Quick Hits — February 22, 2011
See also the recent list of articles relevant to the internet’s role in Egypt, Tunisia and the general unrest in the Arab world.
- Blogs Wane as the Young Drift to Sites Like Twitter. Bogus trend piece alert! An article whose content contradicts its title — the “young” are going to Facebook, while social networking and Twitter actually complement serious blogging, not supplant it.
- This week in sock-puppetry: Sarah Palin Has Secret ‘Lou Sarah’ Facebook Account To Praise Other Sarah Palin Facebook Account.
- Wisconsin Dem Senator Posts ‘brb’ Message On Facebook after leaving the chamber in protest, and Obama joins Wisconsin’s budget battle, opposing Republican anti-union bill as Organizing for America Injects Effort (and Obama) into Wisconsin Union Fight.
- Egypt’s New Military Rulers Launch Official Facebook Page, Attract 75,000 Fans in 24 Hours, via K Street Cafe.
- The Rise of the “Twitter Can’t Topple a Dictator” Article as a Genre. But c.f. An Upside to the “Twitter Can’t Topple Dicators” Genre?
- Curating the Revolution: Building a Real-Time News Feed About Egypt, an interview with Andy Carvin.
- Shy U.S. Intellectual Created Playbook Used in a Revolution. Via A Loyal Reader (thanks Dad!).
- News of Chinese Jasmine Revolution Spreads Online. Wishful thinking, or a harbinger?
- Cellphones Become the World’s Eyes and Ears on Protests, and Mobile Phones and the Middle East’s Many Million Documentarians.
- Is the tweet the new sound bite?, via K Street Cafe.
- Nir Rosen tweets himself out of a job over Lara Logan’s assault.
- Clinton@State: Seriously, #NetFreedom’s a Big Deal.
- Hackers Reveal Offers to Spy on Corporate Rivals.
- Danah boyd, Digital Anthropologist.
- Past and Future: “Winning the Future” means “Defining Republicans as the Past” via video.
- Esperanza Spalding wins Grammy for Best New Artist, @WhiteHouse celebrates the moment, and White House recognizes Grammy winner on Twitter, links to performance on YouTube. But, Hey Grammys, you can’t tape-delay social media.
- White Paper: Connecting Online Advocacy and Fundraising.
- News Flash: Viral Video Isn’t The Answer For Brands.
- Obama’s 2012 Budget Proposal: How $3.7 Trillion Is Spent. Cool interactive presentation.
- 1000 Digital Strategists for the Labor Movement.
- How To (and Why You Should) Connect Twitter to FriendFeed.
- Online Advocacy around a Lifetime Channel movie.
- Top 50 Individual Givers of 2010. Ladies and Gentlemen, start your engines! C.f. Nonprofits Raise More Money as the Recession Fades.
- Care2 passes 15 million members.
- Likely GOP Candidate’s New Video More Like Action Flick Trailer.
- How YouTube Used Obama Chat to Build Brand.
- Want to Get a Conversation Going on Twitter? Call a Reporter.
- Facebook’s Washington Operation Adds Two More Boots on the Ground.
- Facebook’s Web of Frenemies.
- Who Says Email’s Dead?
- Brian Hill: Hobby blogger sued by MediaNews & Righthaven is 20, chronically ill, autistic. Jerx (via Burt Edwards).
- HuffPost Blogger Hearts Arianna. Or, sucking up for fun and (no share of the) profit.
- Why Your Nonprofit Is Not Ranking on Google, and Which mini-blogging platform is more SEO friendly: Tumblr or Posterous?, the latter via Alnisa Allgood.
- 10 Steps to Facebook Success for Your Non-Profit Organization.
- HuffPo bombs fake twitter account.
- Toyota Pays Mom Bloggers $10 to Bury Bad Press?
- Where does politics online go from here? (in the UK).
- With Update to ‘Social Search,’ Google Embraces The Crowd, via A Loyal Reader (thanks again, Dad!).
- The Cold War goes online, a Russian perspective.
- Does the Harlequin Romance Unicorn Vengeance boast the worst sentence ever published in English? Mayhap!. Via Libby Jacobsen.
- Rahm Makes Offer to Foul-Mouthed Tweeter.
- Employee/rep sends out errant (drunk) tweet using @RedCross Twitter account.
- With social media, pet adoptions are love at first ‘like”. Whether or not it can topple dictators, the internet can sure as hell sell cats.
- And finally, the most horrifying safety video you’ll see all week, via my brother Stratton, whose taste is, as usual, impeccable.
– cpd
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