*** UPDATE: Close, but not this weekend according to Digg. ***
Either Digg hates new users or we’re about to see the changeover to Digg v4.0.
As of this morning, new account registration has closed for Digg. Attempting to create an account yields this message:
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A familiar face joins the Social Blade team tonight as we talk about top social media stories that will have you informed and up-to-date. Join in with your hosts, JD Rucker, Erin Ryan, Jason Urgo and Jeff Cryder and get Social with us!
Tonight we welcome a very special guest - Patrick Parise
You’re not losing your mind – Patrick was one of our own co-hosts for 8mths and has a new show of his own!
Find out more of what Patrick has been up to tonight at 7pm pacific/10pm eastern and sign-in to UStream to take part in the LIVE Show!
This is Where YOU Put the Social in Social Media
The Social Blade Team 
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There are Billions of people who use the Internet every single day. According to Adrian Chan these Billions of people can be categorized into 11 personality types based off of their online social habits. From Lurker to Creator, or Rebel to Harmonizer everyone contributes to the Internet in their own unique way.
1. Status Seeker: These people tend to be more concerned with their number of followers/friends than most, and are constantly checking theirs and others online stats. They tend to avoid deep conversations.
2. Critic: They see more value in correcting others mistakes. Usually is someone who provides information either through blogging, reviewing, or commenting on a regular basis.
3. Socializer: Social Media “purists”. These people are focused on sustaining relationships and the connections they’ve made online. These people tend to participate in social games and someone who contributes content on a regular basis as well.
4. Em-cee: These individuals go out of their way to make others recognized and appreciated. They also love to participate on platforms that gather audiences (i.e. Twitter, podcasts, YouTube, Blogging).
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Today Social Blade reached a new high, not only was this our 50th episode, we also had the viral video sensation himself, The World’s Most Interesting Intern Greg Justice as our guest! Greg’s a great guy and even wrote a rap specifically for us that is going to be the next big viral video!
Before we spoke directly to Greg though we still had a lot to cover including how to optimize your wordpress blog, because seriously if you don’t and YOU go viral no one will see your stuff. We also discussed how social media can help social anxiety disorder, how not to get sued and more!
Stories Covered:
11 Ways to Speed Up WordPress
Wordpress is great out of the box for small blogs but a small blog can go big at any time with something virial even if you don’t think it will. On air we covered sort of the top 5 out of the listed 11 best tips for wordpress optimization: Caching, Prune Your Plugins, Choose the Right Theme, Compress Images, and Keep It Local (widgets, embeds, etc).
[via mashable]
Can Social Media help Social Anxiety Disorder?
Social Anxiety Disorder can cause a person who suffers from it to feel an overwhelming sentiment of anxiety, a persistent and intense fear of being watched and judged by others and a trepidation of being around people to name a few. Social Anxiety, also known as a “Social Phobia” can be as debilitating to cause a person to retreat to being alone with the inability to work, go to school or being out in public.
[via soshable]
It’s Official: Facebook Passes 500 Million Users
In a blog post, CEO Mark Zuckerberg writes that, “I could have never imagined all of the ways people would use FacebookFacebookFacebook when we were getting started 6 years ago. I want to thank you for being part of making Facebook what it is today and for spreading it around the world.”
[via mashable]
Facebook now verifies who you are by asking you to tag your friends faces in photos
We’re not sure exactly how new this is but nevertheless, it’s pretty innovative.
We’ve confirmed that if you or someone else attempts to access your Facebook account from an IP address Facebook isn’t familiar with (i.e. abroad), Facebook will take you through an authentication process that will require you to tag pictures of 10 friends in multiple choice format.
[via thenextweb]
Protecting Yourself From Social Media Lawsuits
Social networks give people the ability to share incredible volumes of content. People are sharing photos, ideas, writings and video. All that stuff? It’s called intellectual property and in each case it belongs to somebody.
[via convinceandconvert]
Guest: Cisco’s Greg Justice – The World’s Most Interesting Intern
Greg Justice, the self-proclaimed “World’s Most Interesting Intern”, doesn’t fit the corporate mold that Cisco has established. That’s the point. The company has been stale for years with limited press and even more limited conversation surrounding them. Justice is here to change that.
Social Blade did an extensive writeup on Greg Justice so be sure to check that out for full details on the legend.
Greg on Twitter
Greg/Cisco’s YouTube Channel
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The Social Blade Show is a weekly live social media show dedicated to bringing you the hottest topics effecting the social media landscape.
Each week not only will we cover the events themselves, but also we will provide our insight on the latest social media news and have a guest who is active within the Industry or has strong opinions about your social networks.
We also love hearing from our audience so comment on our articles and be sure to login to UStream during the LIVE broadcast to take part in the chat and ask questions. This is your place to voice your social networking thoughts.
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