The below is an email reaction that I had to this blog post by Danah Boyd (a researcher at Microsoft Research New England) which was sent around the office. This blog’s been sitting in drafts for 3 months and so it’s about time I posted it seeing as I seem to be making the same [...]

OK horrible blog title I know but I hope it’s at least functional enough for me to be able to share this interesting find with you all. We don’t normally share links about Facebook apps but this one really captured our attention. Essentially Swat Labs’ Facebook app is a network visualisation tool that sensibly displays [...]

Webroot’s Social Media Sobriety Test puts an end to embarrassing late-night posts that follow a night out. Download the browser extension and stay protected. Now if only they could port this to the iPhone… via: everyone

Sensing an opportunity to capitalise on the  imminent release of The Social Network this new Greenpeace, anti-Facebook campaign is both well timed and excellently produced. The compelling (and very shareable) video is not only  cute, funny and clear but also very hard to argue against, tapping as it does into a real and growing area [...]

In a new blog post titled “Six things you didn’t know about Twitter direct messaging” @timwhitlock has very helpfully highlighted a few often overlooked facts about the world’s favourite Micro-blogging site’s Direct Messaging system. The most surprising of which is that DMs you send over Twitter are not private, they are simply direct. As he [...]

Mashable’s (sponsored) roundup of beautiful social media infographics really is just that… they are some excellent graphics. Take a look for yourself. Our favourite is No.4 the “conversation prism” – an infographic that has developed and grown more beautiful and more detailed for a few years now – but if you’ve spotted one that really [...]

The key to success in Social Media isn’t just understanding the tools, but, more importantly, the culture as well. Most people can work out how to send a tweet, for example, but it takes more study to know when, why or what to say – and to whom. When used correctly Twitter can bring a [...]

In amongst the noise about the new Times website and paywall is to me the more interesting change taking place in their community registration policies. This quote from a Guardian article highlights the new and rather neo-conservative move to disable users to post their comment anonymously within the community – supposedly in the attempt to [...]

Never add your mum to your facebook (twitter’s ok, skype could be trouble)! Check out the artists and give them your love at backoftheclass.net.

This  funny blog post highlights the very real dangers many novice social network users can face when they post something to their network in haste without really thinking about the consequences. The 30 ways cover everything from sleeping with the Boss’s daughter as shown above to admitting that you’re pulling a sickie and that you’ve [...]