Social Networking

Why Twitter Sucks

This seriously sums Twitter up pretty well. I know people that are totally addicted to it and can’t disconnect.
Sad.

Social Media Consultants: A Huge Waste of Money?

I really couldn’t agree more with this.
Lately it seems I can’t go anywhere without running into a gaggle of social media consultants bloviating about the wonders of social network marketing. Sure, you’ve seen ‘em, too. Slick shake-and-bake “experts” promising to help you leverage the power of Twitter and Facebook to raise your profile and, inexplicably, [...]

Facebook Friends: When You Throw A Party and Nobody Comes

Fantastic column by somebody who threw a Facebook party and found that virtually all of her online friends didn’t come.
I would learn, when I asked some people who didn’t show up the next day, that “definitely attending” on Facebook means “maybe” and “maybe attending” means “likely not.” So I probably shouldn’t have taken it personally. [...]