Mainstream politicians have responded by pressuring service providers to shut down extremist sites and member pages. Although well-intentioned, that strategy is just further proof of how out of touch they are: As any record company exec will tell you, the Web is far too dynamic a place for blunt regulations. The only way to win over Europe's digital generation is to engage with it on its own terms, in its own media. European political parties need to realize that in the era of Internet politics, winning means ceding a little control -- otherwise, they might lose it completely.
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Twitter Tools & Third-Party Apps for Managing Followers, Followed - 0 views
The Best Third-Party Twitter Apps That Don't Require Your Password | Larry Ferlazzo's W... - 4 views
8 Free Tools to Visualize Information on Twitter - 12 views
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There's a lot of noise on Twitter. People use a variety of ways to filter through that noise, from following specific lists, finding like-minded people through third party sites, or using a variety of services and websites to find the information that matters to them on Twitter. Another interesting way to filter through what is being said on Twitter, and better yet, analyse it, is to visualize it [...]
Twitter asks Developers to stop building clients. - 2 views
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Twitter told developers explicitly that they should stop making third-party clients. According to Twitter, Repeated privacy policy violations and an inconsistent user experience are the reasons for implementing these restrictions.
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It was the year 2000 we heard of Y2K bug. Now, this time it's a another bug called Twitpocalypse, that going to crash some third-party Twitter services on 13
Clay Risen -- Germany's Election and the Digital Dark Ages - washingtonpost.com - 0 views
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This type of thinking is lost on political, union and third sector thinking which still aims at smothering the masses with what they think they need instead of simply providing the tool sets for people to use in their own ways to suit their own needs.
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The last paragraphi is the kicker, but the whole article shows why some political groups get social media and some don't.
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Mainstream politicians have responded by pressuring service providers to shut down extremist sites and member pages. Although well-intentioned, that strategy is just further proof of how out of touch they are: As any record company exec will tell you, the Web is far too dynamic a place for blunt regulations. The only way to win over Europe's digital generation is to engage with it on its own terms, in its own media. European political parties need to realize that in the era of Internet politics, winning means ceding a little control -- otherwise, they might lose it completely.
Mr. Tweet Recommends Friends to Follow - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Luckily for Twitterers, there’s Mr. Tweet, a free recommendation service that analyzes your current network to suggest new friends and members whose feeds may be of interest. Like the Shorty Awards and many other third-party applications that make use of Twitter’s platform, the company has no official ties to San Francisco-based Twitter, which allows people to post messages up to 140 characters in
Twitter's platform shortcomings | Scobleizer - 0 views
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