Women Win Facebook, Twitter, Zynga; Men Get LinkedIn, Reddit [INFOGRAPHIC] When it comes to the sexes on social media, there are a few places where the battle lines seem settled. It probably won't surprise you to learn, for example, that men are from Google+ and women are from Pinterest. But when it comes to the two dominant social networks — Facebook and Twitter — you may be shocked to discover that women are now in the majority on both services. Not only that, but they're posting far more frequently on Facebook than their slowpoke male counterparts can manage. Online gaming, once a bastion of men, has fallen to the females as well. But take heart, guys. Check out this infographic for more details, including the one social network where the gender distribution is equal.
DMfail Fails, Reborn as Re-Twit'd The creators of sneaky Twitter app DMfail are back creating apps, but this time they've released something pretty useful that's likely to last more than a week. re-Twit'd is a simple application that lets you see what's hot on Twitter based on how frequently something is retweeted. Albeit simple, this app proves to be pretty handy. We really like the ability to see what's getting buzz in the past hour, day, week, or fortnight (2 weeks). Also pretty nifty is the ability to retweet retweets without giving away Twitter names and passwords. By clicking on the "Retweet" link, you are directed back to the Twitter web page where the original tweet automatically appears, and all you have to do is hit update. We likey (especially since we seem to be pretty buzz worthy today), but check it out for yourself and let us know what you think in the comments.
Progressives Seize 2.0 Meme on Twitter Progressive activists on Twitter have begun organically taking over the 2.0 meme for hashtags. The pattern is growing and appears well on its way to going viral. What is a meme? According to Wikipedia : “ The term 2.0 is closely associated with Tim O’Reilly because of the O’Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004. The feminism movement seems to have been behind the origins of the 2.0 meme on Twitter with the use of the hashtag ( feminism 2.0 ). From here, the 2.0 idea spread to general political progressivism with the hashtag. Soon after this, (government 2.0) was started, probably by @ opengovnews . Over the last few months, an increasing number of progressively themed hashtags have been catching onto the 2.0 meme. Here is a list of the current progressive causes using the 2.0 meme: {*style:<i>#c2c – care2.com healthy and green lifestyles #cfr2 – campaign finance reform (#CFR is Council on Foreign Relations) #co2 – climate change (atomic symbol for carbon dioxide) by @ 3fatcats
Top 10 Most Popular Languages on Twitter [CHART] While English is the most popular language on Twitter, it may surprise you that the majority of published tweets are not in the mother tongue of the company's founders. Just over one-third (34%) of all tweets were in English in September. With 16%, Japanese is the second-most popular language on the microblogging network, while Spanish clocks in at third place. Created by Statista, the chart, below, shows the 10 most popular languages on Twitter. Have something to add to this story? Image: Flickr, wisegie Top 20 Most Popular Social Networking Websitess Here are the top 15 Most Popular Social Networking Sites as derived from our eBizMBA Rank which is a continually updated average of each website's U.S. Traffic Rank from Quantcast and Global Traffic Rank from both Alexa and SimilarWeb."*#*" Denotes an estimate for sites with limited data. 1 | facebook3 - eBizMBA Rank | 1,500,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 5 - Quantcast Rank | 3 - Alexa Rank | 2 - SimilarWeb Rank | Last Updated: May 1, 2017. The Most Popular Social Networking Sites | eBizMBA 2 | YouTube3 - eBizMBA Rank | 1,499,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 2 - Quantcast Rank | 4 - Alexa Rank | 3 - SimilarWeb Rank | Last Updated: May 1, 2017. 3 | Twitter11 - eBizMBA Rank | 400,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 11 - Quantcast Rank | 16 - Alexa Rank | 7 - SimilarWeb Rank | Last Updated: May 1, 2017.
HOW TO: Win Friends and Twinfluence People Mark Drapeau is a regular contributor to Mashable. In the last year or so, microsharing service Twitter has grown by leaps and bounds, in terms of both popularity and usefulness. Regardless of the precise companies or services that become the most popular in the future, forming and utilizing decentralized social networks through microsharing is most likely here to stay, because it is fun and useful. But the lack of structure, bounty of third party applications, and global sources of expert advice can also be daunting to newbies. Win Friends 1. Just like in everyday life, if you want people to notice you, somehow you've got to stand out in the crowd. 2. Twitter is inherently a conversation. 3. People get on my radar when they selflessly and repeatedly add value to a community of readers. 4. There are all kinds of ways to 'game the system' and attract followers, like you-follow-me-I-follow-you and following bots that auto-follow and then unfollowing them. 5. Twinfluence People 6. 7. 8. 9.
A Twitter Decision In starting a significant project, an engineer knows the first three big design decisions you make are vastly more important than the second three. The nature of these decisions varies from project to project. They may be choices about look and feel, rules about architecture, or trade offs regarding feature set. Whatever these decisions are, they set a tone that defines the success of the project. When I look at Twitter, I see three early essential decisions about how Twitter allows you to craft a community. I believe much of Twitter’s continued success is due to definition and execution of these decisions. Interestingly, some obvious candidates for the Top 3, like “Scales like crazy”, “Will generate money”, and “Needs to be searchable” weren’t initially there. The decisions were: Decision #1: A user chooses whom they follow.Decision #2: A user chooses whom they no longer follow.Decision #3: A user should be judged only by what they say. These are simple decisions of empowerment.
Twitter Testing Major Profile Redesign That Looks a Lot Like Facebook Twitter is testing a major profile redesign that's very reminiscent of Facebook and Google+. Mashable assistant features editor Matt Petronzio spotted on Tuesday a huge update to his Twitter profile page, with the main picture and bio scaled to the left and significantly more real estate dedicated to the header photo. The revamped tweet stream is also a departure from its signature look. There is a greater focus on photos and content cards. It moves away from a strictly vertical timeline too. Click the image below to enlarge. It's common for Twitter to quietly test new features and design updates before tweaking or rolling it out to a larger user base. Under the header photo in the test is the count for tweets, photos/videos (a new category called out on the profile), who you are following, followers, favorites and lists. Other profile pages viewed from an account with the new design are automatically made to look like this too. The company declined to comment on this story.
Multi Platform Social Media – diagram-by-diagram Over the years I have been creating lots of confusing, busy yet at the same time, meaningful and insightful emergent media diagrams. These attempt to help the uninitiated heritage media folk, get to grips with a multiplatform, shifting-social-media-sands, transmogodified entertainment landscape…breathe. So I have been uploading a bunch of these diagrams onto my flickr account over the past weeks, partly to make them more accessible to me too (oh the joys of the cloud) but with the creative commons tag, for all and sundry to use (attributed of course – the only way to power & fame nowadays – cackles!). Here is a short selection of the 25 or so already up, with brief descriptions – the main bunch is in a set called ‘Emergent Media’ here. The above diagram is intended to help storytellers simply understand a range of key places to distribute their story fragments or triggers online. The above is one of my favourite diagrams from way back in early 2006.
Top Social Media Posts This Week What were the most interesting social media stories on Mashable and around the web this week? What were we socially bookmarking, blogging, Twittering, "liking", emailing and sharing with our online friends and followers? Here's the rundown: 1. 70+ Free iPhone Apps for Social Media Mavens - Sean P. Aune creates the most comprehensive collection so far of social media apps for the iPhone. 2. 3. 4. 5. 10 Great Implementations of Facebook Connect - Ben Parr showcases the best Facebook Connect-enabled sites. 6. 7. Social Media Around the Web There's lots of insightful social media coverage around the web, of course. 1. 2. 49 Amazing Social Media, Web 2.0 And Internet Stats - Adam Singer of Pierson Grant Public Relations runs the (remarkable) numbers on social media. 3. 4. 5. 6. Your Suggestions: What Did We Miss? What did we miss? Image courtesy of iStockphoto, AndrewJohnson
New App Color-Codes and Filters Your Tweets Mashable’s Spark of Genius series highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, see details here. The series is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. Name: Twimbow Quick Pitch: Twimbow is a colorful, web-based Twitter client with a focus on filtering. Genius Idea: This app embraces the concept that, for some of us, Twitter is the new e-mail. At first glance, the interface will remind you of Tweetdeck and Seesmic Web so much that it'll make your head hurt. (Note: While Tweetdeck doesn't yet have a web-based client, we saw them demo one at Google I/O.) Twimbow's main distinction lies with its bright and shiny interface, which lets you assign a different color to different users and groups and change the color of a tweet shown in the app by adding a #color tag. In future iterations, you'll be able to track and color-code keywords, too, making Twimbow an interesting and viable option for brand managers and social media marketers.
• Twitter accounts with the most followers worldwide in October 2012 | Ranking Reading support This statistic presents a ranking of the most popular Twitter accounts as of March 2014, sorted by the highest numbers of followers. During that month, singer Katy Perry's account @katyperry had 51.83 million followers. Celebrities and Twitter Founded in 2006, Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that allows users to post text-based status updates and messages of up to 140 characters in length. In order to establish authenticity of identity on Twitter, accounts of people from high-interest areas such as music, fashion, entertainment, politics, media, business or other areas as well as individuals at high risk of impersonation are verified by Twitter. Twitter provides a near-instant access channel to celebrities. Major sporting events and industry award shows such as the Grammy or Academy Awards generate lots of online buzz on Twitter.
Social media: A guide for researchers Social media is an important technological trend that has big implications for how researchers (and people in general) communicate and collaborate. Researchers have a huge amount to gain from engaging with social media in various aspects of their work. This guide has been produced by the International Centre for Guidance Studies, and aims to provide the information needed to make an informed decision about using social media and select from the vast range of tools that are available. One of the most important things that researchers do is to find, use and disseminate information, and social media offers a range of tools which can facilitate this. Social media can change the way in which you undertake research, and can also open up new forms of communication and dissemination. Web materials 1: Links and resources You can access the full list of the above resources here, or download below. Web materials 2: Researcher case studies