Jesse Pickard's Thoughtstream

An Evolving Cultural Curiosity: We Need A Fake Follow - Uh...no we don't

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:18:00 -0400

An Evolving Cultural Curiosity: We Need A Fake Follow - Uh...no we don't:

Michael Arrington says Twitter (and Friendfeed) needs a fake follow. What is a fake follow? “The Fake Follow looks like a normal follow to the other person, but to me it’s like I didn’t follow them at all. This solves the ego stroking issue (and related problems) that so many people have, and it keeps the content stream clean and usable.”

I think this is a terrible idea. When Twitter says that someone is following me, I consider them an audience for my tweets. I will then write tweets based on the audience I think is listening to me. I lose confidence in the Twitter service if I think some of those people are fake following me. Maybe I assume most of my audience is fake following me and I don’t think my tweets are worth sending. The fake follow brings an unwanted element of deception into Twitter that will cause many problems.

Social technologies should always be as transparent and authentic as possible. The same goes for social media marketing.

Brainstorming 2.0 I desperately want to give this a product a...

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:03:00 -0400

Brainstorming 2.0

I desperately want to give this a product a try during the next pitch I work on. It could be really helpful for big group brainstorms.

Has anyone else seen the vampire viral marketing all over the place? What is the product?

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:40:24 -0400

Has anyone else seen the vampire viral marketing all over the place? What is the product?

Las Vegas local news station features “punch you in the...

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:23:57 -0400

Las Vegas local news station features “punch you in the face” product placement. These McDonald’s ice coffee are fake, undrinkable models that are designed to always look icey fresh.

Read Jeremiah Owyang’s soc net marketng report. He doesnt sugarcoat. Sad but true- many big...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:04:49 -0400

Read Jeremiah Owyang’s soc net marketng report. He doesnt sugarcoat. Sad but true- many big brand social media programs continue to fail.

LinkedIn’s New York Times partnership is the latest in a string of innovative moves over the...

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:02:04 -0400

LinkedIn’s New York Times partnership is the latest in a string of innovative moves over the last year http://bit.ly/3LJdc8

New York Times is now suggesting headlines to readers based on...

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:16:00 -0400

New York Times is now suggesting headlines to readers based on their LinkedIn profile data. Here’s a blog post that goes into greater detail about it.

Summize Twitter Sentiment Tracker: useless now, but could be...

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:08:23 -0400

Summize Twitter Sentiment Tracker: useless now, but could be interesting once it becomes more sophisticated and twitter adoption rates rise

I hate long lines. I could have gotten caught in one waiting for...

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:24:06 -0400

I hate long lines. I could have gotten caught in one waiting for the iphone, but instead I check Summize for activity around the words “Apple Store” from Twitter users in NYC.

So far the focus on locus: location based services conference at columbia is great. Nice to step out...

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:20:48 -0400

So far the focus on locus: location based services conference at columbia is great. Nice to step out of the social media echo chamber.

Skyhook exec: 40+ mobile soc net apps outfor iphone in 30 days. My money ison loopt but facebook app...

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:20:48 -0400

Skyhook exec: 40+ mobile soc net apps outfor iphone in 30 days. My money ison loopt but facebook app might crush itif it gets location aware

Listening to skyhook exec chat about location based services

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:20:48 -0400

Listening to skyhook exec chat about location based services

Technorati test post

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:57:37 -0400

Technorati Profile

How Mozilla used social media to set a world record

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:18:44 -0400

How Mozilla used social media to set a world record

I’ve always wondered if TinyURL was going to do anything will all the data. Glad to see Bit.ly...

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:52:06 -0400

I’ve always wondered if TinyURL was going to do anything will all the data. Glad to see Bit.ly do something cool http://bit.ly/24SAWr

"The hallmark of any great brand is authenticity"

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:22:47 -0400

“The hallmark of any great brand is authenticity”

Teleport Across Virtual Worlds Terribly corny video…but...

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:38:16 -0400

Teleport Across Virtual Worlds

Terribly corny video…but still a cool step forward for virtual worlds.

At new york tech meetup listening to a pluribo present. Very cool user review summary startup

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:02:54 -0400

At new york tech meetup listening to a pluribo present. Very cool user review summary startup

Blik + Threadless = brilliant http://tinyurl.com/4r6v9b

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:38:23 -0400

Blik + Threadless = brilliant http://tinyurl.com/4r6v9b

Nice work from VW

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:30:36 -0400

Nice work from VW