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Games You Can Play with Social Media

March 31, 2010

You can use other social networking tools (I lump Wikipedia into social media because it’s a community-edited website) to play creative games (I don’t mean harvesting crops on Farmville or clicking next on ChatRoulette). Pretend you’re a little kid using scraps of whatever you have handy to create a new game.

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But Were Too Afraid to Ask

March 29, 2010

I have often felt alone, in the minority among friends and colleagues, wondering if I’m crazy, if my ideas make any sense, or if there’s anyone out there who feels the same way that I do. Cue the Internet. It’s a safe space where I can test my ideas on an audience. I can see how people respond online.

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Twitter Is the New Flea Market

March 23, 2010

If you use Twitter, do you ever get the sense that the same person keeps following you again and again? Every day, about ten new social media gurus/online marketers/make money online specialists follow me. I wish I knew exactly how many Twitter accounts belong to people with these same ambiguous, unoriginal job titles.

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The Lazy Days of Twitter

March 9, 2010

Some people who tweet are prone to slothfulness, a vice exposed by Twitter. I blame software like tweet adder and lazy social media marketing managers who run corporate or small business Twitter accounts. I have managed several business accounts but have never used tweet adder. However, I’m pretty sure it works with Satan’s charm.

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@ryssiebee Stings Google’s Buzz

February 22, 2010

I just disabled Google Buzz. I was sick of seeing the 100+ updates alerts in my Gmail inbox – they were making me feel guilty and left me wondering: should I care? I love Google Reader, and I would recommend it to anyone who regularly reads certain blogs. However, I still have 1000+ items yet to read.

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PleaseRobMe: Plea to Reevaluate Tweets

February 18, 2010

My Facebook news feed and Twitter stream are flooded with people telling me where they are. If you’re somewhere interesting, I appreciate the tip. I actually like it when I read about somewhere new. HOWEVER, if you’re tweeting/Facebooking every five minutes, tell me why you feel safe.

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My Drug Dealer’s on Twitter

February 11, 2010

If some of life is really boredom and sameness and pain that you want to escape, and you use social media to escape it, that says more about your personality than about social media. So, you like using Twitter more than you like binge eating. Other people like drinking more than smoking. It’s really a personal choice.

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In Defense of Snark

February 9, 2010

Snark (Combination of “snide” and “remark”. Sarcastic comment.) is a method of creating reality, a reality that suits me better than what’s presented to me, even if that reality is dark and pessimistic. If you call my writing snarky, perhaps you should refer back to Packer’s original piece and reevaluate your definition of snark.

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You’ve Got Your Big G’s, I’ve Got My Hashtag

February 8, 2010

What’s the purpose of a hashtag? Well, if someone searching Twitter wants to see what everyone else is tweeting about social media, that person can search for “#socialmedia” and watch a live stream of ongoing banter. Still not excited about hashtags? They can be used creatively too!

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