Fox News Gaffes, Basecamp, Rental Boyfriends, & Racial Bias in Google Ads? The Social 6, Weekend Recap
Hope you all enjoyed this past weekend! If you were off gallivanting, you may have missed some of the top stories I shared and subsequently, were re-shared/clicked on by my social audience. This weekend we had great news & views including Basecamp's official iOS debut after years and years, some troubling data about Google ads, Twitter's effectiveness as a job search guide, and more. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Upcoming tech & media events you should attend [Discounts] (The Next Web)
#5: Single This Valentine's Day? Get a Rental Boyfriend (Jezebel)
#4: Basecamp Finally Launches An “Official” iOS App (TechCrunch)
#3: Fox News Accidentally Uses Photo of Gay Couple To Illustrate Traditional Gender Roles (Jezebel)
#2: How to Effectively Use Twitter as a Job Search Resource (Mashable)
#1: Racial Bias in Google Ads? (Ecommerce Times)
Kai the Hitchhiker, Mailbox, Kred Summit, Ad-Free Facebook: the Social 6 for 2/7/13
February 7th, 2013 was a Social 6 milestone, actually: it's the first time, I believe, that two entrants into the Social 6 are pieces that I wrote. Why thank you, I think I will take a bow.
Since the Social 6 is determined based on your clicks and shares, it is pretty sweet to have two pieces in here, including my recap of the Kred NY Influencer Summit. However, there was plenty else worth reading, including Facebook's epic fail on Thursday, Mailbox's early success, and the viral sensation known as Kai. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Shrouded in Viral Mystery, Kai the Hitchhiker Gains a Cult Following (Mashable)
#5: Would You Pay Facebook For An Ad-Free Experience? (AllFacebook)
#4: Mailbox app CEO says without insane 380K person wait list, it would have crashed today (VentureBeat)
#3: Why (most) social media is here to stay (Upstart Business Journal)
#2: Facebook Hijacks Internet Sites For An Hour Thursday Afternoon (ReadWriteWeb)
#1: 5 Key Takeaways from the Kred NY Influencer Summit (GoingSocial)
Twitter and Vine Upgrades, Facebook Quitters, and the Gun Debate: the Social 6 for 2/6/13
Over the last 24 hours, we had six great stories from six different publications, covering everything from the gun debate's divisiveness on Twitter to an interview with Erik Lautier of Lacoste on the Going Social site, to stats about Facebook quitters to updates to Twitter and Vine. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Things Get Rough on Twitter over Gun Debate (New York Times blog)
#5: Twitter Tweaks Search and Discover Products (All Things D)
#4: Vine gets 17+ age rating, option to report users; finally enables social sharing after videos are posted (The Next Web)
#3: Most Facebook Users Have Quit For At Least A Few Weeks (ReadWriteWeb)
#2: Going Social with...Erik Lautier of Lacoste (Going Social)
#1: 9 Things We'd Change About Vine (Mashable)
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Vine, Virtual Workers, & the About.me Spinoff: the Social 6 for 2/5/13
Today (2/5/13) wasn't the busiest day around the social newsosphere (I realize that sounds awkward and no, I'm not taking it back). Yet, we still had some good reads to be found, including About.me's move towards (re)independence, why you should care about Twitter's acquisition of Bluefin, and the more creative uses of Vine thus far. Here's your Social 6:
#6: Why you shouldn't rush to gamify (Real Business)
#5: How Facebook Graph Search didn't *actually* break your privacy settings (TechCrunch)
#4: 10 Works of Art on Vine (Mashable)
#3: Why The Twitter-Bluefin Deal Matters (ReadWriteWeb)
#2: Virtually There: Working Remotely (New York Times)
#1: About.me spins out as an independent company again, 2 years after AOL acquisition (TheNextWeb)
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Super Bowl, Facebook Exoduses, and Graph Search: the Social 6 for 2/4/13
As expected, Monday the 4th had plenty of news and views regarding last nights Super Bowl, but there were other interesting things to be found today across the social web, including arguments against graph search, gamification's role in revolutionizing health care, and marketing trends to be aware of in order to grow over the coming year. Here's your Social 6:
#6: 4 Powerful Marketing Trends Your Organization Must Embrace in 2013 (Business 2 Community)
#5: How Companies Are Using Gamification To Transform Health Care (Business Insider)
#4: This year's Super Bowl Generated over 24 Million Tweets (Mashable)
#3: Why Graph Search Could Be Facebook's Largest Privacy Invasion Ever (The Nation blog)
#2: How Superbowl XLVII’s Blackout Became A Marketer’s Dream (Likeable Media blog)
#1: Why I Decided To Leave Facebook (ReadWriteWeb)
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