Thoughtpick: A unique perspective of the Web and social media...
A unique perspective of the Web and social media...

January 2, 2010

25 Best 2009 Social Media Jokes, Clips & Cartoons!

Happy New Year!

To ease you into 2010 with a smile, Thoughtpick presents you with the fifth special episode (1, 2, 3, 4) of top 25 social media jokes, clips and cartoons!

Use the comments below to let us know your favorite!

Leaving Twitter by Toondoo.com

Leaving Twitter by Toondoo.com

Recession hits Social Media

Recession hits Social Media

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September 2, 2009

Username: @xadultfinder – Action: Unfollow! More Twitter Tips…

Apart for the Twitter avatar and background, what would influence your choice of people to follow on Twitter? How many Twitter users have you unfollowed due to their user names? What is the best method for companies to benefit from Twitter user names?

So what’s all the fuss about?

“No one cares anyway”… Right? Wrong! Take a look at the following comments:

@Kurd said “I have blocked people before based solely on their avatar or name, if it was offensive enough. Or if I’m following someone with, say, a puppy avatar with the user name “ILoveLife” but at some point they’ve changed their avatar and name to a spread-eagle model named “SexFrosting.”

Lois Arnando added, “Rather than background, I’m more concerned with the user name.”

I’m sure many of you out there would agree to what these two gentlemen had to say, and I’m 100% percent certain that you’ll have one story or another about bad or annoying experiences with at least one of your followers’ user names!

First Impression Matters :)

First Impression Matters...

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July 27, 2009

How To: 5 Top Methods & Applications to Reduce Twitter Spam!

How much of Twitter’s trending topics are polluted by spam? How many Twitter verified accounts are there? Have you ever thought of reaching Twitter utopia: a spam-free Twitter where information and knowledge sharing are the main purposes for using Twitter? Is Twitter doing enough to protect us from spam? Would you like to find all the top 5 solutions to cutting down on Twitter spam in one place?

No Spam!

No Spam!

Thoughtpick is here to save the day!

While reading the post about Twitter closing down thousands of spam accounts, I found that it would be interesting and very beneficial if I researched the web to present you with the top 5 methods and applications which could help Twitter users cut down on incoming spam and better enjoy their overall Twitter experience.

  1. Manual Selection: This method might be fun at the beginning yet could become a bit overwhelming especially to those following thousands of tweeps. Basically, this method entails that you monitor the activity, profile, links and tweets of those you are following and manually unfollow and block those who seem to be spammers rather than true tweeps. Things you should be well aware of when manually following and unfollowing tweeps:
    • Be ware of suspicious-looking shortened URLS; these could be links to viruses, pornography, trojans or spam. For example, if you see the same URL with 10 different descriptions!
    • Be careful of trending topics; spammers use those with a combination of hashtags so they would show up more often on Twitter search,
    • Be ware of fake followers; followers who will not RT you or provide you with valuable information, instead, they use their Twitter account to send our promotions to sell their services.
    • Know who you follow before you follow them and unfollow and block anyone who seems to be a spammer immediately.
  2. Tweepi.com: A new application, still in beta, for Twitter users which allows you to cleanup spam users using numbers that are able to reveal bots through various ratios such as number of tweets vs. number of RTs and the number of links per tweets. So if you’re following a few thousand people on Twitter and you noticed that many of them do not engage in conversations, never retweet anybody, or simply just ramble about nonsense stuff all day long (no links to useful content whatsoever!), Tweepi is your answer!

    Tweepi.com's Cleanup to find and unfollow Twitter spammers

    Tweepi.com's Cleanup to find and unfollow Twitter spammers

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July 15, 2009

Introducing Tweepi – A geekier, faster way to manage Twitter followers

A few months ago, “Thoughtpick” the company was established with our main objectives being to blog, be active in social media channels and then create mini (or “scrappy”) Web projects.

  • Our first task – from a development perspective – was the design of the blog, its installation and tweaking.
  • The second development to-do item was the Thoughtpick.com site, which still has a few bugs, but all in all is working well.
  • This brings us to Tweepi, the third and latest project and a refresher to my PHP, server management and CSS skills. :)
Tweepi.com Logo

Tweepi.com Logo

Tweepi is a simple collection of Twitter tools; each tool is designed to make a certain aspect of your Twitter experience and interactions simpler and more enjoyable!

We created Tweepi out of our own need for some of these scripts. We’re constantly looking to follow quality tweeples, and trying to unfollow deadbeat users. We simply want to do more on Twitter in less time!

Tweepi has 4 tools so far, with more to come:

1. Geeky Follow Utility: follow active and sociable users with the same interests as yourself

There are too many people out there using Twitter for an infinite variety of reasons and to share a wide collection of topics ranging from business, to cooking, dancing, technology and so on. The most common way to find and add people with the same interests as you, is to find a popular tweeple within your area of interest, say “@mashable” or “@techcrunch” for technology news, and add people who follow these known users.

This tool helps you filter these people - the geeky way, with numbers in a table – based on their activity and sociability, and follow only quality twitterers.

Tweepi.com Geeky Follow Tool

Tweepi.com Geeky Follow Tool

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