In January, Twopcharts estimated that Twitter would break through the 500 million user mark some time on the 25th of February. But now it looks like it will happen 3 days sooner, this Wednesday the 22nd.

We’ve created a graph that plots Twitter’s exact number of registered users over time, dynamically. In other words, you can follow it as it happens. Read More »

I’m sure you remember the very succcesful Mydavidcameron.com site that ran during the 2012 General Election parodying David Cameron and friends. Now there is a French version targeting Nicolas Sarkozy although the French President is not taking the spoofing so lighlty.

His team appear to have complained to Twitter about the Twitter account related to “Ma France Forte” (@_nicolassarkozy) and it has been suspended along with three other accounts spoofing Sarkozy. Read More »

Shona Harper

At London Social Media Week, I met solicitor Shona Harper, an expert in the legal side of social media for individuals and corporations, and we got to talking about some of the rather scary things that most of us pay little attention toward when using social media.

Whether it is uploading photos, that we then allow another entity to have control of, or granting access to our Facebook or Twitter account to a third party – we are, often unknowingly, giving away data, and, in certain instances, giving away certain privacy rights associated with that data. Admit it, when that long, boring box of detailed legal information pops up when you download an app or sign up to a website, you just hit “I Agree” and don’t actually read it, don’t you? While maybe there are a few things you should be paying attention toward. Read More »

I really care about databases.  It may not make for great dinner party conversation, but a well-maintained database has always been essential to marketers who want to understand and connect with customers.  Social media has taken this information gathering to a whole other level and I hold all kinds of data on myself now. Millions of us are going about our daily lives collecting data on all kinds of platforms that would make marketers giddy with excitement. Read More »