Twitter has released another new statistic
It’s now doing 200 million “tweets” per day. In January 2009 they were “only” sending 2 million / day.
Here’s a nice graphic to show how that all compares with various other things:
Twitter 200 million tweet comparison
There’s a full blog post about it over on the official twitter blog.
Of course they’re still not issuing big media releases about their record earnings are they? Oh wait .. they can’t! Doh!
Maybe I’m just old and grumpy, but I really don’t see why I would want to “friend” a business on Facebook:
I’m quite happy to “follow” or “connect with” or something else – I just think that “friend” (as a concept) is just not the right one for me.
Angry Birds is one of those games that is all too easy to dismiss, but it’s also incredibly easy to get addicted.
Just ask anyone who made the mistake of installing it on their mobile device!
But how would it play out if you brought it into the real world?
German mobile company T-Mobile did just that as part of an advertising campaign:
I’ve seen a few “social” music services and apps over the past few years. They’ve all been quite interesting, but not overly engaging.
Turntable.fm might turn that experience on its head.
You can now chat with friends (and strangers) whilst “DJing”.
Play music, listen and vote
If you like a tune you can vote it up and give the “DJ” points..
Word of warning – it is quite addictive!
Irish media sources are reporting that the well known businessman a race horse owner, JP McManus, is taking the social media site to court.
According to reports McManus’ legal representatives had contacted Facebook via normal channels to get false profiles removed. However the social media site has not removed them.
More details here
Nominations are open for the 1st Irish Social Media Awards. There are also full details on how to submit a nomination for the awards and what information you need to supply.
The awards ceremony will be held May 26th 2011 in Dublin’s Mansion House, which is a great venue.
If you’re going to use “social” as part of your online strategy you need to remember a key concept.
Permission.
Earlier this morning I got an email “invite” from a contact to join a site that likes to see itself as being “social”.
I ignored the invite but the wording of the email really touched a nerve:
Skillpages unsubscribe email footer
Why on earth would I “unsubscribe” from something I’d never subscribed to in the first place?
Who gave them permission to “subscribe” me in the first place?
It is possible that this is just bad wording on their part and that what they actually mean is that clicking on the link will “block” my email address from being used ..
Now why don’t they actually say that?
It’s also worth noting that Facebook’s notifications include equally misleading wording, so Skillpages aren’t alone in this.
Today being April 1st the web is awash with April Fool’s jokes and pranks.
Some of them are pretty clever, while some of them are downright silly.
One that caught my eye was LinkedIn’s
If you go into the “people you may know” section you’re in for a surprise:
LinkedIn April Fool Joke 2011
Heinz have launched a special offer via their Facebook page that allows “fans” to buy a “limited edition” ketchup.
Heinz limited edition ketchup
Unfortunately it’s pretty clear that the people behind the integration don’t really understand security or privacy.
In order to order the ketchup you need to fill out this form:
Now why do they need ALL that information to send you a bottle of a ketchup? A delivery address is obviously going to be needed, but why would you need my date of birth?
Sorry, but that’s really intrusive.. too intrusive really
Of course to get to that page you really have to trust Heinz .. because whoever setup the “social commerce” doesn’t know a lot about secure certificates or ecommerce judging by this:
Heinz SSL error
I’m sorry, but unless you can actually get the ecommerce basics like SSL certs right then all this talk about “social commerce” being the next big thing are just more fluff
And if a company the size of Heinz can’t get it right I doubt smaller ones will ..