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Pinterest, Kotex, influencer mythology and moments of joy

Posted by: mariamz on: April 12, 2012

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A few weeks ago Kotex ran an interesting Pinterest campaign / activity. It was innovative and successful, by various measures. It worked like this – Kotex found fifty of the most influential women on Pinterest, checked out what they had posted to their boards, made and sent them all a gift representing those images. The results: Close [...]

Tags: brands, community development, innovation, measurement, media, Online Communities, online marketing, peer-to-peer, Pinterest, power, Social Media, technology, user experience

Soundbite: learning to live and present a life that is “likeable”

Posted by: mariamz on: April 12, 2012

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Simply, I have been trained to see the world in terms of what I can post to the Internet. I’ve learned to live and present a life that is “likeable” … The tail of Facebook documentation has come to wag the dog of lived experience Nathan Jurgenson

Tags: community development, facebook, liberty, media, network theory, Online Communities, peer-to-peer, philosophy, Social Media, technology, user experience

Soundbite: Hypothes.is explores pseudonimity, personas and reputation

Posted by: mariamz on: March 5, 2012

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People with enough privileges don’t have to worry about their public identities and reputations, but marginalized or vulnerable people around the world face real danger for speaking out online. They still need the ability to participate fully. That’s why a truly Web-wide reputation system cannot be subject to any company’s “real names policy.” We learned [...]

Tags: community development, global society, identity, innovation, liberty, peer-to-peer, privacy, Social Media, technology

Soundbite: Facebook talk pseudonyms – but demand official documentation for ‘real’ identity verification

Posted by: mariamz on: February 21, 2012

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some [Facebook] users with many subscribers will be notified through their profile of the option to verify their identity… There’s no way to volunteer to be verified, you have to be chosen. These users will be prompted to submit an image of a government-issued photo ID, which is deleted after verification. They’ll also be given [...]

Tags: community development, democracy, facebook, global society, identity, innovation, liberty, media, Online Communities, power, privacy, Social Media, strategy, technology, user experience, web design

Ripples of Revolution 2.0: Anonymity, pseudonimity and civic dialogue

Posted by: mariamz on: February 21, 2012

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A few weeks ago I saw Wael Ghonim at LSE speak about his new book Revolution 2.0. I found the talk most enjoyable – his authenticity and passion were a pleasure to listen to. The discussion afterwards was mainly on the political situation in Egypt – understandably given the session was run by the LSE’s Middle East centre (not [...]

Ars Technica highlight responsive author comments

Posted by: mariamz on: February 6, 2012

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Online commenters largely appreciate responses from article authors within comment fields. Activity ‘below the line,’ by article originators stop web users feeling they are being talked down to and ignored (PDF). So here I’d like to briefly showcase how Ars Technica are currently highlighting which of an article’s comments have been submitted by ‘above the line’ [...]

Tags: community development, innovation, journalism, media, technology, user experience, web design

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