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Digital Marketing Specialist, Social Media Consultant, and Tech Geek at Heart

Do Negative Comments Hurt Social Media?

One of the more important aspects of social media is the emphasis on user generated content that blends with community discourse. As people have noted, many comments are negative. Some of the comments are downright scathing. As such, many users in social networks tread carefully, and I really cannot blame them. Whereas some of...

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23 Community Reactions to the New Digg: Outlook Not Good

After writing my piece on why the new Digg just isn’t what it used to be, I already started listening to community feedback regarding the social network that I thought was worth sharing. Since the Digg submission of my story was already buried, I sincerely hope that Digg listens to what their community members have to...

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The Downside of Social Media (Or Why it Sucks to be on Top)

You might think it’s all fun and games when you become a top submitter on a social news site. However, that’s not exactly the case. The more popular you get you get, the harder it is. It’s a natural progression of what some people might consider “celebrity” status: once you hit fame, you’re...

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Blogs as Conversations and Calls for Action

On Thursday night, an interesting dilemma fell into my lap. I discovered from my youngest sister, who just graduated high school last year, that my high school was literally falling into shambles. After my high school principal passed away in 2001, the leadership of the high school fell into numerous incapable hands. Turnover was...

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The Two Sides of Twitter: Borderline Obsessive Compulsive and The Person Who Simply Answers The Question

I spent a good chunk of this weekend learning the ins and outs of Twitter, the service I blogged about not too long ago. In case you wanted to know and to establish contact, here I am. While I was preparing to clean the apartment for a visit from my father-in-law late Saturday night, I decided to use Twitter over more conventional...

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You Can Learn a Great Deal from a 17-Year-Old

I must have first heard of Quizlet through Lifehacker. Studying my SAT words (believe it or not, vocabulary is not one of my strong suits) is not as much a distant memory as it is for others who have been out of high school for 8 years. I remember taking classes, buying flashcards, and doing whatever it took to have a decent...

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