Foursquare? Try 3400%squares…

I know I haven’t updated in a while but I really wanted to talk about Foursquare real quick. They just realized an infograph depicting their growth in 2010, and it’s pretty phenomenal. They’re boasting a 3400% growth in one year which is insane.

http://www.foursquare.com

This just comes to show that geologging isn’t showing signs of slowing down. With competitors like Facebook Places and SCVNGR also picking up speed, this is definitely a section of social media no one should be over looking.

Online Sharing in 2010

I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything, but thanks to the holiday season I’ve actually been really busy (with some help from COD: Black Ops and WoW: Cataclysm) but I just wanted to drop by real quick and mention this interesting piece from AddThis that I saw on Mashable today.

 

Interesting enough, Facebook is still growing and in 2010 grew faster than it did in 2009 (I blame it on the older generations that are trying to be cool). But interesting enough Email is still beating out Facebook. Obviously a big factor in Facebook’s attempt at Facebook Messages, which will integrate email, FB Msgs and Texts all into one inbox. Personally I would have thought Twitter would have seen higher growth rates but I guess not. I still have high hopes for higher growth in the future and hope they haven’t topped off yet. I was surprised to see Myspace and Friendster still in consideration. Who knew they still existed.

Anyway, just a quick update as I thought this was really interesting and definitely something businesses should continue to look into. Clearly Facebook isn’t going anywhere and if it does, there’s plenty in the line up to replace it. Social Media should definitely not be taken lightly as we can see it’s growth here.

I should definitely be back on a more regular blogging schedule after the new year, as I have some big changes I want to make and some new ideas I’m going to try out. Stay Tuned.

Watch Facebook’s Major Email Announcement here LIVE

Today, Facebook announces their new messaging and email products. Check out their announcement live:

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National Unfriend Day

This week Jimmy Kimmel announced on his show that November 17th will become National Unfriend Day, where we all unfriend our Facebook friends, that aren’t really our friends.

I’ve been doing this for years, trimming the fat on my Facebook friends list (went from 1200 down to 850 now) while keeping only those that A. I know and have met in real life and B. I would say hello to if passing by them on the street. Those were my criteria and I think they work.

Kimmel brings up great points in his video about Facebook “cheapening” the term “friend”. Here’s the clip of Jimmy Kimmel announcing National Unfriend Day, with the help of William Shatner.