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It's Come To This

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hamsterwheel.jpgI had a long lunch today with an old friend who's active in the social media space, and I mentioned that to me, Twitter is now the water cooler. His first reaction was that I was using some new social media site called Water Cooler (Watercoolr?), and he had somehow missed it.

Not quite what I meant. Is social media buzz turning us all into hamsters, trying to keep up with the wheel?

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  • Nathan Gilliatt: Good point. If you're buying a model (and with influence, read more
  • Tonia Ries: Great post, Nathan. Another missing element (aside from @theresa's hypothesis read more
  • Nathan Gilliatt: Thanks, Theresa. I wasn't entirely sure I was being clear, read more
  • Theresa Doyon: Excellent post! The missing ingredient is theory and hypothesis testing. read more
  • Nathan Gilliatt: Anne, I think the key takeaway is to step back read more
  • Larry Levy: Nathan, Thanks for including us on your list. Appinions is read more
  • tom.obrien@nmincite.com: Hi Nathan: Yes, Duncan Watts fairly demolishes most established "influencer" read more
  • Anne Weiskopf: Great article Nathan - thanks for the posting. It will read more
  • Nathan Gilliatt: Thanks, Lisa. I actually think Klout's interesting, but it's more read more
  • Lisa Thorell: Fab piece. What i like is, whether intentional or not, read more

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