Posts Tagged With: social
· October 6, 2008 at 5:01 am · Online Tools
Yes, you can even grade yourself on Twitter now. Thanks to the Twitter Grader, you can see how you stack up with the other twitterers out there. All you have to do is plug in your Twitter handle, and hit enter.
Once you do so, you will be given a grade - based on how much “power” you have. I was pretty happy with my grade of 81 out of 100. The Twitter Grade measures the relative power of a Twitter user. It is calculated as a percentile score. A grade of 81 means that the user scores higher than 81 percent of the other user profiles that have been graded.
Here are the main factors that they say go into play when deciding the score:
- The number of followers you have
- The power of this network of followers
- The pace of your updates
- The completeness of your profile
Go get yourself graded at http://twitter.grader.com/. Then feel free to add me on Twitter to help both our scores. (insert evil laugh here)
· July 28, 2008 at 5:02 am · Web Development
Always said you would like to have a social news site like digg, but didn’t have the time to develop or work on it? Thanks to slinkset.com, you don’t have to. They promise to deliver you your own social news site that you can customize, user your own domain on and auto-post links via RSS for free. Here are a few examples:
One more cool feature is it looks like you can create a private site too, that would only be accessible to the people you invite. Give slinkset.com a shot, and if you create one yourself feel free to share it here with us.
· July 22, 2008 at 5:20 am · Hot Web Topics, Personal
As I remove MySpace and add Plurk to my own Mitchelaneous side bar, I thought this would be as good of a time as any to bring up the fact that you should not be afraid to socialize and meet new people. Sure, some places build a fan following because of great content but great content alone can not win any popularity races.
You have to get out there and proverbially pimp your goods.
Let people know at least a few places where they can follow you or be your friend, and they are given a few more “gateways” to get back to your blog and content. Think of it this way, which am I more likely to be friends with:
- The guy who’s web site I never knew about because he doesn’t push it out in the real world
- The guy who is trying his best to make friends, and inform the public he’s out there and ready for his close up
I’m not afraid to mention anybody who wishes to can add me as a friend on:
Twitter | Facebook | Plurk | MySpace | Pownce | LinkedIn | Flickr
Don’t be afraid to promote your favorite social web site profiles. By not doing so, you are missing a good chance not only to make a few friends but get some free press for your own web site. Don’t be a wall flower, be that comfy chair everybody likes to sit on.
· July 9, 2008 at 5:51 am · Hot Web Topics, Online Tools
It is official, I spend too much time checking Plurk. This is why you should too!
The Rewards of Being a Good Plurker
The "rewards" feature of Plurk is very interesting too. You can get a little star by your name if you achieve a certain goal. Also, certain customizations (such as page styles) are not available to you until your Karma number has reached a certain point.
Go Out and Do Something Creative!
A great inspiration as well is the status messages you can pick from. You have:
freestyle, loves, likes, shares, gives, hates, wants, wishes, has, will, asks, was, feels, thinks, says, and is
Speaking of inspiration, seeking that great conversation starter?
- Messages of "good morning" seem to go over well with your following…
- Random messages really do the trick, create snippets from your brain do wonders too.
- You can’t forget the plugs for your own site content or interesting links you have found on the Web.
- Plurk is much more social than the other status and micro-blogs out there. Many more replies here and much more feedback to be had if you just ask.
Share Your Photos and Videos with Everybody!
You can share photos too, just make sure that link your posting ends with a .gif, .jpg or .png. Plurk will automatically generate thumbnailed images for you and open them up inside of Plurk when somebody clicks on them. The same is done for YouTube videos too.
What Makes Plurk So Different?
The timeline is what sets Plurk apart from the competitors. This gives you a unique view of all the messages from your friend that may seem a little odd at first, but you quickly catch on. You also have the option to view all the new message, or mark all messages as read.
Maybe it is just me, but Plurkers seem to be a lot more friendly too. They are all looking for replies of their own, so they might be more willing to stop by your personal Plurk page and say, "Hello!". Looking for a friend? Feel free to click here and add me!
When push comes to shove, Plurk really is becoming a favorite stop for me (or several stops depending on the speed of the day) and I wish them the best of luck in the future.
· July 2, 2008 at 5:51 am · Online Tools
As I mentioned yesterday, Plurk is quickly becoming my favorite miro-blogging/status provider out there. It is unique, creative and doesn’t go down every few hours (hear that Twitter?). How would you like to be able to keep up with your plurking in your Firefox sidebar? Here is how you can get it done.
Visit this handy Plurk URL here:
http://www.plurk.com/m
Bookmark it (or drag and drop it onto your links bar). Then right-click it, and select “Properties”. From here, check the box next to “Load this bookmark in the sidebar”, then save your changes and you are done.
Now you have instant Plurk access no matter what web page you might be on.
Need a friend on Plurk? Feel free to add me! I feel like you all are nearly family anyways!
Update - Thanks to TwisterMC you can get a Firefox add-on that does the same thing, with a few other extra perks.
· July 1, 2008 at 6:06 am · Online Tools
Thanks to Ping.fm I can finally be apart of more of these social sites without jumping here and there every time I want to update something. The best way to describe it is that it is a tool that just brings it all together. You can do status updates, blog updates, or micro-blog updates depending on the tools you are using it with.
Currently, here are the places you can follow me:
Bebo, Facebook, Hi5, LinkedIn, LiveJournal, Mashable, MySpace, Plurk, Pownce, Tumblr, and of course everybody’s favorite red headed step child Twitter.
Of course I’m not just looking for multiple avenues to plug and market myself, I’ve also been just sharing random Mitch-like nuggets of wisdom and random things that pop into my head that I just need to get out during the day.
Ping.fm is my new best friend on this social Web we live on today.
