There are plenty of reasons on both sides [...]]]> By default I recommend that all companies consider disclosing who the community managers are behind their Twitter and Facebook updates. Just as we provide bylines for blogposts. I will always form a better relationship with a person compared to a brand. A face compared to a logo.

There are plenty of reasons on both sides though. Here are a few highlighted responses from the same question on Twitter.

I often click on an article from Facebook or Twitter that places me on NYtimes.com. Occasionally they want me to login before I read any more of their articles. I reach their limit a lot. I have no problem with this, but I don't create an account. It is an annoyance to me and I [...]]]>

I often click on an article from Facebook or Twitter that places me on NYtimes.com. Occasionally they want me to login before I read any more of their articles. I reach their limit a lot. I have no problem with this, but I don't create an account. It is an annoyance to me and I can go elsewhere for the same news usually. 

This note is to let you know about a change specific to your foursquare account. Because you have so many friends (popular!), we are now transferring your account into follow mode. Because foursquare only shows you the [...]]]> Fwd: You’re pretty popular, so we made some changes to make your foursquare better!

Hi there! This note is to let you know about a change specific to your foursquare account. Because you have so many friends (popular!), we are now transferring your account into follow mode. Because foursquare only shows you the 20 most recent check-ins from friends, and we don’t want your phone vibrating all day, we determined that 1000 friends will be the cap for normal accounts. Here’s what that means for you: We left your first 100 ‘friends’ as friends, and converted the rest to followers. To mark any of the others as friends, go to your manage friends page to convert your new followers into friends. Reminder: you can’t see your followers’ check-ins and they can’t comment on your check-ins. To save your inbox, you will no longer get email notifications when someone sends you a foursquare friend request; instead the user will automatically be marked as a follower. You can periodically go through your friend list to convert people from followers to friends. You can still send out friend requests as usual and follow brands as usual. You have even better privacy controls. On each check in, you can choose whether to share your check-ins with your followers. If you send a check-in to facebook and/or twitter, it will automatically go to your followers Followers can see your photos, shouts, and check-ins (that you’ve shared with them), but NOT comments from your friends. We hope these new follower tools make it easier for you to get the most out of foursquare. If you have any questions, please see our searchable FAQ at support.foursquare.com. Thanks! Team foursquare © 2011 foursquare labs, 36 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003 Please remember you can always go to your User Settings page to adjust your account and contact info, privacy controls, email preferences and options linking to Twitter and Facebook.

Untitled Startup, now renamed to Simply Measured [http://simplymeasured.com/#take-tour], has impressed me as their RowFeeder monitoring solution evolved so quickly over the past year.

They take a no nonsense approach to building data tools for social media. Their products are built around Excel because they know that is what people use [...]]]>

Some clever word clouds and math and what we all suspected is revealed, all horoscopes are the same. The ultimate summary horoscope above.

So, as media, as content, do horoscopes still matter is GASP they don’t really have anything to do with us specifically and only speak broadly to [...]]]>

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Some clever word clouds and math and what we all suspected is revealed, all horoscopes are the same. The ultimate summary horoscope above.

So, as media, as content, do horoscopes still matter is GASP they don’t really have anything to do with us specifically and only speak broadly to that little thing we call humanity?

Very cool to see this. Hat tip to @meganberry and @Timberry

I signed up for an Overstock.com coupon when I moved. I never used it. But I got into their email newsletter list. I like the site and might end up buying something there soon, but I got a little tired of their emails. They were coming too often. So I clicked unsubscribe and [...]]]>

I signed up for an Overstock.com coupon when I moved. I never used it. But I got into their email newsletter list. I like the site and might end up buying something there soon, but I got a little tired of their emails. They were coming too often. So I clicked unsubscribe and was presented with frequency options. This tiny detail kept me on their list as I switched to monthly. Smart.