Media Socialist is a blog about, and a testing ground for, social media online.

That means we're gluttons for blogs, social networks, social bookmarks, wikis, user-generated video, photo-sharing, and everything Web 2.0.

Facebook Fast Facts

Thursday, September 25th, 2008 by Griffin Hammond

I was doing research for work, and compiled some interesting numbers regarding Facebook: Facebook is the fifth most popular website in the U.S. (behind Google, Yahoo, MySpace, then YouTube) and also fifth globally (behind Yahoo, Google, YouTube, then Windows Live).¹ Currently there are 32 million regsistered users in the U.S.,² a number which ...

Politics Remixed!

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 by Griffin Hammond

I apologize for going so long without a post. A new website, Remix America, has kept me busy. It's like YouTube for the political realm, but with some advanced features. You can either upload original video content, or remix other works. The site organizers have amassed a collection of contemporary and ...

Why is blue the most popular color in social media?

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 by Griffin Hammond

Someone tell me. I'm guessing Facebook started it. Web design often differs between global cultures, but blue appears to represent social media on websites prominent in the U.S., Europe, South America, and Asia. Interestingly, when blue is not used prominently, a black/red motif seems popular. (YouTube, MetroFLOG, Netlog, Bebo, Tagged, Media ...

Animoto

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 by Nick Bodmer

Here is a cool new use for all those pictures we all have on our various social networking sites. Animoto.com is a web application that creates MTV-style videos with the click of a button. Users simply choose a song and images. Animoto then automatically generates a unique video for them. No two ...

My first Photobucket image

Saturday, June 7th, 2008 by Griffin Hammond

I was about to start a Flickr account, and then I realized it's owned by Yahoo. Lame. I went to Photobucket instead. (Don't worry; I'll try Flickr eventually.) I shot this photo today and uploaded it from my phone via e-mail: By the way, I just received a confirmation text message ...