{"id":1213,"date":"2011-08-12T15:36:56","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T19:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2011-08-12T15:36:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T19:36:56","slug":"what-were-reading-august-12th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/what-were-reading-august-12th\/","title":{"rendered":"What We&#8217;re Reading, August 12th"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/news\/2011\/08\/the-two-sides-of-social-networking-on-display-in-the-london-riots.ars\" target=\"_blank\">How the London riots showed us two sides of social networking<\/a> from Ars Technica:<\/strong> The London riots are the latest in a series of uprisings in recent years where social media sites like Twitter have been the main hubs of activity &#8211; from organization and mobilization to as-it-happens news. Those of us who use these tools as part of our jobs are so used to our own one-sided viewpoints of social media and how Twitter and Facebook can be used; but the riots reveal the much darker side. To the point that the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/parmyolson\/2011\/08\/11\/british-government-considers-blocking-twitter-facebook-to-prevent-riots\/\" target=\"_blank\">British PM David Cameron is considering blocking Twitter and Facebook in the UK<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Before I continue with this week&#8217;s reading list, I want to ask you to post your thoughts in the comments below on social media&#8217;s role in the London riots &#8211; do you think blocking Twitter and Facebook is the answer?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, back to our regularly-scheduled reading list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/alltwitter\/klout-shares-6-secrets-of-twitter-hashtag-chats_b12349\" target=\"_blank\">Klout Shares 6 Secrets Of Twitter Hashtag Chats<\/a> from AllTwitter:<\/strong> Thinking of hosting your own Twitter chat? Klout offers some useful tips to help you get started.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2011\/08\/09\/small-businesses-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\">64% of Small Businesses Think Social Media is Unnecessary [STUDY]<\/a> from Mashable:<\/strong> This is an interesting report, but I&#8217;m baffled how it distinguishes word of mouth marketing (which 50% say they can&#8217;t do without) from social media (which apparently small businesses don&#8217;t have so much of a need for). Things that make you go&#8230;&#8221;Really?&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/adage.com\/article\/goodworks\/stumbleupon-launches-program-nonprofits\/229191\/\" target=\"_blank\">StumbleUpon Launches Program to Help Nonprofits<\/a> from AdAge:<\/strong> Is it me, or have we not heard much about StumbleUpon lately? They seem to have gotten lost in the social networking jungle. But having used their Paid Discovery platform in the past, I definitely like what they&#8217;re doing for nonprofits with a new Stumbling for Good program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We&#8217;ve also been reading about privacy issues in social networks (when aren&#8217;t there privacy issues?) &#8211; here are a couple of articles to help you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2011\/08\/12\/facebook-stole-every-contact-and-phone-number-in-your-phone-heres-how-to-undo-the-damage\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook stole every contact and phone number in your phone \u2013 here\u2019s how to undo the damage<\/a> from BGR<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/brandimpact.wordpress.com\/2011\/08\/10\/a-box-you-want-to-uncheck-on-linkedin\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Box You Want to Uncheck on LinkedIn<\/a> from Connection Agent<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How the London riots showed us two sides of social networking from Ars Technica: The London riots are the latest in a series of uprisings in recent years where social media sites like Twitter have been the main hubs of activity &#8211; from organization and mobilization to as-it-happens news. Those of us who use these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,52,36,56,69,7,9],"tags":[94,172,163,190,21,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-1213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-community-building-management","7":"category-links","8":"category-marketing","9":"category-non-profits","10":"category-social-media","11":"category-social-media-marketing","12":"category-tools","13":"tag-facebook","14":"tag-klout","15":"tag-linkedin","16":"tag-privacy","17":"tag-social-media-marketing-2","18":"tag-social-networking","19":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1213"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1218,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1213\/revisions\/1218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuvel.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}