Social Mediahttp://webcandy.org/socialmedia/en-US2012-02-24T05:44:42ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)The Importance of Custom Short URL’s For Curating Contenthttp://webcandy.org/socialmedia/the-importance-of-custom-short-urls-for-curating-content.htmlDave Sumter2011-12-07T12:30:54Zshorturl tweet twitter I was scanning through tweets the other day and found that I kept getting drawn to @hnshah’s kiss.ly links. This is the custom link he uses to share stuff on twitter. It got me thinking as to why this was happening... I mean, was I craving a kiss? Was I associating it with keep-it-simple-stupid? What was going on? Why wasn’t I been drawn to other short links too..? Why was I noticing the short link before the profile picture and the text...]]>Facebook Timelines on Their Wayhttp://webcandy.org/socialmedia/facebook-timelines-on-their-way.htmlDave Sumter2011-12-07T11:58:23Zfacebook linkedin timelines Facebook has announced that it’s starting the rollout of its timeline feature. Check it out if you haven’t done so already. I think this will be a major improvement to its service, and will start to give it a set of tools that will help it to compete with companies like LinkedIn.]]>Social Commentinghttp://webcandy.org/socialmedia/social-commenting.htmlDave Sumter2011-12-06T10:57:41ZcommentsKlout Under Siegehttp://webcandy.org/socialmedia/klout-under-siege.htmlDave Sumter2011-12-04T14:40:00Zinfluence klout It’s been interesting watching the Klout debate unfold. The last few weeks has seen a backlash from some users after Klout made changes to their scoring model. It’s understandable that those who have been taking Klout seriously are now upset that their scores were negatively affected. Of course, the scoring change was really just the spark for the privacy and transparency debate that has now erupted.]]>