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America bankrupted dollar worthless social unrest |
Archive for the ‘Social News’ Category
America bankrupted dollar worthless social unrest| 6 March |
Binge Drinking – The Consequences C4 News Article |
Liver failure among young people is soaring as a consequence of binge drinking. But are teenagers aware of the dangers of drinking? My niece Stacey passed away on May 22nd aged 24. Whilst Stacey was in hospital Channel 4 approached her to take part in a news report/ mini-documentary about alcohol and the affects it is having on youngsters today. Staceys family (and hopefully the other families involved) want as many people to see this as possible to get the message across to other children and parents. We do not have enough help and support out there for these young people and more needs to be done, we have an epidemic on the horizon. We hope this helps at least one youngster or family.
Please be aware that there are images that some may find upsetting or disturbing. Many Thanks for watching. To view the full unedited version with the studio Q & A please visit Channel 4 news.
This was originally broadcast as part of the evening Channel4 news bulletin on 25th June 2008. Our thanks go out to Film-maker/journalist Kate Taunton, Channel4 and Minnow Films ‘http://www.minnowfilms.co.uk/’
Duration : 0:7:29
November 28, 2008| 2 March |
Zopa on Channel 4 news v2 |
Channel 4 news piece 28/2/07| 28 February |
Social Networks Spread News of Chile Quake |
Facebook, Twitter flooded with updates on earthquake| 26 February |
Peep Show – Mark is on The News |
A clip from “Peep Show” series 2, episode 3.
Mark is portrayed on the news as an anti-social drunk when he was actually just having a pretend picnic with Jez so he could spy on Sophie… Nancy tries to make him feel better about it spiritually.
Duration : 0:1:47
| 24 February |
Dwayne Tryumf on Sky News |
Rapper Dwayne Tryumf speaks on Sky News about gun crime and social issues in the UK.
Duration : 0:3:30
| 22 February |
Rosemary feat Gania – Super Girl |
GreatListDirectory.com is a Social News and networking website,we can discover and share content from anywhere on the Internet, by submitting links and stories, and voting and commenting on submitted links and stories.
Duration : 0:2:53
| 20 February |
True News: Public Miseducation and the Shame of History (from Freedomain Radio) |
Why it is sooo insane for pundits to argue that Obama is having a hard time getting things done because the electorate is sooo dumb! 
http://www.slate.com/id/2243797/
http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_publi.htm
http://www.harmoniousliving.co.za/News/Spirituality/American-Superstitions-Revealed-by-Survey/
http://social.jrank.org/pages/950/How-Educated-Are-We-Value-High-School-Diploma.html
Duration : 0:18:7
| 18 February |
How to Build Communities Online – The Hacker News Interview |
http://blog.mixergy.com/why-communities
I didn’t get what I was looking for from this interview, but I think what I learned is even better.
I called up Kevin Fischer and Ed Weissman because they’re two of the top users of a site that was sending Mixergy a lot of traffic, and I wanted to learn how to get more. The site is Y Combinator’s Social News site, Hacker News.
As I talked to them, I felt that they loved Hacker News so much that asking them how I can get traffic from the site would feel dirty. So I switch direction. I asked them questions to learn how you & I can build such passionate communities in our businesses. Here’s what I learned.
Being different
I’m not including pictures of Ed & Kevin in this post. Everyone I’ve ever interviewed wanted their picture on Mixergy. They didn’t. If you go to Hacker News, you’ll notice that members can’t add their pictures to the profiles. Virtually every other site encourages its users to post pictures. This site doesn’t.
Paul Graham, Y Combinators’ founder, explains why there are no pictures: “I think it’s better if people make their own portraits with their ideas.”
But I think there’s a bigger message here about how communities are built. Communities seem to need to be different from the rest of the world as a way of attracting their audience. Seth Godin talks more about that in this Tribes presentation.
Working alone/together
As more people work independently, talking with peers online seems to be a bigger need. Ed told me something that I’m increasingly hearing from others, “I literally sit from 12-16 hours a day 5-7 a week programming in a cubicle alone…. These people are my peers, so it’s almost like a virtual water cooler.”
Meeting in person
Even though most of their conversations happen online, Ed, Kevin and other Hacker News members have met in person at a Y Combinator event. It seems that in-person meetings help built tighter connections for online communities.
Sanjay Sabnani, who runs some of the biggest online forums, told me that he often brings his online members together for in person events at his house.
Getting Bribes Rewards
Online community organizers talk about their communities as if they were hippie communes where members participate because they only care about a greater good. But in the interviews that I’ve done, I’ve noticed that there’s a good deal of quid pro quo.
At Hacker News, the top members are invited to Y Combinator’s Startup School. AJ Vaynerchuk said he gives people who join the PleaseDress.Me community free tshirts. Ethan Bauley of M90 said that his agency encourages clients to give active members products. And at the Mixergy Viral Forum, Jason Nazar of docstoc did an experiment to show us how giving away a document can grow a Twitter community.
I’m not criticizing any of these tactics. I think we need to understand how communities are really built so we can grow ours intelligently.
Why else do people join online communities? Add your ideas in the comments or email them to me.
Duration : 0:4:58
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