The ups and downs of social networks
via bbc.co.uk
What the F**k is Social Media NOW?
What the F**k is Social Media NOW?
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Donate your tweets
via justcoz.org
Yeah you heard right. Donate your tweets.
JustCoz have developed a tool which I've had daydreams about for ages but I haven't had the time to do anything about. Put simply, it allows you to donate a tweet a day to your favourite cause.
Once you click the "Donate a Tweet a day" button on a cause page, you become a supporter for that cause. A non-profit can send messages through all their supporters. This means a message will be sent through your Twitter account with the content chosen by the cause.
I set up a Relationships Scotland page in about three minutes - http://justcoz.org/RelScot
For me this isn't spam, twitterers get to pick a cause they believe in and if your supporters don't like what you have to say then they simply ditch your messages with one click. I'm acutely aware that JustCoz won't go down well with everyone though. I'd be really interested to hear what people think about it.
Can you resist to click?
OK so the dontclick.it site is pretty old but it suddenly seems a whole lot more relevant now the iPad has sold a gazillion or so units.
Is it time to ditch the click?
Why I ditched a certain twitter list
Most of you have probably heard of Conversationlist before. For those of you who spend your time worrying about more important things here's the official blurb:
A "conversationlist" is a Twitter list of the people that you talk to (and about) on Twitter. The list is automatically updated daily, so that it always reflects the people that you are paying attention to right now. If you @reply (or @mention) someone, they're added to your list. If you stop talking to that person, they drop off your list.
The list always contains the 25 people you interact with most frequently in any given day. Now this all sounds fairly brilliant but a DM I received yesterday made me realise there's a little big problem with this. The DM in question said: "my time on your list was very short lived". After a few DMs back and forward I quickly realised she was referring to my Conversationlist. I apologised and explained that it automatically updates but I quickly wondered how many other people over the months were miffed that they'd been removed from the list.
For me a twitter list is all about building up a list of people I trust or perhaps just people whose tweets I enjoy. In my opinion Conversationalist goes against everything a twitter list should be. It's far too transient and disposable.
I've since deleted Conversationlist. To the person who DM'd me, I salute you!
Ed Balls Trainers
via javari.co.uk
No I haven't made it up. The model name of these trainers is 'Ed Balls'. I've scoured the net and I cannot find info on Mr Balls taking money from a footwear manufacturer. One can only assume these are not official Ed Balls merchandise.
What's next, David Milliband salopettes?
5 Non-Profit iPhone Apps You Should Know About
via mashable.com
A great post from Frank Barry on Mashable. The apps he mentions are all from US orgs. Anyone got a UK or international mobile app they'd like to share?
Image of the Day - Holland for the World Cup
The Micro-Sociology of Networks
View more presentations from David Armano.
First spotted on Dominic Campbell's FutureGov blog, David Armano's presentation provides an insightful look at the micro-sociology of networks. Enjoy.
