Social Media Blog Carnival #003

Welcome to the April 2, 2008 edition of social media blog carnival.

Edith presents Are You Creating Bubble? posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act..

Adam presents The Content Hub posted at Sophistpundit.

Linda Bustos presents The A-Z of Web 2.0 Jargon | IMAGEX MEDIA posted at Image X Media – Design, Development & Drupal, [...]

Welcome to our First Social Media Blog Carnival!

Welcome to the March 10, 2008 edition of social media blog carnival. Wow! Thanks for all the great submissions guys. There’s a lot of great content on Social Media so let’s dive right into it.

General Web 2.0

Charles H. Green presents Conversations with a Spambot posted at Trust Matters, saying, “What happens when [...]

What My Twitter Friends Are Talking About

I read articles in my Twitter feed more often then I read the ones in my RSS Feed Reader. I think it’s the personal touch of having a “friend” share it with me. Here’s some blog articles my Twitter friends recommended recently:
Sashi shared his blog entry: Using Technology to create cool mashups – Twitter @ [...]

Link: Social media to rock the web in 2008

2007 was widely touted as the year of social media, but analysts expect to see changes this year in the way social media is used and an increase in its effect on business.
The advent of the social web has created such online interaction between consumers that traditional models to research a product or service will [...]

(Link) You have joined the Dismal Future application

A humorous look at how your Facebook might be used against you in your upcoming performance review.
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(Link) Study: Charities use social media more than businesses

The country’s largest charities are outpacing the business world in their use of Web 2.0 technologies like blogs and podcasts, according to preliminary survey results released by the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.The survey of 76 of the largest U.S. charities found that 75% are using some form of social media, including blogs, podcasts, message [...]

Link: House offers $25m to Hollywood-linked group

Kids online safety advocates got their hackles up last week after the passage of a House bill that aims to channel $25 million over five years to one provider of online safety materials. Critics say that the measure is unfair to other child safety organizations and could impede competition and promote mediocrity in the field.
The [...]

The Falsies: recognizing people responsible for putting out false information

Tthe fourth annual “Falsies Awards” contest, sponsored by the Center for Media and Democracy to recognize the people and players responsible for polluting our information environment, is looking for help in selecting this years winner. Voting is open until Nov 30th. Among those nominated? Several PR firms, organizations that edit Wikipedia to make their company/organization [...]

Link: RCMP Says: Piracy OK (for Personal Use)

You’ve probably heard at this point that Demonoid is offline for the time being, thanks to Canadian law enforcement. Those that were Demonoid users, though (or users of any other piracy-based file sharing service) need not worry, so long as you can show your piracy was for personal use only.
French-language website Le Devoir reports from [...]

Link: Social Media: The Instant Brand Killer

The good news is that social media is user driven. The bad news is that social media is user driven. Yes, there’s the rub. Users are fickle creatures – they can love a product one minute and then drop it like a lead balloon the next, depending on their experience with the product, a rumor, [...]

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