I was playing around the other day and came across TwitterHolic.com, which informed me that I was number so many on a list of thousands of Twitter users. The grading was based on the number of followers that I have. That’s nice, I thought, and clicked away to something else. Below, “Tweet Display” from Hongkiat.com…
Below: a representation an average social network! The typical network is linked by common interests! Although any one individual may not be directly linked to every single member of the network, they are linked through other members. This means that in a network of 2,000 members, one person may only know 10%, or 200 of…
How do you use social media? To a lot of people, sites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and so on represent a way to connect with others, keep up with current events and to learn new things. Others still use these platforms to help get over feelings of loneliness, isolation and do on. These are…
More than a few social networking gurus will tell you that it is easy to use Stumbleupon, and other services to promote your website. And indeed it is, if you are a paying advertiser. Otherwise, you could be classed as a spammer, and banned from the service altogether. Asking people to exchange links to stumble,…
