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Kansas City running back Larry Johnson was released today. His behaviour on Twitter may have contributed to the Kansas City Chiefs’ decision:
“… According to the Kansas City Star, Johnson posted demeaning comments, directed at Chiefs coach Haley, on his Twitter feed hours after the 37-7 loss to the San Diego Chargers on October [...]

There is a belief that the number of followers is the critical factor on Twitter. The reasoning is that the person with the largest number of followers has the largest ’soapbox’.
That might not be true.
Let’s use this hypothetical example. If a person has a hundred thousand (100,000) followers, at first blush, that may [...]

It is real time news. It is a reality that makes television shows appear ridiculous. There is nothing contrived. On the internet and on Twitter, I and thousands of others are watching a revolution.
In Iran there are protests. There are protests against a perceived fraudulent election. The government [...]

I follow Chris Pirillo on Twitter. He is among the hundreds of people whose one hundred and forty characters I read daily. If Chris posts a link in my Twitter stream, it is more than likely that I will click on that link and see what Chris has found interesting. I use [...]

The social networking niche has been dominated by Facebook and MySpace. Now it appears that Facebook is surging:
“…according to a new data report from comScore Facebook drew more than 200,000 unique visitors in the month of December compared to Myspace’s number, just over 100,000. Just six months ago Facebook and Myspace were tied around [...]

It is not every day that social network sites have a papal mention. However, connecting through these interest sites was the focus of comment:
“Pope Benedict XVI says social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace can foster friendships and understanding, but warns they also can isolate people and marginalize others.
Benedict urged a culture of [...]

The social networking niche has been dominated by Facebook and MySpace. Now it appears that Facebook is surging:
“…according to a new data report from comScore Facebook drew more than 200,000 unique visitors in the month of December compared to Myspace’s number, just over 100,000. Just six months ago Facebook and Myspace were tied around [...]

The ongoing Twitter question is “What are you doing?”. In the case of a particular Twitter stream, the appropriate answer to that question would be “surgery”:
“…the fact that it does allow for interactivity, as well as an archive for future review would both seem to be important components. Twitter isn’t the only way to [...]

To many people, Twitter is a means of connecting to inform “what are you doing?”. That network of people can be used in many ways - from connecting to a small group of friends to incorporating it into an active business model.
Chris Brogan is using Twitter and has developed a following that [...]

It is an interesting phenomenon. The BarackObama account on Twitter was very popular. There were over 145,000 followers and the account was following over 150,000 twitter people. We thought he was interested. The last post on the account read:
“We just made history. All of this happened because you gave your time, [...]