Category: Community Management
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Private Social Networks: Three Case Studies
There’s a wide variety of reasons why people might want to start their own social network; privacy is a dominant one. Whatever you’re interested in keeping safe, from your children to data about how you use the internet, smaller social networks can be a very appealing option. Here’s three popular private social networks, to show…
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Social Networking from Apps to Zombies: Questions from Google Autocomplete
Google’s autocomplete tool is a great way to find out what people want to know about certain topics. It completes your words and sentences, based on what it thinks you’re going to type – and it makes these assumptions based on what other people around the world are searching on Google, and how frequently they’re…
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Social Media by Numbers: What You Need to Know
At a glance, it might look like Facebook is your only option if you want to effectively incorporate social networking into your business’ online marketing strategy; but that’s simply not true. Here’s some facts and figures you should know about social media in 2015, and which might help show you just how relevant and profitable…
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Why Design Matters
Good design helps a website stand out; even more importantly, it increases engagement and the amount of time a user will spend on your site. How users feel about your brand, how they engage with it, can be largely dictated by how user-friendly and pleasant to look at your website is.
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Social Networking, Privacy and Constructing Identity
Facebook is, for the most part, not a particularly good representation of what people’s lives are really like; their profiles represent how they want to be perceived. A happy marriage, a busy social life, an image constructed through careful filtering of content.
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Guilty By Association: Reddit and Monetizing Hate Speech
A few days ago, Reginald Braithwaite posted an excellent piece titled “So Long, Reddit,” in which he stated that he would no longer contribute to a website that makes money off hate speech.
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You’ve Got Mail: On Social Media and Channels of Communication
You’ve got mail…and new mentions…and new direct messages…
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The Easy Way To Create A Social Network Like Facebook
Have you ever wanted to create a social network that looks like Facebook, acts like Facebook but is all yours? Your community. Your topic. Your management.
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Do We “Need” Social Media?
While researching the Essena O’Neill saga, I came across this video on YouTube…
