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Rundes
octubre 13, 2009

Twitter Adds a Report Spam Option

Twitter spammers have been put on notice. Starting today, each profile on Twitter now includes a “report [username] for spam” link. When clicked, the feature alerts you that it will immediately block the user and report them to Twitter for review.

To-date, Twitter has been using the @spam account to allow users to quickly report spam messages via direct message. The “report spam” link should make this process a bit easier and more readily apparent for users of the Web interface.

Spam has been an ongoing problem with Twitter as it’s grown in popularity. We’ve discussed how spammers frequently target trending topics, as well as mass follow users in an effort to get them to click on links. Hopefully, this will be another step in alleviating the problem.

Reviews: Twitter

Ben Parr
octubre 13, 2009

Web Faceoff: Twitter vs. FacebookMashable!

If you’ve been surfing Mashable the last few weeks, you probably have already have already seen a few Web Faceoffs, our new weekly series where we let two popular web apps duke it out via reader vote. Two enter, only one can claim the title.

We have some great faceoffs already. Nearly 9000 of you voted in our web browser brawl, while only 31 votes separated Last.fm from Pandora. But now, in our fourth installment of Web Faceoff, we decided to up it by a notch.

In the entire web and social media industry, two platforms have captured nearly all the attention: Facebook and Twitter. Facebook is the world’s largest social network, while Twitter is considered by most the hottest.

We’ve compared the two, discussed when most people use Twitter versus Facebook, and even analyzed who will win in real-time search. But we’ve never actually put them head-to-head. We’ve never asked you which of these two powerhouses you prefer.

That’s exactly what we’re going to do today – right here, right now. Facebook or Twitter: which one do you prefer? Cast your vote in the poll below. You have until noon EST on Friday October 16th before the polls close. Let the great battle begin.

Who would win in a fight: Facebook or Twitter?(poll)

Web Faceoff: Overall Results

Week 1:
- Mozilla Firefox vs. Google Chrome
- WINNER: Firefox, 4600 votes (Chrome: 3310 votes, Tie: 911 votes)

Week 2:
- Tumblr vs. Posterous
- WINNER: Tumblr, 1809 votes (Posterous: 1496 votes, Tie: 256 votes)

Week 3:
- Pandora vs. Last.fm
- WINNER: Last.fm, 1187 votes (Pandora: 1156 votes, Tie: 122 votes)

Reviews: Chrome, Facebook, Firefox, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Pandora, Posterous, Tumblr, Twitter

Tags: facebook, social media, twitter, web faceoff

Rundes
octubre 1, 2009

LinkedIn Launches Profile Organizer, Enters Salesforce Territory

The business social network LinkedIn is not just a way to connect with your business contacts. For a lot of recruiters, salespeople, and other professionals, it’s a great business database for finding potential leads and new employees. Organizing the people and information you find though … well, you’re better off with a customer relationship management (CRM) tool like Salesforce.

LinkedIn took another step into Salesforce’s turf though with its launch of Profile Organizer, a new CRM-like tool that allows you to save profiles, organize contacts into folders, and add your personal notes on each.

The interface is very simple overall. On any profiles you visit, a new option to add people to your organizer will appear. Clicking it will add them to a new area of your contacts section where you can see these profiles, sort them into folders, add your own thoughts about them, and categorize them.

The tool makes perfect sense, especially for LinkedIn’s heavy users. Perhaps that’s why this feature’s reserved for the social network’s premium users. However, the company is offering 30 day free trials of Profile Organizer so that you can play around with the tool yourself.

Profile Manager probably doesn’t pose a major threat to Salesforce, as it has loyal customers, a vast database, and far more advanced features. LinkedIn seems more suited for recruiters, while Salesforce is more adept at leads. Still, this is won’t be LinkedIn’s last step into the CRM realm. Expect more CRM-like features from LinkedIn in the near future.


Reviews: LinkedIn

Tags: linkedin