Jeremiah Owyang
web-strategist.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2007
Jeremiah Owyang writes about social media, social networks, and web strategy for companies, with later posts on blockchain and tech blogging.
What HN saysHN commenters cite his posts for social network usage statistics and for examples such as the Exxon Mobil Twitter impersonation, mainly as data points.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Social Networks Site Usage: Visitors, Members, Page Views, and Engagement (2008)2 people · 2 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 2How to Get Noticed1 people · 8 points · first shared 2008 · 1 comments on HN
- 3Infographic: Blockchain Opportunities for Every Industry1 people · 5 points · first shared 2017 · discussion on HN
- 4End of an Era: The Golden Age of Tech Blogging is Over1 people · 5 points · first shared 2011 · discussion on HN
- 5Applying a Social Computing Strategy to the Entire Product Lifecycle1 people · 4 points · first shared 2007 · 1 comments on HN
- 6Why Media and Corporations Should Allow Content to be Embeddable1 people · 4 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 7Facebook’s Crusade of Colonization1 people · 3 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 8What Friendfeed’s “MicroMeme” Means For You, Brands, and The Web1 people · 3 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 9Best Buy Launches API: Corporate Websites Extend to Open Web1 people · 3 points · first shared 2009 · 1 comments on HN
- 10Who do people trust? (It ain’t bloggers)1 people · 3 points · first shared 2008 · 2 comments on HN
- 11How I'm experimenting with Life-as-a-Service1 people · 2 points · first shared 2014 · 1 comments on HN
- 12The Evolution of Brands on Twitter1 people · 2 points · first shared 2008 · discussion on HN
- 13Great collection of social network stats for 20101 people · 2 points · first shared 2010 · discussion on HN
- 14What happens when Klout marries Google Goggles?1 people · 2 points · first shared 2012 · discussion on HN
- 15The Money Flows in the Collaborative Economy1 people · 2 points · first shared 2013 · discussion on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
JSeymourATL · 2016-08-23
> 1. Talent is really hard to find here in Atlanta.
Finding talent will be even more difficult in NYC & SFO. Look where other people aren't looking. Jason Fried has a brilliant take on this > http://www.inc.com/magazine/201607/jason-fried/tech-poaching-talent-wa…
> 2. The network of investors in Atlanta aren't interested in our space.
ATL benefits from 2500+ daily flights -- there are potential investors all over the map. They don't care where you're based, as long as your model works.
Here's a solid list from 2013 of VC's interested in Social > http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2013/03/29/meet-the-investors-of-so…
rgbrenner · 2013-03-01
If we're going to compare myspace and facebook... it's worth pointing out that myspace, at its peak, had 110m active users. In other words, MySpace never achieved what Facebook has.
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/01/09/social-network-stats-fac…
tarr11 · 2017-04-10
It seems several of them are now failing. Like you say, it's basically a miscalculation of unit economics over time, but being able to reduce staffing costs by 20% or more certainly gave them more runway.
Hard to say if the others have fixed their economics (eg, Instacart) or are simply better at fundraising.
Here's a list from 2015 [1] showing some of these companies that are trying to switch to W-2.
Munchery Stiffs Early Backers and Cuts Staff in a Bid for Survival [2]
Luxe Valet shuts the door on two more markets [3]
[1] http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2015/07/30/collaborative-startups-s…
[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-29/munchery-stiffs-ear…
[3] https://www.axios.com/luxe-valet-2219230863.html
jayliew · 2010-10-23
http://rapidsocialresponse.com - An automated response system for Twitter @mentions (not canned responses). That is, you preset a response to a specific @mention to you. I'm using Django + Python AIML at the back-end, so there's some NLP involved (although that knowledge is not needed on the for end-users).
The name is from Jeremiah Owyang's post here: http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2010/03/05/altimeter-report-the-18-…
ojbyrne · 2008-08-02
Case in point:
http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/2008/08/01/how-janet-fooled-the-twi…
(Random twitterer pretends to be official spokesperson for Exxon)