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Online publishers, take note: You can’t buy loyalty.

Hear 2.0: About Loyalty
“Loyalty, in other words, is earned. It’s not solicited. You cannot bribe audiences into being loyal. It’s a two-way street. To get loyalty you have to give it. Giving loyalty means delivering what people want the way they want it.” (tags: community psychology human+nature social+dynamics society loyalty content+strategy business measuring+success)
Brad’s Thoughts on the Social Graph
“To declare the problem statement succinctly, it’d be: People are getting sick of registering and re-declaring their friends on every site., but also: Developing “Social Applications” is too much work.” He lays out a way for developers to address this. (tags: social+media overload software problems solutions collaboration community)
CIA, FBI computers used for Wikipedia edits | Technology | Reuters
“People using CIA and FBI computers have edited entries in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia on topics including the Iraq war and the Guantanamo prison, according to Wikiscanner. This may violate Wikipedia’s conflict-of-interest guidelines.” (tags: wikis government transparency tools politics problems propaganda accountability anonymity)
How Blogs can help a Corporation
“Hey storage bloggers, take it easy ok? I know that sparring matches are part of the fun, but think bigger and build a better community, one that can grow and learn from each other.” (tags: conflict blogs business problems tips content+strategy)

Innovation in College Media » Blog Archive » Roanoke.com’s BigLickU push
“College media advisers should follow this story closely, because if Roanoke is successful, you can bet there will be other commercial efforts in a similar vein that would affect the bottom line of college media outlets.” (tags: education journalism news+biz newspapers students trends tidbits+fodder)
Performancing Announces News Theme : The Blog Herald
“Mimics the look and feel of a print magazine or newspaper, with paper-like upper and lower edges, which is quite suitable for blogs that want to put forth a newspaper-y type of image (aided by the display of the current date on the masthead).” (tags: blogs design tools tidbits+fodder)

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