~~~~ The fascinating post at Quartz this week titled “How to become internet famous for $68” might as well be titled “Stop buying internet followers”. The post outlines the ease with which a fake internet celebrity was established and how easily fooled at least one Twitter influence measurement outfit is. In the story, author @Kevin_Ashton [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...~~~~ It’s no secret that we are past the peak of the golf craze in the United States. Golf is on the decline, and has been since 2003. In 2010 and 2011, the number of course closings exceeded the number of new course openings. If you are a PGA club pro, you have probably seen [...]
No Comments. Continue Reading...~~~~ The hashtag has certainly evolved. It started out on Twitter; was actually invented by Twitter users in order to better organize and search Twitter content. Those days were the Wild West, or maybe the prehistoric period, of the “social media as a self-curated news source” era. Arguably, that era is just getting started. Most [...]
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