50. Hash tags# and Mentions@ The hashtag symbol helps categorize Tweets by keyword – words preceded by the # symbol are grouped with other Tweets containing that same #word. Clicking on a hashtagged word in any message shows you all other Tweets in that category.
60. “ You can’t take something off the Internet. That’s like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.” NewsRadio, the 1990s TV show
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Social Media: Highly interactive technology tools Many-to-Many Online communities Free, easy, fun Content producers New, more efficient way to communicate
Launched February 2004 More than 400 million active users 50% of active users log on to Facebook daily Average user has 130 friends People spend > 500 billion minutes/ month on FB Average user creates 70 pieces of content / month More than 25 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each month. Users create profiles / photos / lists of personal interests / contact info / other personal information. Communicating through private or public messages or a chat feature. Users create / join interest groups and "like pages" “ Like” buttons spreading across internet User set their own privacy settings and choose who can see what parts of their profile. Need 25 fans to get vanity URL