Do you know where your privacy is on Facebook? If you’re like me, you know “in general” that privacy has lessened and more of your information is available (especially if you haven’t updated your privacy settings). But there’s more to it than that. Just like a college athlete on a full scholarship, Facebook owns you [...]

Twitter Usage In America: 2010, a report released today from Edison Research/Arbitron Internet and Multimedia Series, is among the most significant data released to date on Twitter. A three-year project that is both nationally representative and projectable.
The report outlines key findings related to both the history of Twitter along with future predictions, trends [...]

Do you run a Twitter industry chat (or know someone who does)? There are more than 100 industry chats that take place each week via Twitter and no master calendar to promote them. Enter the Twitter Industry Chat Schedule.
Fill out this form and all chat information will be shared via PRsarahevans.com shortly.

The #journchat community had an opportunity to pick the brain of NYU’s journalism professor Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_NYU) this past Monday. This is a complete transcript of the questions and Jay’s responses.
The complete #journchat transcript from 1/25: http://j.mp/60myJH (270+ participants, 1,300+ tweets).
Q1: What do you think of journs using only Facebook and Twitter to test the [...]

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What happens when a well known celebrity is behind in a charity fundraiser? He makes fun of people. Comedian Michael Ian Black will be making fun of his Twitter followers for charity between 2 to 3 p.m. EST on January 5, 2010.
Black is part of PayPal’s Regift the Fruitcake charity [...]

Have you ever searched for #PRfail on Twitter? It’s a saved search I access on a daily basis. Earlier this week I tweeted about the #PRfail, but the number of retweets made it impossible to see the content. I suspect this post is going to crowd the search a bit, however I’ve pulled my “six [...]

I talked about this in Commentz back in September, but wanted to share here.
I read this stat via Mashable which essentially reinforced the 80/20 rule on Twitter: “80 percent of users are ‘meformers,’ or ‘me now’ status updaters. The rest (20 percent) are informers who use the channels to share informational updates.”
The stat wasn’t surprising, [...]

It was reported this morning that there are already 6.5 million Twitter lists. Impressive numbers. As the number of lists grows it will become increasingly difficult to decide which lists to follow. I’ve done a bit of research to get you started with a few popular lists.
You can easily view all lists related to journalism, [...]

It’s Monday night which means it’s #journchat. Tonight’s chat had approximately 168 professionals (with more than 1,000 tweets) who participated. A one-question poll tonight (taken by 90 of the participants) showed the following breakdown: 26 journalists, 38 PRs, 21 bloggers, 18 marketing professionals among others. While we asked nine questions during the chat, I’ve highlighted [...]

An easy way to follow news outlets on Twitter with one click via Tweepml.org. If you would like to submit a news outlet to add to the list, click here.

Before you scroll down to read the list, a few things you should know:

This is the second year of the Top 50 Tweeples contest. You can view 2008 recipients, here.
There was a public nomination process which took place August 9 through August 18. You had to be nominated by someone along with your area of [...]

Tweeple: Those who use Twitter.
In September/October 2008 I launched the first edition of the Top 50 Tweeples to Follow. It was an opportunity to find interesting people with intriguing content from a variety of backgrounds. The Top 50 list is determined by you and your networks. The original concept was to help new Twitter users [...]

For the past hour or so, it looks like many people’s Twitter posts (or tweets) are also posting to their Facebook accounts. I don’t know the cause, but I did find a way to successfully stop it per a tweet from @KatieKrafka.

Here’s what worked for me:
Go to a Facebook status populated from Twitter and [...]

 I haven’t really thought of myself as a character, but apparently that’s what I am.
On June 16 and 17, myself, along with 139 other Twitter folk, (a.k.a. Twitter characters) will invade New York City to discuss all things Twitter at #140conf. This means rubbing elbows with the likes of Jack Dorsey (co-founder of Twitter) to [...]