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  • The Walker campaign’s adventures on Twitter 



    I'm always interested to see how politicians use the Internet in an election year. Back in 2008, the Obama campaign was lauded for using the Internet as a big fundraising tool. Personally, I thought they were shortchanging the power of the Internet.

    I have noticed a few campaigns using Google Ad Words and now this is an example of a campaign using promoted tweets. I'd say it's a "nice" example, except that whoever wrote the tweet clearly knows nothing about Twitter. On Twitter, "#" is not acceptable shorthand for "numbers". So, what the Walker campaign is actually doing here is spending money to get the hashtag "s" trending. Um, okay. More »

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  • Aaron Rodgers is back on Twitter! 

    Bedtime. Good to be back with y'all.
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  • How Much Can a Celebrity Make for Tweeting? 

    The weirdest thing about the rumor that Kim Kardashian gets paid $10,000 for a Twitter endorsement is that it’s true. (Recent plugs have been for ShoeDazzle.com and CVS.) The biggest player in the pay-to-tweet market is Ad.ly, a social-media advertorial clearinghouse pairing brands with celebs to inject highly personalized advertising into their Twitter streams..

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  • Demi Moore found dead. (On Twitter, anyway) 

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  • FBI wants to scrape Twitter worldwide 

    The FBI is considering continuously monitoring all social media sites on a global basis, and is looking for help. It's asking contractors for proposals for a system that could scan the networks, globally and in real time, to identify potential threats. The deadline for responses is 10 February. According to its Request for Information, the applications must be able to "provide an automated search and scrape capability of both social media sites and open source news sites for breaking events, crisis, and threats that meet the search parameters/keywords defined by FBI SIOC"..

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  • With Twitter allowed during Pro Bowl, Aaron Rodgers can finally bury that In-N-Out tweet 

    Suddenly the Pro Bowl—that consolation prize Packers fans had no need for last year—seems a whole lot sweeter this year. If not for another chance to see Aaron Rodgers kind of play football again before the offseason, then because this should be the catalyst that revives his long-dormant Twitter account. More »

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  • Even Clay Matthews blames the loss on Megan and sparkles 

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  • Rob Lowe claims Peyton Manning to retire 

    Yes, THAT Rob Lowe . .

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  • The Daily Shoutout: Ugly fans 

    One of the reasons why I've always liked fans of the Green Bay Packers is that I've always felt they're the best combination of smart, passion and non-jackass. Let me explain. More »

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