July 18, 2008

Staying active in social media.

Posted by : Mike Fruchter
Filed under : Social Networking, friendfeed, social media

The criteria for staying active in social media can be defined and interpreted in many different ways. This leads me to the foundation first, contribution. The frequency at which we contribute, dictates the level of our activity and inactivity in social media.

Measuring an individuals level of activeness can be based on the mechanisms we use for participation:

Communication:

  • Blogs
  • Micro blogging
  • Presence applications
  • Message boards
  • Social networking sites

Collaboration:

  • Wikis: Wikipedia
  • Social bookmarking
  • Social News sites

Multimedia:

  • Photo sharing
  • Audio sharing
  • Video sharing
  • Life streaming
  • Podcast

I was curious to hear what applications people use to contribute and stay active in social media. On Friendfeed I asked, “What are the social media applications you use the most?”

Top applications used among commenters:

  • Friendfeed
  • Facebook
  • Myspace
  • LinkedIn
  • Google Reader
  • Disqus
  • Del.icio.us
  • Twitter
  • Plurk
  • Flickr
  • Brightkite
  • Last.fm
  • Stumbleupon
  • Wordpress
  • Youtube

I stay active in a multitude of ways. These are the core applications I use. Some are linked to my services, so you can judge for yourself how “active” I am.

Creation:

  1. Blog (wordpress powered)

Discovery:

  1. Google Search (blog & web)
  2. Google Reader
  3. FriendFeed Google Shared Room
  4. Toluu
  5. Wikipedia

Bookmarking:

  1. Diigo

Discussion:

  1. Disqus
  2. GTalk
  3. FriendFeed

Distribution:

  1. Google Reader
  2. Twitter
  3. FriendFeed

Networking:

  1. Facebook
  2. FriendFeed

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  • July 18, 2008 at 8:37 pm Abdullah Cetin CAVDAR
    Toluu is a new site for me Mike. Thanks for it.
  • July 18, 2008 at 8:48 pm Joyce Garcia
    Thanks for this! Been trying to figure out how to organize all my social media; it's way too easy to get in over your head with this stuff.
  • July 18, 2008 at 9:29 pm Mike Fruchter
    Abdullah if you need an invite to Toluu let me know. Joyce thank you.
  • July 18, 2008 at 9:31 pm Mike Fruchter
    Joyce, applications other Friendfeeders use in social media - http://friendfeed.com/e/23d10291-72fe-4c39-83fe-e31d5a9301d4/What-are-the-social-media-applications-you-use/
  • July 18, 2008 at 10:33 pm Joyce Garcia
    Thanks, Mike. Put in my 2 cents over there, as much to sort out my thoughts on the matter as anything else. My top 5 might already be changing as I speak! :)
  • July 19, 2008 at 12:39 am Jeff Woelker
    I think what's also important is the relevance and weight of what you are contributing as well, not just the fact that you are contributing. Good list of sites. Found a new one (disqu).

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