From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Twitter’s Starting To Out Smart Spammers

by Steffan Antonas on June 29, 2009

Jesse Stay, Marshall Kirkpatrick and Dave Winer recently posted some interesting and insightful pieces on how Twitter is going after people who game Twitter to get more followers. There are some solid arguments made in each post in support of Twitter’s move, as well as on the dubious and controversial nature of Twitter’s suggested users [...]

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The #IranElection Groundswell

by Steffan Antonas on June 18, 2009

I’ve been following the #IranElection Twitter Stream ever since the protests started. It’s not unlike trying to drink from a fire hose. Social media hubs all over the web have lit up like fireworks and the citizen journalism is amazing. And the Iranians are not alone. People all over the globe are coming to their [...]

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Twitter Is Apple’s Support Forum

by Steffan Antonas on June 17, 2009

The iPhone 3.0 upgrade software was just released and, within minutes, #iPhone and #iTunes popup on the trending topics list as the iPhone community rushes to their computers to upgrade their phones. Between the time I ran the search and took this screenshot, there were over 1000 new twitter posts mentioning #iTunes – literally in [...]

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Getting The Most Out Of Your Lijit Wijit

by Steffan Antonas on June 16, 2009

I’ve been using Lijit since the inception of the service and while I’ve added and removed many different “fad” widgets, Lijit remains a core widget I’ve kept because it continues to consistently bring me traffic and add value to my readers. As of today, Lijit has brought my blog over 7500 unique visitors via research [...]

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Essential Techniques For Effective Signaling On Twitter

by Steffan Antonas on June 16, 2009

At the beginning of September last year Clive Thompson published an influential article on NYTimes called “A Brave New World Of Digital Intimacy“. In the article, Clive discusses an interview he had with Facebook’s Founder Mark Zuckerberg on how Facebook’s newsfeed (dominated by short status updates) has been central to the sites success. He asks…
“In [...]

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