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China: The Most Popular Social Networks

Mindjumpers

Facebook is a “one size fits all social network” for much of the world. It does not matter what age or social background you have, you are on Facebook. The networks in China are much more fragmented. The users of the top social networks that I will present here, are more divided. Web-based social networks.

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Six degrees of separation in instant messaging | Emerging Technology Trends | ZDNet.com

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Six degrees of separation in instant messaging. Categories: Computers & Internet , Social Sciences. Dataset , Instant Messaging , Internet , Online Communications , Roland Piquepaille. billion undirected edges, creating the largest social network constructed and analyzed to date. Networking.

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Facebook Updates that May Warrant a Marketing Plan Tweak!

Harp Interactive

They are most likely to interact with brands and each other on social networks…especially Facebook where they spend hours on end. It is hard for marketers to keep up with all the developments on Facebook, let alone in the social universe. Nielsen reported that in January, U.S.

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Meebo Brings Universal Check-ins To The Web

Mindjumpers

What Meebo basically has been doing until now, is integrating all social networks and communications channels into one single solution that makes it easy for their users to share content and communicate in real time with other people. Currently, a number of 180 million people are users of their instant messaging service.

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Asian Social Media Equivalents [infographic]

Mindjumpers

The outer circles of the infographics illustrate the social media platforms commonly used in the western world, whereas the inner circles present the equivalents to these in the Asian countries. At Crampton’s homepage, readers have left comments with suggestions of other elements to add to the infographics.

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How to Craft Compelling Messages For Social Media Platforms

Harp Interactive

Writing effectively for online media and social networks is an evolving art. As print becomes redundant, social media emerges to fill the gap with its short form communication style that is meant to engage non-readers. Instant messaging. What should you talk about 4 times a day? Where do you get the ideas?

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On Facebook and the Death of Etiquette

Adam Cohen

Email between friends and family has a broad range of what’s “socially acceptable,&# but over time people at least develop a sense of when people will reply and why. Two years ago, no way I’d tell you that it would be acceptable to converse via text message/SMS with grandparents. Same with instant messaging.

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