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What Impact Social Media Truly Had On Society

YoungUpstarts

Ta , CEO of Sqeeqee.com and author of “Wall Street Cinderella” By now, we are all aware that social media has had a tremendous impact on our culture, in business, on the world-at-large. Social media websites are some of the most popular haunts on the Internet. Iran, and India. Iran, and India.

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Is social media good or bad for us? Yes.

Reid Hoffman

The Challenge of Social Media. Today, that emerging communications medium is social media. Social media connects us, and that has both positive and negative consequences. Our polarized environment encourages — and amplifies — partisan conflicts, and this inhibits social progress.

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Soundbites from the future

Start Up Blog

Un-Social Networking: Martin Lindstrom of Brand Sense says we are suffering a little from digital emptiness. Australia has the highest usage and penetration of social media at an average of 7 hours a month. They’re happy to facilitate revolution in Moldova, Iran, Egypt and Libya. It’s about being there.

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Panels Not to Miss at SXSW

Austin Startup

– Would love to see revenue/business models re-enter the social media conversation. And interested to hear her insights on being publicly private in social networks. 3:30pm – Another good problem to have – Media Armageddon or Ze Frank ? The juxtaposition is glaring: old media or web pioneer?

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Why I’m Doubling Down on the Twitter Ecosystem

Both Sides of the Table

Some will cite my investment two years ago in social-media advertising company Ad.ly Or just the sheer power of people being able to self organize as they have done in Egypt, Iran or Tunisia. They know this because Twitter is social, open & asymmetric. Not so on Twitter. Twitter is inherently viral.

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