Foursquare Grader has compiled a list of the percentage of people who have been rewarded a badge on Foursquare. This tells us a lot about how it is being used. Most social networks have a relatively low activity rate, but that doesn’t seem to be the case here.
These are the highest numbers I have ever seen for any online service.
One thing to remember though, is that Foursquare badges are based on reaching certain goals, they are not an indication of continuous use.
The 77.38%, who have check in 30 times or more in a month, only indicates that they have reached 30 or more check ins in a single month, not that they do so every month.
That is important distinction. It tells us that the activity level on Foursquare is quite high, and most people have actually used it a lot. From that, however, we can then only guess at how active people are over time.
You can see the full stats for all Foursquare badges over at Foursquare Grader.
As you are probably aware, there were a big gas explosion and ongoing firestorm in the San Francisco suburb San Bruno. It is a terrible tragedy, but that didn't stop a local coffee shop from taking advantage of the whole ordeal by to promote their shop.
We have all heard about the absurd lawsuit between HP and “former-HP-chief-exec-turned-Oracle-exec” Mark Hurd. HP is suing him for revealing trade secrets *in the future*.
You have probably heard about all the buzz around net neutrality, the concept of equal access to the internet.
These days, everyone talks about HTML5. All the big guys like Apple, Google, and Microsoft put a lot of effort into making it happen. Google is especially focused on bringing HTML5 and web apps into the world.
Want to try out the new Digg 4 - go here http://new.digg.com (limited access - be quick)
Earlier today On2, the company behind the video codec used in the FLV video format (used by Flash), told us that they will discontinue their Flix video product line.
There is one story that keeps popping up about Wired Magazine reporting that 26% of their traffic is now coming from the iPad. A truly amazing number. But there something odd about it. I'm not seeing that anywhere else. So I did a little digging.
My use of the stream have now reached a point where I am no longer looking for news. Instead, my world is pretty much divided into two types of information. Updates that are followable, and updates that isn’t. I am now spending 99% of my time on the first group.
A few days ago I wrote, “Facebook is Dying, Social is Not,” and it appears that I hit a nerve. The article has so far been read by more than 25,000+ readers, in less than 3 days. It is safe to say that the complexity and privacy issues are something people really cares about.
Every now and then a short video is released that show just how much the world has changed. One of the best ones are “The Social Media Revolution” from Socialnomics. Yesterday they released an updated version, with all the latest stats.
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