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Re: Facebook Overhauls Groups, A Social Solution To Create “A Pristine Graph”

Liz — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:30:35 -0000

I'm already part of groups that I've joined that have Facebook Pages. I chose to join ("like") them.

I think a system that will let another person assign their friends to random groups (Jerks, Loose Women, Morons, Needs a Nose Job, Guys Looking for a Mother Not a Girlfriend, Smart but Socially Awkward, etc.) is ripe for abuse...however amusing it might be.

I'm actually more excited about being able to download all of the content (messages, updates, links, etc.) I've posted over the past 4 years. I wish that was possible with other services like Twitter.

Re: Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]

Liz — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:49:16 -0000

It was quite an accomplishment, I was watching the Bicentennial-related trends emerging on September 16th. There was even a special Google logo!

Re: Twitter Surpasses 145 Million Registered Users

Liz — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:20:18 -0000

We see a lot of mobile accounts (especially using UberTwitter) in international accounts (outside U.S.). It seems like few people have laptops & come to the website, they access Twitter API through mobile clients.

I do wonder have many of these accounts are spammers. Twitter has had bad times with spammers and other times when it's seemed under control. But spammers who hit Trending Topics are definitely a bit on influence what topics chart. Once they add an up & coming trend to their Tweets, they send out hundreds and hundreds of messages.

But kudos for Twitter for reaching a milestone. It would just be nice to know how many "real" people are using the service vs. spammers.

Re: Alt Press |

Liz — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:43:59 -0000

I's not sure why but I find those Swiffer commercials & M&Ms (green ones) where they sexualize inanimate objects to be disturbing. I really don't want to think of brooms being romantically lonesome for housewives or an orange M&M moaning about a pretzel being put inside it (they talk about it viscerally). Let food and cleaning projects just be what they are, things without emotions.

Re: Top 10 Twitter Trends This Week [CHART]

Liz — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:27:00 -0000

Definitions for trends are provided by Twitter users from all over the world. If you can help provide more accurate definitions for UK football (or any other trending topic), please help us out at http://www.whatthetrend.com. Thanks!

Re: http://mashablehq.tumblr.com/post/948994956

Liz — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:38:20 -0000

And only 4.7 billion of those names are used by spammers!

Re: Translate Business Jargon into Real Speech [APPS]

Liz — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:30:01 -0000

Look at some bios on Twitter and they are full of pretentious self-descriptions. Yesterday, I saw "Thinker" and "Internet Superstar". How can someone identify themselves like that unless they are being ironic?

Re: Old Spice Guy Makes Twitter Fan’s Marriage Proposal [VIDEO]

Liz — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:27:03 -0000

It's a brilliant social media campaign (and I hope it's earning Isaiah Mustafa lots of bucks) but I hope they change the scent of Old Spice. It reminds me of my grandfather. My beloved grandfather, yes, but not the demographic they are targeting, clearly.

Re: New NBC Logo Combines Fail Whale and Peacock [PIC]

Liz — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:43:58 -0000

It's very cute!

Re: Best of Twitter: 20+ Funniest #oneletteroffmovies

Liz — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:52:10 -0000

It would be nice if you could just scroll through this list instead of having to click through. Slideshows are such a pain. They took so long to load, I ended up just looking at 3 of your examples,

Re: New CNN.com Goes Live: What Do You Think?

Liz — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:39:58 -0000

Considering the wide age-range of CNN.com users, I think the images could be smaller and the type font be much larger. Yes, I know you can increase the size of the font but just the "normal" view should be bigger. It's not friendly to those with visual impairments. They are trying to squeeze too much text in, at least on their front page. Once you go to an individual story, it's okay.

Re: Twitter's lists (Scripting News)

Liz — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 08:40:56 -0000

Any chance of getting unblocked? I've been in purgatory for quite a while although I don't know what my sin was.

@nwjerseyliz

Re: 18 Million Twitter Users by End of 2009

Liz — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:56:09 -0000

That's odd because lately I've been seeing a quoted figure of 40-44 million Twitter users/visitors globally with a slight majority of users outside the U.S. eMarketer should talk to Comscore & figure out who's right. ; )

Re: HOW TO: Use Twitter’s Advanced Search Features

Liz — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 08:22:24 -0000

Saw your article cut & pasted on this blog: http://malarkynews.com/how-.... No mention or link to Mashable's original piece that I see.

Re: Twitter is a Twademark. Tweet: Not Yet, Maybe Never

Liz — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 05:51:24 -0000

Good! Soon, Twitter will go the way of Xerox & Kleenex, just become a generic way to describe some forms of communication. I can see where they'd like to trademark their company name but they shouldn't be able to control the use of common words. Just imagine if AT&T owned the rights to "telephone" or "phone"!

Re: Facebook: Over 3 Million Usernames Claimed

Liz — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:50:31 -0000

With 200 million (or is it 300 million now?) users, I expected more impressive working quarters. And maybe a few more female employees (more than 1?). It's an interesting glimpse behind the scenes though & I'm surprised they gave you access, especially on such a stressful night.

Re: Morning links - #mediaearthquake + social media

Liz — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:59:32 -0000

Thanks for the link!

Re: Tweet To Win: Free VIP Tickets to #140conf!

Liz — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:19:12 -0000

Great! Can we have more than one submission?

Re: Paint The Town Red - So, my iPhone just upped and died on me this...

Liz — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:15:22 -0000

I made the photo but not your list!

Re: Twollars: An Innovative Approach to Fundraising on Twitter

Liz — Tue, 26 May 2009 11:21:43 -0000

Sounds promising but I echo your thoughts about misuse. I have 5 different Twitter accounts for different purposes and I know there are people with hundreds of accounts. Although you can't cash in Twollars if you're not a charity, I wish there was a way you could limit them to 50/user.

Re: Twitter Plans to Conquer The Tube

Liz — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:47:27 -0000

There are so many thing Twitter could do to enhance Twitter for its users but this is not one of them. It must be being considered because it would generate revenue. Or maybe Twitter wants to conquer the mainstream world.

Re: Following the people of the NYT and Twitter (Scripting News)

Liz — Thu, 21 May 2009 07:23:39 -0000

They are very interesting reads. Did you use Twitterholic to determine the Top 100? I only wish there was an option to see older Tweets...maybe 24 hours worth?

Re: Why I Unfollowed 45,000 People On Twitter

Liz — Tue, 19 May 2009 04:38:35 -0000

@JimConnolly did this back in February & @AriHerzog a few weeks ago. Might be a change to the mass Auto-Following blitz that's been going on for six months now.

I don't know whether you'll follow me or not but I think it's better to follow those people whose Tweets you want to read rather than follow everyone back. I still follow probably 80% of people back who follow me but it's important to me to weed out that 20% who are mostly spammers & marketers trying to sell me something.

Re: Twitter and Facebook Post Huge Growth Numbers in March

Liz — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:37:11 -0000

Well, you make a good point. Except I've seen some Twitter demographic information released (gender breakdown, average age, etc.) in the past. I'm not sure now where that came from.

Information that Twitter has released (but is out of date now) are top countries of Twitterers and most used Twitter clients (Twitter.com is still #1 followed by Tweetdeck).

Re: Twitter and Facebook Post Huge Growth Numbers in March

Liz — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:33:21 -0000

Thanks, Adam!