Thousands of South Carolinian's are expected to capitalize on and use the power of social networking tools to stage an online rally aimed at voicing their opinions to state legislators.

South Africa currently ranks number 29th on Facebook’s global user list, and demonstrates a number of similarities with much larger using countries.

Opinions abound on Social Media. How it works, where it works best, how individuals and businesses can use it best, etc. Each of these opinions have their own intrinsic value, but sometimes, nothing beats cold hard numbers.

There’s no arguing that 2009 was a banner year for online social networking platforms. Obviously, the big players in the field, Facebook and Twitter, saw a healthy increase in user activity. A new report from eMarketer might just point to the reason why.

If you, or someone you know, just doesn't 'get it', i.e. "Twitter is a waste of time," please take 4 minutes and 22 seconds out of your busy day, watch this outstanding video from socialnomics.net and rethink the, "What's the point?" attitude.

These data visualizations below represent to me the most meaningful and useful tools available. They cover everything from Digg activity to Network connectivity, to simply watching the world tweet the day away.

In a recent report published by the Burton Group, analysts’ found that attempts to replicate social networking (facebook) and their associated tools (twitter) aren’t really taking off within the corporate structure.

Greenville, South Carolina small business owner Big Jon Evans has lost his ride. He's running a social media experiment, whereby he's auctioning off 1 x 1 squares for $10 a piece to allow contributors have their image on the scooter. At summer's end Jon will be auctioning off the scooter and donating all proceeds to charity.

Twestival Vienna event comes off as a success!

Dan Taylor @MountainDan is the official organizer of the Vienna Twestival event, and he needs your help!

Hate those automatic direct messages that come from adding a new follower on twitter? SocialToo now has a solution to squash them at the source.

Twitpay is an Atlanta startup with an idea that's come of age: Making micropayments via Twitter. Clean, simple, and effective!

There's a lot of conversations happening on Twitter, but who do you follow? This handy reference should get you off on the right foot.

Confirmed, and real world proof, THE_REAL_SHAQ on twitter is in fact, the REAL shaq. He's gathered over 7000+ followers in one day, and phoned a follow to prove the validity of his claims.

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