[Mean] Diamondstein

Social media specialist, sometimes banjo player and one adorable mound of pop culture vomit.

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First EdgeRank, Now This: Facebook Makes Brands & Users Go the Extra Mile

Facebook isn’t wasting any time. On the heels of the Facebook EdgeRank debate, the platform has started testing a new feature which allows users to sideswipe the platform’s efforts to filter content and lets them pick and choose which Pages get top billing.

Currently in beta testing, the new feature lets users opt-in to receive notifications from Pages each time new content is posted.

Yesterday, pro skater Tony Hawk touted the new functionality to Instagram fans:

While promising, page notifications come chock full of problems.

When users “Like” brand pages, they do so with the expectation that they can see what’s new, hot, and happening.

By requiring users to opt-in for Page alerts, Facebook is essentially asking: “So do you like them? Or do you like-like them?” 

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Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington - Mack the Knife (live)

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DIGITAL SPORT: KNOW MORE. DO MORE. 

Join Jimmy Fallon Sunday, March 11th for a discussion on technology and it’s impact on sport, music & games. Featuring track & field athlete Allyson Felix and leaders from EA Sports, Vevo & Nike. 

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Social Media Explained...(with delicious pastry)

And some additional thoughts provided by nevver:

Tumblr: This is a really beautiful photo of a high end donut.

Reddit: There is a conspiracy in the donut industry

4Chan: Donut. Hole. LOL. 

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MAXX MIXX: 46 SONGS FROM 2011 THAT GAVE ME SPECIAL FEELINGS

 DOWNLOAD PART ONE 1:17:32/143 MB/256 kbps

1. Phantogram “Don’t Move” 2. Ill Fits “Blood & Devotion” 3. Spank Rock feat. Santigold “Car Song” 4. Timber Timbre “Creep On Creepin’ On” 5. Jessica Lea Mayfield “Tell Me” 6. Army Navy “Last Legs” 7. Atlas Sound “Lightworks” 8. Twin Sister “Gene Ciampi” 9. The War On Drugs “Baby Missiles” 10. Neon Indian “Hex Girldfriend” 11. Panther and the Zoo “Everything, Everyone” 12. Gruff Rhys “Christopher Columbus” 13. Veronica Falls “Right Side of My Brain” 14. Real Estate “It’s Real” 15. Cos Ber Zam “Ne Noya (Daphni mix)” 16. Future Islands “Close To None” 17. Acrylics “Sparrow Song” 18. Telekinesis “Please Ask For Help” 19. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks “Stick Figures In Love” 20. College feat. Electric Youth “A Real Hero” 21. The Echo Friendly “Same Mistakes” 22. Sonny and the Sunsets “I Wanna Do It” 23. Julianna Barwick “Bob in Your Gait”

DOWNLOAD PART TWO 1:19:13/146 MB/256 kbps

1. YACHT “Shangri-la” 2. The Kills “Future Starts Slow” 3. Cloud Nothings “Stay Useless” 4. Das Racist “The Trick” 5. Wild Flag “Short Version” 6. Little Dragon “Little Man” 7. Princess Chelsea “The Cigarett Duet” 8. Destroyer “Savage Night At The Opera” 9. M83 “Midnight City” 10. Alex Turner “Piledriver Waltz” 11. Sam Flax “Fire Doesn’t Burn Itself” 12. Chairlift “Amanaemonesia” 13. Wild Beasts “Bed of Nails” 14. Those Darlins “Screws Get Loose” 15. Henry Wolfe “Someone Else” 16. JEFF The Brotherhood “Diamond Way” 17. The Feelies “Should Be Gone” 18. When Saints Go Machine “Kelly” 19. Cat’s Eyes “Over You” 20. Big Troubles “Misery” 21. Rewards “Asleep With The Light On” 22. Charles Bradley feat. Menahan Street Band “Heart of Gold” 23. Harriet “I Slept With All Your Mothers”

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Would someone tell me where to stick the welcome mat?

(The post-apocalyptic view outside my apartment)

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happy movember.

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TE's Industry: Liquor Brands & the Spirit of Social Media

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teamepiphany:

Today, social media is built into every consumer-facing initiative. In this space, spirit brands are offered a direct link to the consumer via platforms accessed the most frequently: More than television, more than print, the public spends a bulk of its time at work, at home and on the scene, connected to Twitter and Facebook. Conversations develop and evolve on an ongoing basis in the social space, and it is the brand’s obligation to inspire, control and monitor the discussions surrounding their name and identity.

We can’t neglect or forget the fact that the driving force behind social media is not developing technologies but the experiences we have with friends and colleagues beyond the digital space. And this is precisely where liquor brands dominate. As we saw this past summer during the Heineken Red Star Access tour, users posted celebratory photos, created invites, promoted events and fueled conversations—all using the #redstaraccess hashtag. Another popular spirit-related hashtag is #henny. And today, the Hennessy Cognac consumer is the young, active male; steeped in culture and quite literally a “social drinker”. It should come as no surprise  that in 2010, the Pew Internet & American Life Project reported that of the Twitter audience, the most active users in the United States are men, between the ages of 18 and 29. Today, micro-social communities like Untappd are emerging around the lifestyle of spirit. Committed consumers are checking in at their favorite bars, lounges and public houses, and calling out not only their drinks of choice, but their label of choice.

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