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Some Social Media Posts.
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Unravelling the social graph
Examining the inherent flaws in the way we map social relationships online
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What community means for news orgs
Great series of articles in Niemen Reports that investigate community and journalism
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Community is not another buzzword
Something’s been wrong with mainstream news when The New York Times is considered innovative by acting like you’d expect your neighbour would.
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Social design strategy
Identity, conversation, and community can change the entire design discussion
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Reinventing comments discussed
And Hacker News provides some valuable debate around comments and news
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Reinventing comments
For so many reasons, this project could change the way news is discussed online
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Navigating news online
Deep analysis of how people move through American news sites reaffirms many assumptions
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Tweet the election results
An explainer on the Canadian election results blackout and the effort to #tweettheresults
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Tracking how news spreads
The New York Times is developing a tool, Project Cascade, to reveal how news is shared online
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Canadians, news, and social media
Though valued as a news source, social media is not fully trusted...yet
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Astrotweeting the Canadian election
How Twitter's being used to try and manipulate public perception of the issues
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Twitter's real history
In-depth investigative report on how Twitter was really started
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Social media game-cum-poll
GeoPollster partners with National Post and uses Foursquare to poll party loyalty in Canada
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Hastags for #elxn41
A evolving glossary of Twitter hastags for Canada's 2011 federal election
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Explaining the dickbar hate
The backlash against a new feature in the Twitter app is all about context
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Tumblr's breaking news effort
What Tumblr's doing with its curated Egypt page shows service can have a newsier edge
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Tumblr's breaking news effort
What Tumblr's doing with its curated Egypt page shows service can have a newsier edge
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Open Twitter
Twitter declares its core, defining principle, saying "the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact"
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Meetup's paywall reality check
The company erased 95% of its activity when it started charging, but now the move is paying-off handsomely
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Destroying the future of journalism
An essay examining how content sharing showcases a weakness in the business model of media
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@BreakingNews reaches for the crowds
My former colleagues at msnbc.com are doing some smart work around crowd-sourcing breaking news
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