Being a Good Social Media Friend and Finding Other Good Ones
In the real world, we pick our friends based upon certain traits and conditions. We want people we can like who have shared interests and who have a certain proximity to us. The Internet has changed the proximity aspect of friendship, but we still need to be able to interact with our friends in some way to truly be friends.
In social media, “friendship” is more of a way to get votes for your submissions than to interact with others. There are certainly those who make real friends through social media. Some of the people I interact with on a daily basis were people I met on social media sites. Still, the bottom line in social media friendship is “vote for my submissions and I’ll vote for yours.”
There is something skewed about this concept, but we’ll ignore it for this article. Instead, we’ll accept the fact that most social media friends aren’t really friends and focus on how to be a good one, as well as finding other good ones. Read more
StumbleUpon Alerter: A Tool for Stumblologists and Casual Stumblers Alike
Oops! Moojj did it again. Our favorite programmer and social media user down under has used his combined of “what we need” and “how to build it” and put out a killer tool for StumbleUpon users across the universe.
Introducing the StumbleUpon Alerter. Slick and sleak, this tool can be extremely useful for those trying to crack into the enigmatic SU elite status. As mysterious as Digg, Reddit, and the “pure” social media sites are, StumbleUpon has always had the most difficult algorithm to understand along with the fewest tracking tools available. It’s unique format and the sheer difficulty of classifying it (is it really a social media site?) make this tool an invaluable add to every stumbler’s system tray. Read more
Addicted to Stumble juice
This Guest Post Courtesy of Mark Dykeman of Broadcasting Brain Fame
Is SU a Performance Enhancing Drug for Blogs?
The long term impact of using social media to boost your blog readership is frequently debated by social media users. Some people yearn for the server-crashing success of hitting Digg’s front page. Other people seem to prefer the less dramatic, smoother influx of traffic from a site like StumbleUpon. Either way, sometimes it feels like you need a fix of DFP (Digg Front Page) or StumbleJuice in order to keep your stats high. Is that a good thing? I wonder. Read more
12 Signs that You May Be a Social Media Addict
There are many social media addicts in this world. You see it every day on Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon. Even Propeller, Mixx, and Newsvine have their share. What you may or may not know is whether or not you are one of them.
It’s often tough to recognize. Perhaps the joy of seeing your first story on the front page of the site was enough to set you off. Maybe it’s a desire to promote your point of view, a political candidate, even your own blog or business. For some, it’s something that passes the time (until too much time has passed). Read these signs below and seek immediate help if 3 or more apply to you. Read more
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