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Social media is like gasoline for Internet rumors

Social media is like gasoline for Internet rumors

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — A rumor that Bill Cosby was dead started spreading on social media sites this summer. Hours later, on the same day in early August, the most mentioned phrase on Twitter was, "Bill Cosby died." Cosby went on CNN's Larry King Live that night to refute the rumor and plead with the person starting false reports about him to stop. He said on the show that it was the fourth time such a rumor had been spread. He said he shrugged off the previous rumors, but after a friend called him in tears to see if he was alive, he could no longer ignore it.
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Government watchdog and advocacy groups need to be more social

Government watchdog and advocacy groups need to be more social

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — We hear from our readers almost every day about issues affecting their lives. They ask why their hard-earned tax dollars are paying for elaborate construction projects or why utility bills must pay for new power projects. They criticize the cost of property taxes and home insurance despite four years without a direct hit from a hurricane. We hear them, but I sometimes wonder if our elected officials and state leaders do. They probably get an earful from lobbyists and special interests that can afford frequent trips to Tallahassee. But many South Floridians can't make it to the state's capital for public hearings.
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Birthday etiquette for Facebook postings

Birthday etiquette for Facebook postings

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — I woke up recently to find birthday greetings posted on my Facebook wall. How nice, I thought, as I responded to the first few friends who posted messages. On most birthdays, I'm lucky if I hear from anyone besides family. Soon after, the messages started pouring in: some from colleagues at work and others from friends and family. I even got some from people I hadn't talked to in 20-some years. As nice as it is to be remembered on your birthday, after about 30 posts I had enough and decided I didn't want to spend my birthday responding to the greetings.
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What you shouldn't reveal on a Facebook page

What you shouldn't reveal on a Facebook page

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — Vacation details - Avoid posting your holiday plans. Letting the world know that you will be in San Francisco for the week is an invitation to rob your house. Contact detail - Don't post your home address and phone number. Leave them out of any of your social media biographies and certainly not put them in a post, "Party at my house 123 Elm Street", unless you like having stalkers. Workplace complaints - Don't talk about how much you hate your job, or you may end up without one. I have heard about people complaining about their boss and soon after losing their jobs.
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Posting major personal news should not be left to a social network

Posting major personal news should not be left to a social network

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — A few weeks ago, my wife noticed that the Facebook relationship status for my brother's girlfriend was "engaged." I thought it was a joke. Even my brother, who is a bit aloof, wouldn't forget to tell me about such a major life change, would he? He didn't forget. He simply figured I would know because he posted it on his Facebook page. Maybe I should be glad he wasn't mad at me for not commenting on his Facebook update.
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Social media helping authors sell their books

Social media helping authors sell their books

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — For those of you doomsayers who declared the death of books in the Internet age, I have news for you. Web-savvy authors are actually tapping social media to boost the sale of their books. Some writers are scoring book deals after growing an audience through social media. Others are bypassing traditional publishers completely because they can sell enough print or electronic copies of their books by promoting them on social networking sites. The success stories are comparable to those of musicians and celebrities who gained a following through MySpace and YouTube instead of relying on agents and production companies.
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Why does the U.S. Library of Congress want your tweets?

Why does the U.S. Library of Congress want your tweets?

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — What does the Gettysburg Address and our 140-character tweets have in common? Both are housed by the U.S. Library of Congress. Twitter recently donated its entire archive of messages, every public tweet since the first one on March 21, 2006, by founder Jack Dorsey, "just setting up my twttr." Some 60 million new tweets are posted every day and all of the public ones will become available to the library. "Twitter is part of the historical record of communication, news reporting, and social trends - all of which complement the Library's existing cultural heritage collections.
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Facebook's uphill battle to make its network public

Facebook's uphill battle to make its network public

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — Facebook users' outrage over the site's attempt to make more of their information public seems to be getting more intense by the day. Privacy groups and four U.S. Senators filed complaints with the Federal Trade Commission. Media pundits and others railed against Facebook and its Chief Executive Officer, Mark Zuckerberg. A group of New York University programmers who announced they would create a private social network called Diaspora if they could raise $10,000 had received close to $200,000 in donations last week. One of the top trending searches on Google last Friday was "How do I delete my Facebook account?"
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Social media is an indispensable tool in times of crisis

Social media is an indispensable tool in times of crisis

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — It's been only a few years since social media sites gained wide audiences, and already they're playing a vital role in helping people respond to major disasters. They have been used to coordinate volunteer efforts, raise money, spread information, save lives after the earthquake in Haiti and now in the cleanup effort for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. With hurricane season only two weeks away, social media channels will certainly be key if there is a major storm in South Florida.
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New Facebook buttons don't 'like' privacy

New Facebook buttons don't 'like' privacy

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — A simple little button that says "like" could be a major step in the evolution of Internet browsing from being centered on search to being centered on the social network. Facebook officials recently announced they will be allowing people to note things they "like" while browsing the Internet. Click the "like" button next to, say, a book, a musician or even a business on any site and it will be posted to your Facebook page. At first glance, it may merely seem like an extension of the Facebook feature that allows you to give a thumbs up to your friends' posts.
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Comedians point out some truths when making fun of social media

Comedians point out some truths when making fun of social media

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — Any popular culture phenomenon that sweeps the country is going to be fodder for comedians and late night shows, and social media is no exception. Some of the jokes have been insightful commentaries on common complaints about social media. Social networking may keep people from experiencing enough of the real world. On a recent episode of South Park -- an animated show centered around a group of children that ridicules pop culture -- a character named Stan is pressured by friends to join Facebook. "Why can't we just go out and play video games?" he asks ironically, adding that he doesn't want to get "sucked in."
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Comedians point out some truths when making fun of social media

Comedians point out some truths when making fun of social media

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — Any popular culture phenomenon that sweeps the country is going to be fodder for comedians and late night shows, and social media is no exception. Some of the jokes have been insightful commentaries on common complaints about social media. Social networking may keep people from experiencing enough of the real world. On a recent episode of South Park -- an animated show centered around a group of children that ridicules pop culture -- a character named Stan is pressured by friends to join Facebook. "Why can't we just go out and play video games?" he asks ironically, adding that he doesn't want to get "sucked in."
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Chatroulette is getting a lot of ink, but will this Website live up to the hype?

Chatroulette is getting a lot of ink, but will this Website live up to the hype?

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — Chatroulette, a Website that allows people to do live video chats with random people, has been described as similar to flipping through television channels of real people. It's been called the next Facebook and has been written about by newspapers around the world, parodied on the "Daily Show" and featured on "Good Morning America." ChatRoulette.com was created by Andrey Ternovskiy, a 17-year-old high school student from Moscow. He told the New York Times he enjoyed talking to friends with Skype using a microphone and webcam, but wanted to talk to more people. So he created a site where he and his friends could connect randomly with other people.
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Facebook is creating a new way for people to mourn

Facebook is creating a new way for people to mourn

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — When I worked in Silicon Valley a few years ago, it seemed nearly everyone around me had an idea for an Internet startup. My pitch was for a virtual cemetery: a place where people could record their thoughts, memories and life lessons for their family and the public to learn from and discuss. The idea was only ever a conversation piece to me, but recently Facebook has started filling that role. Our Facebook pages are our living testaments. They feature some of our most important memories, the people we care about, and in some cases, our life's work.
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Social media more than just lifeline for Haitian earthquake victims

Social media more than just lifeline for Haitian earthquake victims

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — Before any of the world's major news outlets were reporting live from Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake there, Frederic Dupoux was alerting the world of the temblor. "Oh... heavy earth quake right now! in Haiti," he wrote on Twitter within three minutes of the quake from his home in Frere, a suburb of Port-au-Prince. It is the first Haiti earthquake tweets I could find. Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read 140-character messages.
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Group buying gaining popularity with help from social media

Group buying gaining popularity with help from social media

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — The new year brings the promise of the power of "group buying." Group buying is an online shopping strategy where several people agree to approach a vendor of a specific product in order to collectively bargain with the proprietor as a group. The idea is to get good discounts. The group agrees to purchase the same item. The shoppers benefit by paying less, and the business benefits by selling multiple items at once. Group buying is popular in China, according to the MIT Sloan Management Review. Consumers form clubs called "tuangous" in which they collectively negotiate for a better price.
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Tips on how to be heard in your social media networks

Tips on how to be heard in your social media networks

South Florida Sun-Sentinel — Getting noticed in the early days of social media was pretty simple: update your Facebook status or send a Tweet and you could expect a few responses. But as the number of friends in our social networks grows, it gets more and more difficult to stand out in the crowd. More than 300 people are in my Facebook network and 600 on Twitter. Some of my friends have far more. And with Google Buzz, the latest social media tool, there are going to be even more. Wading through my Facebook messages, I feel as if I'm hearing bits and pieces of conversations instead of messages written for me.
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