April 2011
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Are You Following A Bot? →
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“One day last February, a Twitter user in California named Billy received a tweet from @JamesMTitus, identified in his profile as a “24 year old dude” from Christchurch, New Zealand, who had the avatar of a tabby cat. “If you could bring one character to life from your favorite book, who would it be?,” @JamesMTitus asked. Billy tweeted back, “Jesus,” to which @JamesMTitus replied:...
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CRAIN'S NY: U.S. Attorney and FBI shut down... →
“The companies arranged for the money taken in from U.S.-based gamblers to be disguised as payments to hundreds of non-existent online merchants claiming to sell items like jewelry and golf balls…”
The article describes how “dummy corporations and websites” were part of the scheme. It also cites an executive of Wynn Resorts who calls for regulation of Internet...
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"Twitter Cracks Down on Third-Party Clients" →
“The issue, says Sarver, is consistency. Twitter users need to be able to experience the service in a uniform manner.”
One developer’s take on Twitter’s new roadmap:
“…I am so happy I cut the cord with Twitter long before they got to this point. I’m pretty far along in doing a new user interface for microblogging, one without many of Twitter’s...
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Lawyers: You’re Being Played By Twitter →
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“The true shining example of a social media service exploiting gamification to its fullest is Twitter. While there is no formal leader board or badges or achievement system (though Klout sprung up to meet that need); it doesn’t take new users long to become keenly aware of their number of “Followers,” @replies, “Re-Tweets,” and Lists (“engagement statistics”). By having its users...