The Hidden Costs Of Networking For Business On Facebook

“Thanks for the invitation mate!” “I have enough Facebook applications thanks… I’m going away from it because there are just too many of them, and too many invites to install more!” This was the response to an invitation to Coinjars that I’d sent earlier, and it really got me thinking about the expectations that many…

Giant Facebook Party Trashes City Garden Causes Thousands Of Dollars Damage

Following a number of party incidents spawned on Myspace by groups of teenagers, a Facebook group has caused outrage in the British city of Leeds by trashing an award winning garden with a giant water fight. The group, Leeds Biggest Waterfight 2008 has over 9,000 members. It’s estimated that over 350 people actually attended the…

What A Lot Of Social Media Marketing Gurus Won’t Tell You

Perhaps I should have chosen “What a lot of social marketers can’t seem to understand” as a title. I just finished reading yet another article claiming to have the latest information on how to market on social media sites. The author even compiled a list of sites that included Digg, Propeller and Stumbleupon, and how…

FriendFeed Presents Easy Networking Options

Mako wrote about life streaming and Friendfeed today, and I learned a new term: ‘life streaming’. I learned a lot of other things from the article as well, especially in regard to other products that work alongside Friendfeed. One thing that Mako recommends is MySocial 24×7, A Firefox extension that displays Friendfeed in a sidebar….