As I panned the internet for something interesting to blog about, the same topic, no matter how hard I tried to avoid it, kept slapping me in the face over and over again. No, it wasn’t Justin Bieber’s glorious locks that were causing the now ever-present facial lacerations; it was the staggering amount of “dislikes” his YouTube videos have, in particular his music video for the song “Baby”. The video is the most viewed video in YouTube history, garnishing over 500 million total views to date. As Spider-Man’s wise Uncle Ben said, “With great power comes great responsibility”, and for Bieber his great power of wooing tweenies across the world has, in turn, earned his top video over 1 million “I dislike this” clicks…a responsibility no 17-year old should have to burden, even if that 17-year old is the one person solely responsible for bringing back the bowl-cut.
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Archive for Social Media
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How to Avoid YouTube’s “Dislike” Button: Don’t Ask Justin Bieber
Kyle O'Boyle
30Mar
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The Popularity of the Hashtag….on Facebook?!!!
Terri Greene
Lately as I have been conversing and nosing around on both my Facebook and Twitter accounts, I have noticed one common theme…. the hashtag. For those who are not familiar with the hashtag this is simply the pound or hash sign (#) placed in front of a word or phrase with no spaces (i.e. #TGIF or #Ihatemondays).
28Mar
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Checking In: A Rewarding Experience
Michael Kust
The location-based service market is quickly filling up with competition for checking into local businesses. Searching for ways to stand out among the competition, many location-based service providers have begun to provide special offers from local businesses for those who check-in using their service.
Read the full article…18Mar
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Google Tries Social…Again?
LeAnn Hoksch
Rumors flew and Twitter was buzzing this weekend with the news that that Google will attempt, yet again, to infiltrate the social media marketplace with its newest service, Google Circles. The major gossip was that Google would launch this new service at SXSW over the weekend; however, rumors were silenced yesterday when SXSW confirmed that Google would not be rolling out Circles at their event. They didn’t, however, deny that Circles exists. SXSW stated “Google has now officially denied that Circles will launch here, but not that it exists.” Read the full article…
14Mar
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Gregg Stewart on ClickZ
LeAnn Hoksch
Can money really buy you friends, on Facebook that is? The answer is yes, in the form of Facebook “Likes.” But with this answer brings another question – are these “Likes” real, quality likes? Read the full article…
10Mar
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Now Playing: Facebook Movies
Terri Greene
As of Tuesday, March 8th, Facebook is now renting movies. The first movie up is “The Dark Knight.” You can easily go to the Batman, The Dark Knight Facebook page to rent this movie. Once you have rented the movie, you will have access to it for 48-hours, which is twice as long as the 24-hour window offered by iTunes and Amazon. The cost is 30 Facebook credits or $3 USD.
09Mar
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Google Promotes Location Reviews By Integrating Twitter
Kelsey Johnson
In an ongoing effort to increase location reviews, Google has introduced a new feature on Google Maps for Android, which gives users the option to post their reviews right to their Twitter page.
A previous update to Google Maps included a new Hotpot rating feature that allows users to share their ratings and reviews with others so they can check them out before visiting that location. The latest version of Google Maps for Android (version 5.2) now further utilizes the Hotpot feature by allowing users to instantly share their location reviews via Twitter. Prior to this feature, reviews appeared on Google search results, Places and Hotpot, but the Twitter addition will allow a broader audience to read the reviews and increase Google’s presence in social media.
Read the full article…07Mar
