There’s more trouble in Twitter Land. It seems that they’ve been working on deleting spammers, or at least that’s my impression, and some users are getting caught in the crossfire.
Dave Delaney is still locked out, and there doesn’t seem to be any rhyme or reason. Twitter said that his account had violated the TOS, but I  know from personal experience, Dave, and the others who were thrown out of the party early, haven’t done anything other than use the service the way they’re supposed to.

Dave is on day two of his mandatory time out even though others have …read more

My final guest post for the day, is another good one from Lisa Thomas-Tench.
So Plurk is all about creating karma. I’m not sure I get it.
I’m familiar with the term  but I’m not sure how it applies to this particular form of social media.
Let’s look at what increases your Plurk karma: microposting, replying, getting more ‘friends’ and ‘fans’, using icons in your posts, and inviting people to join.
I mean, to me, karma’s about doing good and being rewarded. Plurk’s about talking about yourself in, possibly, a very inane way. It’s about being popular and joining a …read more