Social Blitz I, This Week In Social Media (in 2min 31sec)

A new segment of the Social Blade Show was launched this week. The “Social Blitz” portion of the show goes over some of the news from the week in social media in a short, overview-based report. Here’s the first. What do you think?

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First Social Blade Show Airs Tonight

Social Blade ShowThe excitement is building. The anticipation grows. The swords are drawn and rotten tomatoes are present in their most glorious state of foulness.

Will the first official episode of “The Social Blade Show” meet its expectations?

Pat, Erin, Victor, and I had a nice dry run at it last week, but this will be the first official airing of The Social Blade Show (7pm PST). It’s goal – to cover the social media sphere in an entertaining manner that will be both enlightening and fun. [Read more...]

Social Blade: A Tool That Disects the Front Page of Digg

Social BladeHave you ever wondered how many diggs it took to get a particular story to the front page of Digg? Are you the type who refreshes often, checks buries, looks at users, monitors the time it takes to get there, checks… everything?  If you are a “diggologist,” here’s the perfect tool for you:

Social Blade

Raw Digg data.  Just the facts.  It keeps track of just about every aspect of all the stories that hit the digg front page.  Some of the most important and interesting pieces of data are: number of diggs when it hit, number of recorded buries when it hit, comments when it hit, Diggs per hour, and information about the submitter.  All of this data, consolidated on a sortable database-style interface, allows you to filter by users or time period. [Read more...]