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Facebook’s Asian Growth: Not Everywhere is North
I’ve seen some posts recently suggesting that Facebook is not doing well in Asia-Pacific. This, for example, from Forrester’s Reineke Reitsma: For example, Facebook is struggling to gain ground in Asia...
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This is a copy of my weekly Loose Wire Service column for newspapers, hence the lack of links. By Jeremy Wagstaff A few weeks ago I talked about Facebook’s brave new world of connecting your profile to...
View ArticleBangalore Social Media Journalism Training
There are still some spots available for a two-day training session I’m conducting in Bangalore, India for WAN-IFRA onJune 17-18 2010 on Integrating Social Media to Journalism: Twitter, Facebook,...
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Using LinkedIn to Research Spies Like Us
Several of the 11 alleged Russian spies leave interesting imprints on LinkedIn, suggesting rewarding pickings for journalists. Donald Heathfield, for example, had 74 connections. His specialities...
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Web 2.0 or Social Media? It Depends on the Year
A client asked me the other day what the difference was between social media, new media, digital media and Web 2.0. I told him: time. To see what I mean look at the following timeline from Google...
View ArticleFacebook in Asia: Seeds of Decline?
Some thoughts after trawling through data I’m collecting on Facebook membership in selected Asia Pacific countries Membership of Facebook in developed Asia Pacific territories declined for the first...
View ArticleSocial Media and Politics: Truthiness and Astroturfing
(This is a longer version of my syndicated newspaper column) By Jeremy Wagstaff Just how social is social media? By which I mean: Can we trust it as a measure of what people think, what they may buy,...
View ArticleRevolutions, Lynch Mobs and Anonymity
This is a copy of my weekly Loose Wire Column By Jeremy Wagstaff Tunisia in the midst of overthrowing a two-decade old regime. A new website that lets you answer and ask questions. And, in Thailand, a...
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By Jeremy Wagstaff (this is a column I wrote back in November. I’m repeating it here because of connections to astroturing in the HBGary/Anonymous case.) Just how social is social media? By which I...
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Locking Users In the Smart Way
I was directed to this excellent piece, A Victim Treats His Mugger Right : NPR, via Facebook last night. And it made me realise how publishers don’t make the most of that kind of referral. There’s...
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Another Facebook Hole?
(Update: Facebook have confirmed the flaw—although it’s not as serious as it looks—and have fixed it. See comments.) The complexity of Facebook makes it likely there are holes in its privacy. But this...
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The Hazards of Recommending
Think twice before you agree to recommend someone on LinkedIn. They may be a logic bomber. You may have already read about the fired Fannie Mae sysadmin who allegedly placed a virus in the mortgage...
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Journalists Citing Wikipedia: Rarely an Option
Reuters has just published its handbook online. A smart move (declaration of interest: I’ve done some training work for Reuters. I’ve got my old dog-eared copy on a shelf nearby.) I posted...
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Hundreds of Facebook Groups Hacked
(Update UTC 2100: I’ve received a reply from Erik Hjort af Ornäs, the registrar of the site itself, and have included his statement below and in the comments, as well as that of Facebook. Both deny...
View ArticlePodcast: The War Over Privacy
This week’s podcast is from my weekly slot on Radio Australia Today with Phil Kafcaloudes and Adelaine Ng. This week we discuss privacy in the light of Facebook’s changes, the sale of Friendster, and...
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Facebook in Asia: A Limit to Growth?
Here are the latest figures for Facebook populations in Asia-Pacific: Country Users Australia 7,395,200 New Zealand 1,279,260 Indonesia 15,254,060 Singapore 1,763,340 Malaysia 4,155,880...
View ArticleThe New Normal: Constant Flux
(This is a copy of my Loose Wire Sevice column, produced for newspapers and other print publications. Hence the lack of links.) I was reading a blog by a World Banker the other day—now there’s a phrase...
View ArticleFacebook’s Internet of Sharing
(This is a copy of my Loose Wire Sevice column, produced for newspapers and other print publications.) By Jeremy Wagstaff Get ready for a world where everything is shared. Readers of this column will...
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