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 ...
I read this Boston Globe article about customer complaints in social media, and one story caught my attention:
When C.C. Chapman noticed a blemish in his high-definition television's reception during the NBA playoffs recently, he blasted a quick gripe about Comcast into the online ether, using the social network Twitter.
Minutes later, ...
Compete reports that Plurk, a new micro-blogging site and competition for Twitter, saw a 929% increase in traffic in June, probably due to all the downtime Twitter users have experienced in the past month.
I figured I should try out Plurk, but when I first went to the site, it was down. ...
