Indexical Tweets, “Can Social Media Help Feed A Billion Hungry People…” Edition

Highlights, lowlights, links, and no of course social media can’t feed a billion people, from the Icon Index Symbol Twitter stream:

Anyone know what color I’m supposed to use for my avatar to force Netflix to reverse their rate hike?

Amount of demonstrable nonsense written re Twitter’s political impact is mind-blowing. Consultants have excuse: want to get hired. Academics?

Google responds to FCC anti-trust leveraging investigation by launching social network leveraging all their online properties. Bold.

Memo to startups and social media triumphalists: disrupting the travel industry is hard http://is.gd/zJ1zCg

Makes sense | RT @alexblagg: Don’t think of people as people, but as potential metrics that can be converted into business units.

Getting a little tired of news organizations stamping their logos on videos they download from YouTube

No it doesn’t. Shows larger companies have social media | RT @AEJMC: Survey Reveals Social Media Listening and Engaging Pays Off http://bit.ly/ojr3kA

RT @alexblagg: To anyone who says social media marketing is bullshit: think about all the stuff you’ve bought directly from Twitter spambot

Already looking forward to insightful half year of Klout namechecks from 1/3 of Twitter with “social media expert” in About.

RT @pewinternet: For first time, laptops as popular as desktops: 57% of US adults own a desktop, 56% own a laptop. http://pewrsr.ch/kLnjvQ

Facebook revolution! | RT @evgenymorozov: TV, not internet, main source of information for Egyptians during Jan 25 http://is.gd/bGItXl

Social media is hype, not a strategy | RT @AEJMC: Social Media Is a Venue, Not a Strategy http://adage.com/u/SKsKab

Start revolutions! Oh, not start revolutions | RT @pewinternet: What Facebook users do online and how often they do it http://is.gd/9C2HcD

Today’s reminder for social media triumphaslists / consultants / academics: @BronxZoosCobra has ~25% more followers than @bbcnews

Mashable asks: “Can Social Media Help Feed A Billion Hungry People?” Yes, because as pop academic studies tell us, social media is magic!