How Snapchat is revolutionizing the way we consume media Within the crowds of any event, it has become the norm to see a barrage of cell phones, serving as the second eyes, aggressively capturing the spectacle that is at hand. […]
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The Demise of Digg: How an Online Giant Lost Control of the Digital Crowd
Digg's inability to prevent fraudulent voting allowed power users to take control of the site's content and undermined its mission to produce democratized news.
Snapchat: Leveraging the Crowd for Location- and Event-Based Content
Snapchat’s innovative “Live Story” feature has made a huge step in solving a problem that to date has plagued other social media apps: tons of users post pictures and videos that in theory would have broad public appeal, yet no app has compiled and featured all of this content in a way that was easily discoverable and digestible.
Bark & Co.: Using the Celebrity Dog Crowd
How 400 famous dogs became the sales team
Shut out: Can Meerkat win the mobile live streaming war?
In March, techies (myself included: http://www.geekwire.com/2015/why-meerkat-is-going-to-make-it/) went wild over a new kind of live streaming. A startup called Meerkat launched a mobile app that let users broadcast high quality live video to the world straight from their phones, using Twitter […]
Pinterest – a new social media. Playing with the big guys
Pinterest. The waiting game. It pays to be big. Numbers matter. Pin-it to Win-it.
Textbook Network Effects: How Instagram Achieved Instagrowth
Instagram is the textbook example of how a business initially attracts users in the absence of network effects and quickly grows by leveraging those network effects.
SmackHigh: A social media platform fighting teen bullying
SmackHigh aims to build inter-school community through friendly smack talk and shared experiences in a safe online space
Is Nextdoor the next big social network?
At $1bn valuation, reaching 1/3 of U.S. communities, private social network Nextdoor has come a long a way. The company’s targeted, private approach has enabled it to build a tight community of engaged users. The platform has strong network effects and multiple options for monetization. What remains to be seen is whether Nextdoor’s network strengthens or weakens post monetization.
UberPOOL: The New and Improved Tinder
Unlike @Tinder, #UberPOOL actually starts with a conversation #IRL. #modernlove