Social Media chiefs can't "show me the money"

Social media is great! There are effective uses for humanitarian causes, maintaining friend connections, and yes, even that evil thing called advertising/marketing…but it all isn’t going to mean anything if there is no money to back these platforms that are so heavily engaged in the social media realm.

Maybe SM 2.0 will be social media with self-sustaining monetization.

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Blah, blah, rumble, blurg, rah, rah, rah…

Key word in headline – "Talks" I can't wait until headlines read, "Obama [or Congress] DOES/FIXES ______________"(fill in blank). But I won't hold my breath. http://amplify.com/u/1jj8

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Social Media in politics

Not to take away from Brown's use of social media to gain support and communicate with voters, but didn't Obama kind of already do this? Regardless of whether he is still active – the man is busy – I feel like he was really the first politician to embrace and understand how to use social media to his advantage (well, at least his campaign manager did). I'm afraid once all politicians embrace social media, their messages will once again turn into sound bites and white noise…but there will someone who finds another way to connect with voters and stand out among his/her peers. http://amplify.com/u/1gwp

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Weinkauf to Cameron: Avatar sucked, and you're a hack.

I have not yet seen this movie, so I can not provide my own assessment, but after reading this, I'll probably just wait for it on NetFlix. And after all the hype this movie got, it's nice to see someone jumping OFF the bandwagon. http://amplify.com/u/1fue

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Fail me once: Shame on you. Fail me Twice: I'm outta here.

This is not the kind of press AT&T needs right now, but the fact that it involves Facebook account issues makes it a juicy piece of news for me. I realize this was a routing issue on the AT&T data network, but it should certainly open some eyes to how exposed your online personal space/data can be – especially if technology fails, which it's wont to do simply because humans build it. http://amplify.com/u/1f32

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Pepsi Refresh, Refresh, Refresh, Fail 404

I can't even really add anything to this. It's sort of depressingly funny…definitely read the entire article for the full experience. http://amplify.com/u/1ehu

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