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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 | View 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

Concept: What if we just move?

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

My Common Hash Tags and Codes

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

I get asked "what does this or that tag or code mean about 10 times a day." So I figured it was time to set the common ones in print, and save me some keystrokes. If I've left out anything obvious that I use often, please let me know.

Signal Codes

VIA  -  I came upon this

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

About MT Signal

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

What is the MT signal?

It's a new gesturing signal, suggested to me, and then enlarged by me to mean that some Twitter update is a  "Modified Tweet." It is meant to expand and compliment the more traditional Retweet (or RT) gesture, which is probably the most familiar symbol

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