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As technology advances, the amount of information shared increases dramatically as well. No longer is just sharing pictures something of the norm, it’s boring now! Sharing your location is now what posting pictures once was. I’m not talking about Foursquare when people post that they’re at the library or “fishbat docks,” I’m talking about Geotagging posts and photos! How awesomely social is that? The fact that you can attach to your Tweet that you’re sitting at a local farmer’s market or at a Mets game is absolutely incredible From a community managers point of view, this makes…

Social media is a realm that is open to men and women of every race and nationality (other than in the nations where they’re blocked, of course). There are a handful of networks that are geared towards one sex or the other, but for the most part men are perfectly welcome on Pinterest and women are encouraged to join Reddit. They just don’t, at least not very often. As this graphic shows, Pinterest is 82% women while Reddit is 82% men. Even the “equal” social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn show large degrees of separation with women dominating the two former and men controlling the latter….

With the 2012 London Olympic Games approaching, there is much excitement coming from sports enthusiasts. Much of this hype is coming from social media and there will be many statuses being updated throughout the games so you will never miss a highlight. Hence, this will be the first Social Media Olympics also known as ‘Socialympics’ which is a popular nickname going around. More responsibilities are required of the athletes’ when using social media to be careful of what they decide to post. However, the United States Olympic Committee believes, “Social media is a fantastic opportunity…

Did you know that on average we spend only 3 minutes per month on Google+? The number is somewhat shocking since 405 of our monthly minutes are spent using Pinterest, which is a newer social site. Also, it is interesting to learn that the same amount of minutes spent on Pinterest is also spent on Facebook. …

General Motors couldn’t have picked a worse time to pull out of paid advertising on Facebook when they announced their decision the week of the Facebook IPO. Now, the two companies are in talks to bring paid ads back into the mix at a crucial point in Facebook’s growth as a public company. WSJ reports that Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg spoke with GM Chief Executive Daniel Akerson about the issue with transparency at the heart of the matter. General Motors wasn’t sure if their $10 million spend in 2011 (a fraction of their multi-billion dollar advertising budget) was having a positive…

According to a report by comScore, Latin America could be the best region to target with a social media marketing strategy. A recent study by the firm showed that in April alone, over 127 million Latin America internet users visited a social site from home or work. It also revealed that Pinterest grew its audience in the region by eightfold, increasing membership from 153,000 at the start of the year, to more than a million by April. Latin America has embraced the social revolution with open arms. It is up to marketers to play their cards right and make the connection. Here are some pointers on how to…

The standard bride and groom icon that Facebook users were locked into when declaring their marriage on their timeline has some other options available. Now, same-sex marriages have icons of their own as first seen when Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes married Sean Eldridge over the weekend. His timeline event image is above. “Following Facebook’s addition of domestic partnership and civil union to profile options last year, these new marriage icons for timeline are another important way for same-sex couples to be recognized,” Allison Palmer, GLAAD’s head of campaigns and programming,…

Sites like Facebook and Twitter allow us to amplify our thoughts and opinions in ways that are challenging for most people in real life. We can walk around the office and talk to all of our co-workers about a local charity that needs support, but few do. Instead, we often show our support through our Facebook status updates and Tweets. Conversely, there is always a certain amount of negativity that gets passed back and forth between people when they talk in the real world, but even the nicest people can turn into trolls and devils online when the shield of our social media persona takes over. Kindness…

They’re just not ready. They weren’t ready for their IPO.They’re not ready to get into the hardware business with a smartphone. They’re not ready to take off the hoodie and put on a suit. They’re still just a social network and they’re making the kind of mistakes that startups make. That doesn’t mean they won’t continue to be successful in the realm they own nor does it mean that they can’t make a lot of money doing it. It simply means they not ready to get into the “big time” with the likes of Google, Microsoft, or Apple. They’re still a 2nd-tier tech company. The latest problem stems from their botched…

Social media has clearly permeated out lives so much that it is now influencing the other media that we consume. This is extremely clear in the world of music. I see the songs popping up on my Facebook news ticker and it seems like my entire friends list is listening to the same songs. For the most part people have always listened to very similar music, but more and more I am seeing an increasing trend of the “ironic” hit. I don’t know if this is a new phenomenon, but I first noticed it with the rise in popularity of Rebecca Black’s song Friday. We all know and love (or hate) it. The song features timeless…