Posts from ‘Social Networking’
Much to my surprise, StumbleUpon has referred almost 20,000 visits to my Ultimate Libertarian Quotes List. And it’s not slowing down either. In fact, I’m still getting about 4,000 visits per 24 hour period.
I’ve had a few pages Stumbled before, but never like this. Not even close. It got me thinking… “are most Stumblers like me?”.
I Stumble a lot myself. I probably spend at least a half hour every day Stumbling, sometimes more. The three things I love the most are lists, images, and anything to do with Libertarianism. One of the reasons I got into Stumble is because there was so much pro-freedom content available and it seemed, unlike Digg, that the Stumble crowd was very non-partisan. Or at least, not into party politics.
While the assertion made in the title is purely an educated guess and contains no statistical data, 20,000 visits from StumbleUpon is a pretty big deal. And apart from a few comments and emails that seem to believe Democrats somehow represent Libertarian values, most of the comments and e-mail I got from that post were very much in support of true American liberty.
This tells me that a huge segment of Stumblers enjoy lists and are not in favor of the current two party system.
That makes me proud to call myself a Stumbler. 
On Saturday Jed published my interview with him for NetSquared. The interview, titled “Fighting Taxation Without Information“, was a lot of fun and I enjoyed talking with Jed about the power of open source and crowd powered content to provide information to the masses.
We did the interview over skype, where the audio was recorded, and Jed moved it to text format for NetSquared.
You can read the full interview here.
These are the questions I addressed.
-Jed Sundwall: What is the stated mission of the Sam Adams Alliance?
-When did you get started with the Sam Adams Alliance?
-So Sam Adams did not begin as a tech centric initiative.
-What are your largest initiatives?
-Any notable successes?
-So it was fully open?
-Which social media tools have you found to be the most useful?
-What is your rationale for embracing open source software?
-I assume that your philosophy on what makes good software transfers over to your philosophy on what makes good laws as well.
-How do you propose to get people involved with these projects?
-Tell us more about Judgepedia.
-I’m looking forward to something like Fire-chief-pedia. I’m amazed at how many people we’re expected to vote for without having any idea who they are.
Go check it out. It’s a pretty good read.
Last week I realized that my “social networks” were all over the map, and I needed to try and bring some type of coherent method to the madness. This post exists to allow all of my friends, readers, and fellow bloggers quick access to my online network. Hopefully you join me on each site.
Here is how I see this working… you can either comment here on my post with a link to the post you write on your own blog with each of your networks, or you can simply comment here telling me how to add you/network with you on your social networks.
The idea is to create a big list of center-right bloggers who wish to be better networked via social sites. For everyone who participates, I’ll list you here along with a link to your blog.
Network away!
Facebook
OK, so the first stop for me is Facebook. I don’t spend much time on Facebook any more these days, but I still log in once per day to get the updates and make sure my profile hasn’t burned to the ground. If you’re logged in to Facebook, you can visit my profile here. Please feel free to add me to your list, or drop me a link to your profile and I’ll add you.
StumbleUpon
Next is my personal favorite… StumbleUpon. I’ve been using Stumble for some time now. Unfortunately, I’ve had to bounce around through several accounts so I have no established account at this time. I am, however, working to establish my main SU account, and I would like to invite everyone here to join my friends list. You can view my StumbleUpon profile here.
Tagged
This was JUST pointed out to me by Publius Forum, so I’m a noob on Tagged. My Tagged profile is here.
YouTube
I watch videos like crazy, but rarely submit them. Don’t be surprised by that. My YouTube profile is here.
By the People @ Ning
Then there is By The People, a social networking group over at Ning.com. By The People functions similar to MySpace, only it’s cool. If you’re a limited government activists and would like to network with others who share your view, this might be just the place. Check it out!
Technorati
Does anyone really still use Technorati? I mean, the results are fairly easy to manipulate, and spammers have noticeably taken advantage. That being said, I still run a profile and would be happy to exchange favorites. View and favorite all of my blogs by clicking here.
You can favorite my blog by clicking the button below.
MyBlogLog
I need to log in and make some changes to this account, so please forgive me if the information there is a little outdated. You can add me to your network by clicking here.
Digg
I’ll admit, my friends list is a mess and I don’t really use it to find stories and content. However, if enough of you are willing to start networking via Digg, I think I can persuade myself to clean up the list and start using it more aggressively. You can view my Digg profile here.
LinkedIn
This network is one that I consider a little more professional than the rest. I use LinkedIn to discover the background of a lot of people I work with in politics, and I find it’s a great place for resume building and contact management. If you have a LinkedIn profile and would like to connect up, send me an invite using ericjodom@gmail.com. My profile can be found here.
There ya have it! Like I said, if you write a post like this, please leave me the URL so I can go add yours as well. If not, just leave me a comment with your networks or any instructions on what I need to do on my end to connect up with you.
Best Regards,
-Eric Odom
Good news today… I got my paperwork back for my LLC. That’s right, I now officially operate as Fresh Vision Media LLC!
Thanks to the paperwork coming through, I’ll finally be able to make some of the changes around here that I’ve been wanting to make. I’m pulling all of my blogs into one single place, which is the main domain here at FreshVisionMedia.com, and I’ll be moving my consulting business to this site.
Lot’s of changes coming…
So before we get it all underway, I want to plug my social networks and give everyone a chance to connect in. I’ll also be listing the bloggers who I read daily via RSS. Continue Reading
I’ve been a member at Digg.com since 2006. I remember the first few months of being active at Digg provided for exciting times and I was thrilled to be a part of it all.
But that excitement quickly faded when I started noticing big changes in the algorithm that were, in my opinion, harming the quality of the site.
First came the bury brigade. Through the massive change in the algorithm, Digg apparently gave a lot more value to a “bury”. What this did was allow for Digg “clans” to play a significant role in controlling homepage content. It wasn’t necessarily that they could easily promote stories; Rather, they could easily keep stories from being promoted.
It was during those days that I felt the site lost its “user generated content” appeal and instead became a site ran by self appointed moderators who operated based on political agendas and favoritism for specific companies or brands. Continue Reading
