stuttering of Twitter, Facebook, and LiveJournal this morning–which has been attributed to several DDOS attacks–were rough for you, well, try dipping into the shoes of the developers who make software based on Facebook and Twitter APIs.

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Report: Nine Scientifically Proven Ways to Get Retweeted on Twitter | Popwise – Fast Company

An interesting report with some good tips on how to make your tweets go viral.

…the avid Twitter-er and author of the upcoming The Social Media Marketing Book spent nine months analyzing roughly 5 million tweets and 40 million retweets (which are usually symbolized with an “RT” on Twitter).

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Who’s Driving Twitter’s Popularity? Not Teenagers | NYTimes.com

Hmmm….I was wondering who was responsible for all those tweets.

“I just think it’s weird and I don’t feel like everyone needs to know what I’m doing every second of my life,” Kristen Nagy, 18 of Sparta, N.J..

Wait a minute, aren’t these the same people putting pictures of themselves on MySpace and Facebook doing Jello shots?

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Twitter for Business | Flite New Media

“When I first heard about Twitter—a tool for instantly broadcasting the minutiae of your day and following the trifles of others—I couldn’t imagine a bigger waste of time.”

If this was your first reaction, check out this article.

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