Earlier today I saw that Facebook has added keyword moderation and profanity blocklists to the barely effective spam filter it introduced a few months ago. I say “barely effective” because my experience with the spam filter has been that it blocks posts that are fine and lets actual spam posts through. I’m the first to […]
The Myth of Influence
I’m by no means the only one who has called BS on the concept of influence; others have done a much better and thorough job of pointing out the problems inherent in the current crop of influence-measuring tools. When even the CEO of Twitalyzer says “to use Twitalyzer (or Klout for that matter) to make […]
“Social Media” or “Social Networking”–Which Term is Correct?
I recently learned that Forrester Research has launched new online communities aligned by professional role: IT, Technology Industry, and Marketing & Strategy professionals. Curious to see what was going on, I joined the marketing & strategy professionals one. The first discussion thread I noticed was titled “Please, please, please don’t call it “Social Networking”, unless you wanna […]
House Parties for Associations–Really?
So have you heard about House Parties? The first time I heard about them was when I read about Microsoft’s cringe-inducing Windows 7 launch party video. Didn’t exactly make me think of House Parties in a great light. Granted, that same campaign won a Forrester Groundswell Award…go figure….but I still maintain that it’s a goofy […]
Why I’m Breaking Up With Apple
First let me clarify: I’m not getting rid of my iPhone and my iPad isn’t going anywhere either. However, my love affair with Apple is definitely over and my MacBook is on my shit list. That, and there’s a new HP laptop in our house and I’m pretty sure it’s going to be taking the […]
Facebook Page Alert App SmackDown
If you administer one or more Facebook Pages you know that the most frustration feature (or lack thereof) of that task is the fact that Facebook does not offer any kind of alert mechanism to let you know when someone posts a new comment on your Wall, or comments on something you post. HUGE failing, […]
Five Reasons Why Facebook Will Never Replace Your Website
(I wrote this for Socialfishing, but given my recent bloggers block, I’m reposting it here.) Today someone said something which still has me reeling hours later: “Facebook will eventually replace websites.” Was this person the first to ever have said it? Surely not. But it was the first time I’ve ever heard an actual person […]
How Do You Handle Blog Burnout?
I don’t know if it’s because of the weather or the fact that I’m busy with work and side projects and secret Facebook groups and family or what, but I’m feeling a weird shift in my feelings about the whole social media thing. A shift which is making continuing this blog seriously hard. I don’t […]
Why Facebook Groups are Killing my Blog
Wow, long time no blog (or at least it feels like it to me). I’ve missed it. Well, sort of. What’s been keeping me away, you ask? Several things: First, my Macbook wasn’t working right. I’m embarrassed to admit how many computers there are in my house but here goes: 2 desktops, 3 laptops (not […]
For the Love of GOD Can Someone Please Explain Quora?
Have you seen the story about the homeless guy with the dream radio voice yet? I’d venture to guess the answer to that is “yes,” given the amount of press the guy has gotten over the past week or so. But there’s something that’s gotten even more coverage than radio guy lately–at least in my […]