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Narrative Authority: Can Institutional Respect Be Crowd-Sourced?

By Shoq, on March 6, 2010, at 10:51 am

Who Says: Narrative Authority In a Fragmented World

Jay Rosen tweeted this seminal post by Megan Garber, articulating what the web and digital media are doing to authority memes and journalism's role in this bizarre new world.

Since the need to manage the tangled and competing taxonomic hierarchies of such a Narrative Big Brother has been

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March 6th, 2010 | Category: Accountability, Internet, Journalism, Media, Media Bias, Politics, Shoqs Ideas, Social Media, Technology, Uncategorized | 81 comments

Concept: What if we just move?

By Shoq, on January 23, 2010, at 5:56 pm

I’m about to tweet this idea.  I’m interested in anyone’s comments.

Concept: Just 3-5 million infrastructurally-vital liberals, all moved to just 1 or 2 states, driving them hyper-blue. #p2

January 23rd, 2010 | Category: Ideas, Liberalism, Politics, Progressives, Shoq Value, Shoq's Tweets, Shoqs Ideas, Social Media, Twitter | Leave a comment

My Common Hash Tags, Codes and Terms

By Shoq, on January 11, 2010, at 8:37 am

I have created or heavily promoted several tags and codes that are in everyday use on Twitter, so I get asked a lot. "what does this or that mean?"  I've listed the common ones below to save me some time and keystrokes in the future. If I've left out anything obvious that I use often,

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January 11th, 2010 | Category: #FF Tag, Etiquette, Hash Tags, Shoqs Ideas, Social Media, Support, Twitter, Twitter Tips | 105 comments

About the BL Code

By Shoq, on December 31, 2009, at 12:53 am

 

What is the BL code?

A proposed Message Code for Twitter and any social network.

The BL code means "broken link." It tells someone that a link they sent out was defective.

Geekly speaking, it should be "resource," but I won't get into why. I think the average Twitter user can remember,

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December 31st, 2009 | Category: Etiquette, Hash Tags, Ideas, Shoq Value, Shoqs Ideas, Support, Twitter, Twitter Tips, Uncategorized | 98 comments

About MT Code

By Shoq, on September 25, 2009, at 4:42 am

What is the MT code?

It’s a new gesturing code for Twitter messages, suggested to me, and then enlarged by me, to mean that some Twitter update was a  “Modified Tweet.” It is meant to expand and complement the more traditional Retweet (RT) gesture, which is probably the most

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September 25th, 2009 | Category: Ideas, Shoq Value, Shoqs Ideas, Social Media, Support, Twitter, Twitter Tips | 9 comments