Update: Looks like everything’s back to normal. I advise going through your most recent followers to be sure. For more tips on sustaining your business when things go wrong on the web, continue reading. First I’d like to let you know that you can be calm if you see that you’re not following anyone on […]
Read moreYour Failing At Social Media #2
Some people find that the biggest drawbacks of social media is making a connection with millions of people with bigger problems than you. You’re failing at social media if you don’t have faith that you can help 1 million others that have problems that you know the solution to.
Read moreThe Community Is What Makes Social Networks Different
If you’ve ever tried to explain to a friend the difference between their Facebook status and Twitter, tell them it’s the community. There are tons of social networks to hop aboard these days. From Facebook to Myspace to Twitter to Friendfeed to Bebo to Identi.ca to Plurk. There’s almost too many to name and most […]
Read moreCommunity in the Cloud: Better or Worse?
This is a guest post by Grand Effect member David Peralty of College Crunch. If you enjoy this post, please be sure to give College Crunch a look when you’re done for more of his awesome work! The social aspect of community is changing so rapidly, where we once had to seek people out […]
Read moreScaling Web 2.0 – Reaching The Limits
Last week Twitter implemented a limit on the number of people you’re allowed to follow. I’ve seen numerous numbers, but the common limit seems to be 2k users. While the limit is a work in progress, that’s a lot of (hopefully) great conversation to go around. However, for major players in the web game, or […]
Read moreI Requested That Verizon Drop Their Deal With 1938media
I don’t think it’s a secret as to why I did it, but in case you don’t know, Loren Feldman of 1983media did a video last year entitled “Techn****”, which basically put black people in a bad light. He asked where were the African-American tech bloggers and then proceeded to put on a parody of […]
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