Comments on: #BeatCancer sets a worrying social media World Record http://thenextweb.com/2009/10/20/beatcancer-sets-social-media-world-record/ International technology news, business & culture Sat, 26 May 2012 01:59:21 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: After the Party’s Over… « What Gives!? http://thenextweb.com/2009/10/20/beatcancer-sets-social-media-world-record/#comment-435126 After the Party’s Over… « What Gives!? Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:18:07 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=29808#comment-435126 [...] #beatcancer sets a worrying social media World Record [...] [...] #beatcancer sets a worrying social media World Record [...]

]]> By: Brian Makas http://thenextweb.com/2009/10/20/beatcancer-sets-social-media-world-record/#comment-435121 Brian Makas Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:36:50 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=29808#comment-435121 Agreed and supplemental donations aside it only raised about $2,000 (200k tweets * $0.01) Agreed and supplemental donations aside it only raised about $2,000 (200k tweets * $0.01)

]]> By: Seth Goldstein http://thenextweb.com/2009/10/20/beatcancer-sets-social-media-world-record/#comment-435064 Seth Goldstein Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:48:36 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=29808#comment-435064 Yea it will be over used and abused but it's still a great feat! Yea it will be over used and abused but it’s still a great feat!

]]> By: Josh http://thenextweb.com/2009/10/20/beatcancer-sets-social-media-world-record/#comment-435063 Josh Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:47:10 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=29808#comment-435063 #MOONFRUIT. But yes, anything that exhorts or requires re-tweeting is an automatic marketing fail in my book. It just turns into chain-letter style spam on users' Twitter feeds. Twitter should ban this sort of thing. People should be encouraged to re-tweet good content or add value by forwarding information, not simply parroting verbatim. #MOONFRUIT.

But yes, anything that exhorts or requires re-tweeting is an automatic marketing fail in my book. It just turns into chain-letter style spam on users’ Twitter feeds.

Twitter should ban this sort of thing. People should be encouraged to re-tweet good content or add value by forwarding information, not simply parroting verbatim.

]]> By: Tweets that mention #BeatCancer sets a worrying social media World Record -- Topsy.com http://thenextweb.com/2009/10/20/beatcancer-sets-social-media-world-record/#comment-435052 Tweets that mention #BeatCancer sets a worrying social media World Record -- Topsy.com Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:43:29 +0000 http://thenextweb.com/?p=29808#comment-435052 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by John Salminen, by SEOux Indianer. by SEOux Indianer said: discussion: Some great news today, turned only slightly sour by its possible repercussions. .. http://cli.gs/dJ15r #web2_0 [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by John Salminen, by SEOux Indianer. by SEOux Indianer said: discussion: Some great news today, turned only slightly sour by its possible repercussions. .. http://cli.gs/dJ15r #web2_0 [...]

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