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"In a sweeping ruling with little precedent in the eight-year history of Wikipedia, the committee blocked editing from "all I.P. addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associates, broadly interpreted." The ruling did allow users from those addresses to appeal to be reinstated on a case-by-case basis."

"CoTweet allows multiple people to communicate through corporate Twitter accounts and stay in sync while doing so. With CoTweet, you can: * Engage people throughout your company - Share the job of being on duty. Tap the collective wisdom of people across functional areas like marketing, PR and customer service. Assign tasks and track follow-ups. * Focus on the conversations that matter - Know when you need to jump in. Track your exchanges through simple case management. Schedule updates to make company announcements. * Keep your brand human - Automatically include signatures in your updates to identify who's talking and keep conversations personal."

Nice basic article on Ning, viral networks and the economics of SNSs from Fast Company

report of a study on use of Facebook

via Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD

NYTimes on Google's OpenSocial

Inc. magazine article on Abrams and what happened at Friendster

Some good ideas, and includes code snippets for the tips

Nice timeline of history of the Web, 2000-2010. Good mix of items and some include audio links. Used in class.

"These are the post-bureaucratic realities that tomorrow's employees will use as yardsticks in determining whether your company is 'with it' or 'past it.'"

"Altimeter has conducted a research project to find out how companies are connecting social technologies to the overall buying process as well as analyzing how they increase revenues for brands."