Category: Social Media
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Removing lapsed customers the web 2.0 way
I received a helpful reminder last night from Facebook that they’re about to make some major breaking (but, it should be noted, well-publicized) changes to their app requirements. Specifically, some authentication code that used to work won’t anymore, and all apps will have to be hosted on servers with SSL certificates. This is going to […]
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The nice things are easier too, how about doing them?
The above image is in reference to Steam, the game distribution platform, but it applies to most online retailers and services. With the recent rumblings about why Google (and others) want real names – i.e. to track identities better so ads can be more profitably targeted, it’s great to remember that these powers could also […]
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Tagging photos with Facebook pages: the next next hurdle?
Fast Company sends word that Facebook users can now tab company pages in their photos in addition to users, and how it’s the next evolution of Like As they put it: Social media experts have begun to look askance at the Like system. It’s so easy for someone to “Like” something. What does it really […]
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Redirect hell is only going to get worse on mobile
Royal Pingdom asks, is the web heading towards redirect hell? Basically, as link shorteners get joined by large services wanting to track clicks (clicking a link in Google, Facebook, Bing, and soon Twitter actually takes you to an intermediate step on their servers before sending you to the destination, even if the status bar of […]
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Tasti D-Lite extends social media to the point of sale
It doesn’t appear to be available online yet, but the latest issue of Inc has a piece on how to get people on Twitter to follow your business. One of the companies profiled was Tasti D-Lite, which sells, I don’t know, desserts or something. OK, I do know. In the course of writing this post […]
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Twitter spammers don’t even try anymore.
I got a Twitter follow notification in my inbox for this profile: Like Tyler Durden in Fight Club who never answers his own phone, I never click on links on the internet (it saves so much time!) so hey, maybe it’s a legitimately lonely person on the interweb and not some kind of scam or […]
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A glimpse of the future of politics
I’m looking quickly at the Wired article on Obama’s “reboot” of the White House, but this is the thing about websites – I read the print version and enjoyed it so I’m trusting that this version on the web is similar enough to get my point across, such as it is, combined with the same […]