The Web Ecology Project recently completed a two-week social experiment where Twitter bots tried to pass as human. This reminded me of a couple other projects related to fakery on Twitter, Truthy and Cyc AI.
Sweet!
Kevyn Smith and Jeremy Johnson have been turning tweets into songs for six months, but it took a fake snake to clue me in to @wesingyourtweets.
A Brief Cartoon History of Social Networking
Eight-one years of social networking are summed up in 26 illustrations by Australian artist Adam Long, courtesy work commissioned by social analytics company PeopleBrowsr.
Five Eclectic Videos
Trying to stem the tide with a quick post. Here’s some videos from my info stream to enjoy while I catch up.
Crowdsourced Crowds
Hysterical Hoosiers, an initiative to brainstorm creative fan chants for Indiana University basketball games, is off to a good start. But can we avoid f*&#ing is up.
My Favorite Favorites
Four years of Twitter yields a lot of wit and wisdom. Here are 50 tweets that caught my eye.
Five Social Media Stats To Consider
Arik Hanson made a short list of some recent social media facts. Here are five that deserve comment.