Earlier this year Facebook admitted that as many as 5% to 6% of the accounts on its social network were fictitious or duplicates. That would have meant that more than 40 million of its 845m monthly active users are fake.
However, it has now emerged that the problem is far worse than that and the number of fake accounts is more than double that figure. Read More
With Team GB hitting gold on Day five, the Men’s Time Trial lit up Twitter in celebration of Bradley Wiggins’ win.
The Men’s Time Trial generated a total of 240,000 tweets, peaking at 12,000 per minute as Wiggins won – more than at the start of the Euro 2012 penalty shootout when Italy knocked out England. Read More
There have been a lot of good guides and tips published on social media policy. There have also been a lot of good ideas put down about social media as well as some not so good ideas.
We’ve seen the good from The New York Times with its ‘Five guiding principles of social media’ and the Cabinet Office guidance for civil servants.
We’ve had more good from the BBC with its social media usage guidelines and The Guardian with its six tips for social media engagement. And then there has been the bad. Read More
Blogging is dead Jason Calacanis said a few months ago. Even the New York Times wrote that “Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter”.
What’s happened to the Social Web? It seems like every observer is expecting the fall of the former star-bloggers. And with them, the end of us as digital activists, because of a supposed Social Media fatigue.
Was the NY Times wrong when they claimed in 2006 that “You” was the person of the year? Probably not. Read More
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After a successful day of medals, Team GB moves into second position with Facebook fans, overtaking Japan who move into third and Canada who move into fourth place.
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