Confused.com argues that social media services like Foursquare and Buzz can increase the risk of theft by alerting burglars to times when people are out of their homes, thus leading to home insurance hikes.
Confused.com isn’t alone in worrying about the ‘dark side’ of status updates. As we wrote last week, the site ‘PleaseRobMe.com’ was created [...]
While participating in the workshop on Revisiting Research Ethics in the Facebook Era: Challenges in Emerging CSCW Research, the question arose as to whether it was ethical for researchers to follow and systematically capture public Twitter streams without first obtaining specific, informed consent by the subjects. Many in the room felt that consent was not [...]
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Since Twitter Lists are new, the etiquette of whether or not you thank someone if they add you to the list has yet to be determined. I suppose it is similar to a ReTweet or a #FollowFriday, but then again people could add you to a list just so that you notice them or [...]
Newest:
http://twitter.com/domozychmedia – working with the owner to develop a niche web design firm for mobile-compatible sites
Oldest:
http://twitter.com/artofmemetics – what started as my first personal twitter profile has evolved to the official twitter for the book I co-authored with @edwardewilson
Additional Profiles:
http://twitter.com/zenwerewolf
http://twitter.com/alterati
http://twitter.com/wesunruh
http://twitter.com/sloppyunruh
http://twitter.com/philipknixon
http://twitter.com/promemetician
(each of these have specific purposes, some auto-tweet content from related blogs, others I use to update [...]
Retweets, in my opinion, are one of the most sincere forms of recognition and validation, empowering users to pay it forward through the recognition of noteworthy content. According to Dan, retweets also serve as the foundation for assessing the qualities of viral content, “You don’t spread ideas just because they are “good;” you spread them [...]
