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Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For July 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] It was an unusual month in the Bermuda Twittersphere as five of the top 11 accounts lost followers. Overall, 13 accounts that would have been in the top 50 saw their follower numbers go down. Even the venerable John Layfield was stymied a bit as the WWE and FOX commentator only had a gain of about 1,500 followers. Duddley Duddley... Read more of this article
June 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] There was a noticeable rise in Bermudians use of social media this month. The vote on same sex marriages and the “How much would you pay” Big Brothers Big Sisters fundraiser has helped spark a bump in people’s Klout scores. The heated “discussions” over the upcoming vote on same sex marriage saw much back-and-forth... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For June 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] Katy Perry and Drake aren’t alone. Less than a week after the prominent musicians’ Twitter profiles were hacked, a Russian-based email account claimed that it has stolen more than 32 million passwords from twitter. It appears the accounts were stolen via malware rather than being hacked from Twitter itself. If you have... Read more of this article
Twitter Set To Make Changes To Character Limit
Twitter is getting set to make changes that will allow its users to “express even more in 140 characters” by limiting the content that counts against the service’s character limit, with the changes to take effect “over the coming months.” A story on the official Twitter blog said, “Over the past decade, the Tweet... Read more of this article
May 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] Klout has made it easier to track subjects you are an expert in. Under the Measure button, Klout will list your top Expert Topics. You can think click any one of those topics to get a list of news stories that might be of interest to you. For example, if one were to have clicked under the Bermuda button [if that was one of... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For May 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] Twitter upgraded its tabs at the top of your news feed on Tuesday. It launched Connect, a new feature which gives you suggestions on what accounts might be good to follow. The Connect tab will give you suggestions on based on where you live, major events happening on Twitter and based on people who you already follow. You will... Read more of this article
April 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] Engage much? For many brands, the answer is no. Lithium, the company that owns Klout, released its State of Social Engagement 2016 in March and its findings were disappointing as many brands still fail to actually carry on a conversation with its followers. An amazing 95% of brands are still stuck in broadcast mode rather than... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For April 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] Two accounts have been dropped from the Bermuda Top 50 Twitter list for being inactive. One reader asked why the Bermuda Sun was still on the list when it closed down in July 2014. The Sun’s account still has 6,570 followers and it is like a satellite in space that is no longer in use with its orbit is slowing deteriorating.... Read more of this article
March’s 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] If you are seeing more live videos show up in your Facebook newsfeed, you aren’t mistaken. It is a calculated move by the social media giant to give people more of what they want. Facebook said people are watching live video three times longer than non-live ones and have tweaked the newsfeed to reflect that. Going forward... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For March 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] Twitter is expected to roll out its new timeline on March 3 according to VentureBeat. On Thursday users can expect to be able to embed profiles, lists and collections with the new timeline. An official Twitter blog said Tweeters “need a powerful visual storytelling tool to truly engage your users, so we’ve built an embedded... Read more of this article
February’s 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] Did you know there are 4,800 ‘experts’ on Bermuda on social media? At least that is the number Klout says there. The social influence ranking agency computes its top 10 on the subject with Bernews leading the way. The Bermuda Tourism Authority is second followed by Nothing to Do in Bermuda, Bermemes and The Royal Gazette. The... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 50 Twitter List For February 2016
[Written by Don Burgess] The big news for Twitter in January was making livestreaming more available to the wider public. On January 12 it no longer required people to have the Periscope app to watch events live if you are on the IOS platform. Now the broadcast will autoplay directly in Twitter. Once a Twitter user taps the video, it goes full-screen... Read more of this article
January’s 2016 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] Who rules the world? If you believe Beyoncé, the answer is ‘women’. And if you look at the Bermuda Klout list for January, women certainly hold down many of the premium spots. Five of the top six people are women, and the two biggest moves of the month were made by the ladies. Shari-Lynn Pringle moved up to number six... Read more of this article
Bermuda’s Top 100 Twitter List For December
[Written by Don Burgess] Periscope was the innovation of the Year for Twitter. The live-streaming app re-energized the social media platform and outperformed rival Meerkat by a wide margin. Locally, Periscope hasn’t been fully embraced, but some, like PowerGirl Trina and Bernews, have made effective use of it. The year has been one of growth for local... Read more of this article
December’s 2015 Klout Social Media Rankings
[Written by Don Burgess] How can I raise my Klout score? I get asked that a few times throughout the year, or sometimes it’s rephrased as “How can I game the system?” Here are four tips to help raise your score: 1. Link all your social media scores to Klout. This should be an obvious first step to start. If you’re not using a social media account... Read more of this article
Twitter Will No Longer Crop Photos In Timeline
Saying that they are “introducing a richer photo experience,” Twitter announced today [Dec 7] that they will no longer crop images into a 2:1 ratio but instead show them at full size, and the change is now visible on timelines. In a post on their blog, the company said, “While Twitter began as an all-text platform, rich media has become... Read more of this article
