Feb

Seth Godin On Social Networking

Shailesh Ghimire on February 23rd, 2009

Seth Godin says it like it is in this video. Seriously though, if you think about it, networking whether online or offline has never been about who collects the most business cards, Facebook friends or Twitter followers. It’s always been about helping people and finding a way to contribute to others in a way that [...]

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Feb

All Facebook All Day

Shailesh Ghimire on February 16th, 2009

Seems like most of the news I’ve seen today and articles I’ve read centers around Facebook. Here are some interesting pieces I’ve come across today.
By the Numbers
A little more than a month after announcing it had 150 million active users, Facebook has reached 175 million active users–the statistic the social-networking site prefers to use, rather [...]

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Jan

Facebook is Twice Bigger Than MySpace

Shailesh Ghimire on January 23rd, 2009

In terms of worldwide audience Facebook is now king. I guess MySpace is still the largest in the USA:
In November 2008 Facebook drew 200 million unique worldwide visitors; more than 1 in 5 people who accessed the Internet that month visited the site. When sites are that big growth generally stagnates, but in Facebook’s case [...]

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Oct

"Friending" Addiction on Facebook

Shailesh Ghimire on October 23rd, 2008

Last week I posted a funny video on how Facebook can lower your self-esteem. Apparently, this is no joke and certainly not a laughing matter for some. A leading psychologist in London, England says Facebook is causing some pain in people:
But a leading psychologist says Facebook is driving a worrying trend.
The social networking site is [...]

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Oct

Facebook Lowers Self-Esteem?

Shailesh Ghimire on October 17th, 2008

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Oct

How to Remove a Facebook Application

Shailesh Ghimire on October 14th, 2008

A few months ago I received a call from an exasperated friend who had innocently installed many applications on Facebook and was now receiving a flood of emails every time something happened on one of those applications. He had accepted the request from all his “friend” to install such and such application etc. Now he [...]

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Sep

Your Google Number Coming Soon

Shailesh Ghimire on September 29th, 2008

It’s not what you know, but who you know. And now Google wants to rank you based on who you know and how influential you are with them. Not everyone is equal. This is especially true in social networking sites. Where some are definitely more equal than others. They have more friends, they participate in [...]