All in Social Media
I'm cruising Australia at the moment but I'm still very well connected with the news in the world. I'm trying to unplug but I'm seeing way too much hatred around and instead of writing about my adventures in Shanghai, Singapore, New Zealand and Oz, I cannot stand silent and keep this inside of my chest:
Beginning of September Christoph Raethke took a couple of Berlin adventurers to Brno, in the Czech Republic, to attend the BabelCamp, a Social Media conference in the Moravia region.
I have a story with Social Media Week Berlin. And now it is time for some confessions.
On the 16th of April every year, Foursquare Day is celebrated worldwide. The initiative to dedicate a full day to spread the love to Foursquare among other people and mainly businesss owners came from the community. Which is kinda amazing. Check #4sqday on Twitter to see how much is going around the world :) Why I am so passionate about Foursquare
Foursquare is a great service. It is in some ways still crossing the chasm, in that difficult area between being a geeky platform for the "savvy crowd" and becoming totally mainstream. Thanks to their early API access and as well as Twitter's, its arms expanded beyond their platform. So, everytime you geotag a Instagram pictures, yes, it is thanks to the powerful Foursquare data. But after 4 years, still many mobile users link Foursquare to "creepy" check-ins and "nonsense competitions" to accumulate mayorships and badges.
We shouldn't care, they say. If you do, you are pathetic. Well, turns out someone just changed opinion and will influence you to change yours :D
It is buggy many times, I know. Whenever I try to send +Ks or browse my Twitter friends or even search for other profiles to see if I can brag in next event, nothing works. True that. And of course on a first look Klout appeals to the most human and competitive side of ourselves. Categorizing in a ranking vs democratizing influence. Your choice.
Not big breaking news, I know. They tell me this Twitter feature has been around for a couple of weeks already. But since I rarely change my trending topics, I just spotted it.
