There’s a new word in the dictionary. The description of overshare (verb) is “to divulge excessive personal information, as in a blog or broadcast interview, prompting reactions ranging from alarmed discomfort to approval.”
There has been plenty of discussion over the interwebs of our new and often rather ugly tendency to overshare. Especially with personal info, [...]
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Oversharing: What is it and why is it causing dilemmas?
June 30th, 2009 by maya · 1 Comment
Social media, as defined by emotional needs
June 24th, 2009 by Matt Rebeiro · No Comments
I’ve been spending some time, as of late, thinking about how we, as a company, understand various social media platforms (namely Facebook, Twitter etc…). This process has involved looking at a number of factors:
What the social media platform is for (as defined by the creators)
What the social media platform is actually used for (as defined [...]
Lessig’s Remix: Publishing widgetised
June 16th, 2009 by Leo Ryan · No Comments
There’s lot to appreciate about Lessig’s latest foray, “Remix: Making art and commerce thrive in the hybrid economy” (Bloomsbury 2008); its released under a Creative Commons license, it has its own website, a page of all of the links referred to in the book, a wiki for critiquing, extending and commenting on the book and [...]
Authority and Influence - two very distinct metrics for understanding networks
May 5th, 2009 by Matt Rebeiro · No Comments
I’ve had a couple of conversations recently where i’ve been explaining to people the difference between ‘authority’ and ‘influence’ online when it comes to social networking. Often people conflate the two but to do so is to be very much mistaken. Authority and influence are two very distinct ways to measure someone or some-websites’ clout. [...]
Reusing content and assets for social media: where’s your coal?
May 3rd, 2009 by Leo Ryan · No Comments
I’ve been thinking about the insatiable appetite that social media has for content and information. In working with some of our clients this can initially seem a daunting or even insurmountable barrier to getting involved in social media. But I think that this is because we’re looking at this from a marketing perspective and as [...]