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The Landrush Problem in Social Media

September 16, 2009 by Tim Berry with 124 views

I’m engaged in an email discussion that’s getting heated now and seemed relatively simply when it started. At the heart of the problem is what I call the landrush problem in social media. I refer to the Oklahoma landrush. You might know the history. There were several movies based on it. On April 22, 1889, thousands of people lined up... [read more]

GDGT: No, Please, Not Another Social Media Site!

July 6, 2009 by Tim Berry with 84 views

I read it last weekend on the New York Times. It’s about a new gadget site to be called GDGT starting this week, developed by founders of other gadget site successes. Get this: Their new site, called GDGT, will open to visitors on Wednesday. It differs from Engadget or Gizmodo by aspiring to be a gadget-oriented social network. Users... [read more]

The pillars of social media site success

March 24, 2009 by Seth Godin with 138 views

Why people choose to visit online social sites: Who likes me? Is everything okay? How can I become more popular? What's new? I'm bored, let's make some noise None of these are new, but in the digital world, they're still magnetic.If you want to understand why Twitter is so hot, look at those five attributes. They deliver all... [read more]

Top 25 Social Networks

February 24, 2009 by Brian Critchfield with 844 views

Recently, Compete.com posted new statistics on the Top 25 Social Networks ranked by monthly visits. While many social networks like to tout their number of users, monthly visits is a true measurement of usage. In other words, which social networks are getting used? The numbers are below:(Credit Compete.com)As you can see from the... [read more]

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