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Revolt? Day 2, Another Fail Dominates Front Page

One of the first front page stories that stayed at the top of the Propeller “Most Popular Stories” was titled, “Propeller.com new layout Sucks!!!“. If you click on the link to it, you get this: This article has been removed from our system for violating our Terms of Use. Fair enough. It was inflammatory and while it [...]

Testing TweetSnap

Reviewing (well, testing) Tweetsnap. This seems like a pretty interesting idea for bloggers who are embedded in their twitter but hate messing with the downtime issues. We’ll see how it plays out.

New Authors Added to Soshable

It’s been forever since we posted. For that, I am sorry, but I assure you, it was for a good reason. Soshable has picked up corporate sponsorship and will be adding some authors. The usual suspects are still on board, but there will also be an infusion of fresh perspectives added to this blog. [...]

Web 3.0 is (probably) being built as we speak

Is consolidation the road to Web 3.0? I’ve mentioned a few times on this blog that I believe the “Web 3.0″ revolution will be ushered in by Social Hybrids. We are starting to see large Web 2.0 companies getting eaten up by the larger Internet powerhouses — AOL/Bebo, eBay/StumbleUpon, Yahoo/del.icio.us, etc — but there hasn’t [...]

10 Great URLs with Bad Websites

Sometimes, a URL leads you to exactly what you expect. Other times, it takes you to blank pages, advertising link pages, or just plain dumb stuff. This list of 10 (plus 4 dishonorable mentions) includes excellent domain names with great type-in traffic (at least they did back in the day when people still relied on type-in [...]

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What social news sites do you belong to?: Digg, Reddit, Propeller, StumbleUpon, Mixx, Newsvine, Del.icio.us, Sphinn, Slashdot

About Me:: I am VP of Marketing for an automotive website design firm. My hobby is social media - not just participating, but analyzing and reporting as well. My handle on most networks is 0boy, oboy, or DiffeeOnline (my original, crappy name). You can find me on most social media sites, plus Pownce and Twitter.

Website:: http://soshable.com

Profile on any social news site: http://digg.com/users/oboy

Profile on any social news site2: http://0boy.stumbleupon.com

Profile on any social news site3: http://www.propeller.com/member/diffeeonline/

Profile on any social news site4: http://www.mixx.com/users/diffeeonline

Best Contact Info: oklahomacars at gmail dot com - gtalk or email

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Call for Contributors to popFAIL

Greetings to all! As we all know, social media sites, Digg in particular, can be very fickle. Some of the stories that hit the front page have no business being there, while other great stories that don't hit the front page are awesome, but for whatever reason just didn't make it. popFAIL is a blog that is dedicated to highlighting some of the stories that didn't make it, but should have. If you have an eye for content and a desire to put a minuscule spotlight o… Continue

Posted on May 28th, 2008 at 11:52pm — 4 Comments (Add)

Where are YOU blogging?

Do you have a blog? Maybe you contribute to one or more? We want to know. Just like social media, blogging is a way for the people to have an influence on the world around them. Even if it's just a personal blog that talks about an interest of yours or a place to rant about things you want to rant about, your blog has the potential to touch others in some way. If you have a blog, please list it here if you are interested in sharing. Feel free to tell us anything you want about it -- simply pos… Continue

Posted on February 20th, 2008 at 7:37am — 5 Comments (Add)

Calling all Bloggers and those with Thoughts on Digg

Preparing for the Digg Town Hall Meeting This could easily be posted in the various Digg groups, but I wanted to post it here first, then link to the post from the groups, just to get maximum exposure. The 1st Digg Town Hall Meeting is scheduled for February 25th. Just before its official announcement, several bloggers were planning on posting different posts on their blogs, all in a short time frame, that discussed various topics of Digg that needed to be fixed. Right as… Continue

Posted on February 15th, 2008 at 10:46am — 11 Comments (Add)

Spreading the word

I wanted to thank everyone on behalf of Dave and me for helping with a successful launch. I had estimated 60-80 members by the end of the week. At 134 currently, we've blown my estimates out of the water.

We've seen some inbound links coming from several blogs popping up. I've received messages from people who didn't know I was involved, telling me about this great new social network that they found and encouraging me to join. Thanks!

Please continue to help get this site built…

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Posted on February 8th, 2008 at 10:00am — 4 Comments (Add)

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At 6:39pm on February 19th, 2008, Craig Brunner said…: Hey JD, I have been reading Soshable.com because I started a sort of social network for nightlife, it lets you do a ton of stuff revolving around bars, events, local bands, djs, etc. You can rate and review bars, add pictures, rate bars weekly, and it will be a great resource if we could build a community. Could you review it for soshable? Its http://www.sloshspot.com

At 10:13pm on February 13th, 2008, ToeCracker said…: Mate, glad you like the photo. Next time I will stick my tongue out all the way!

At 2:58pm on February 11th, 2008, 1only said…: I notice you are not given any credit on the main page for this site's creation, what's up with that? I think you and Dave have a great site here. Thanks for being brilliant!

At 7:13am on February 11th, 2008, SilentJay74 said…: BTW,
We gave Social News central a big shout out on the upcoming episode of Social Blend.

At 5:44pm on February 10th, 2008, SilentJay74 said…: Hey man if you are the one who created muballs.com just wanted to give you a heads up. I am the one who created the Muballs motivator, and I am getting no love on hte site? What's up man?

At 11:26pm on February 9th, 2008, webduck said…: Happy to be in your list of friends J. D. :)

At 11:26pm on February 9th, 2008, webduck said…: After I started my Genealogy Central Group on Social News Central, I posted a blurb about it on my blog iPentimento. Here's the link: http://ipentimento.com/genealogy-central-social-news-central/

At 8:30am on February 8th, 2008, Tamar said…: it's like a little facebook

At 6:12am on February 6th, 2008, kevinheisler said…: thanks for reaching out, JD

At 6:02am on February 4th, 2008, Decepticrat said…: Hi J.D. I really appreciate the friendship.

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