Apr 25, 2010
India has long been an Orkut holdout for Social Media dominance. Lately, however, Orkut’s lead is not looking so certain. Please consider the following three graphs. CONCLUSION: From below data, we can see a repetition of a trend that took place across SE Asia already. When people try out Facebook, they tend to make it
Feb 6, 2010
Today’s South China Morning Post reports how Hong Kong’s political opposition has faced repeated deletion of their Facebook groups. Read the article here (behind paywall), but some key points raised: A Facebook group with 84,298 members formed to oppose the pro-establishment DAB was deleted Kelvin Sit Tak-O, who runs a discussion group that opposes the
Sep 23, 2009
To get where it is, Facebook’s design and user interface team certainly has done something right (they have also made a few very public mistakes). Here’s the principles they used to design the look and feel of the fastest growing global social network (h/t to Facebook’s design team): As with any design organization, there are
Aug 14, 2009
Randi Zuckerberg, sister of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, discusses in this video about how politician use Facebook and who are the most popular politicians in Facebook. Obama wins, but there are some interesting surprises internationally. As for how politicians can most effectively use Facebook, Zuckerberg offers these tips: 1- Be authentic 2- Post regularly (every
Aug 14, 2009
A friend of mine, Rich Stromback, reckons he just lost US$5,000 to a Facebook-based scam. Someone hijacked his Facebook account two days ago, spoofing that Rich was robbed in Wales and stuck without any cash. Rich had friends from three continents responding to the request within minutes. The scammers contacted his friends via Facebook email
Jul 25, 2009
Users clicking onto videos links sent via Twitter spend significantly longer watching those videos than those arriving from Digg or Facebook, according to a new study by video stats site TubeMogul. The methodology (below) seems fairly robust, so it may offer a real insight into current Twitter usage: On Twitter you can follow interesting people,
Jul 12, 2009
With several months of rampant growth, the latest numbers from comScore World Metrix show Facebook as THE dominant social network in across Asia. The nearest rival, Baidu Space, has nearly 5 percentage points less reach than Facebook. The reasons behind this are varied by market, but Facebook’s popularity is partly due to the desire of
Jun 6, 2009
Randi Zuckerberg has gone from director of marketing at Facebook to director of creative and buzz marketing at Facebook – according to her LinkedIn profile. Follow her on Twitter or her special staff Facebook page. Despite the fact that her brother founded the site, she hasn’t always been involved. Randi has worked in corporate development
Mar 21, 2009
Erik Wachtmeister holds the rank of a Swedish count, so it should be no wonder that he founded exclusive social networking site ASmallWorld. After all, aristocrats can’t be seen using Facebook. His Linked In profile gives an excellent summary of his reasons for starting his own network. The idea itself came to Wachtmeister during a
Mar 19, 2009
I recently hosted a small lunch in Hong Kong for Erik Wachtmeister, co-founder and chairman of ASmallWorld, with some of Ogilvy’s highest profile luxury clients. ASmallWorld is an invitation-only social network intended for the world’s wealthy and well-connected that I first wrote about in 2005 and – by chance – celebrated its 6th anniversary on
Feb 22, 2009
Recently caught up with Randi Zuckerberg, marketing director of Facebook, to hear how she is helping other politicians follow Obama’s lead into cyberspace. Net, a friend who also works for Facebook, described how Israel’s politicians were the latest to use Facebook Connect prominently.
Feb 19, 2009
Reid Hoffman is founding CEO of LinkedIn – the serious person’s Facebook – and has been described as “the most connected man in all of Silicon Valley.” After co-founding his own company – SocialNet.com – he served on the board of directors at the money transmission service PayPal. Hoffman is a pioneer of Web 2.0
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Thomas Crampton was a correspondent for the
International Herald Tribune and The New York Times for more than a decade, reporting from five continents, writing a column on Asia and covering Asian politics, economics and culture. Currently based in Hong Kong, he writes here about China, the Internet and New Media seen from Asia, while also advising companies on digital communication strategies. For more information click here...
