Hello World! Okay so this post serves a dual purpose. We just upgraded to wordpress 3.0 and also we had a great show we think you’ll all love! The show was a bit facebook heavy there was just so much in the news about it this week we couldn’t help ourselves. We did also talk about foursquare, gowalla, and brightkite too though before bringing on the pink hat guy himself, Mike Stenger. Oh and feel free to blame Mike for turning this episode into crazy hat night on the Social Blade show 
Full Show:
Topics Covered:
Checking In on Location-based Services: Foursquare vs. Gowalla vs. Brightkite
A group of software testers decided to pit the three most popular LBS against each other (Foursquare, Gowalla, and Brightkite). They tested and rewarded a grade of either good, better, or best to six different features Ease-Of-Use, Location Accuracy, Opportunity to Earn Deals, Status Features, Friend Connectivity, and Social Media Integration. Foursquare scored the best for all features but one, location accuracy. Gowalla was a solid second while Brightkite was the obvious weaker of the three.
They also revealed the number of bugs which were found in each LBS (Foursquare had 177, Gowalla 316, and Brightkite 377)
[via gigaom]
How Facebook is Becoming the Next Myspace
Facebook, when it was originally created was clean and simple, a huge selling point over the cluttered mess that was and still is myspace. Today that isn’t quite the case. You have rogue applications running amuck & pages can already be customized. What’s the future going to hold? We’re not sure exactly. Do you think facebook is becoming the next myspace? Let us know.
[via laptoplogic]
Facebook Facts (some of which) You Probably Didn’t Know
Love it or hate it, you have probably heard of Facebook. You have visited the site, seen if it’s for you, and made the decision to either try it out or dismiss it as a fad or worthless time-drain.
[via socialblade]
A “Like” Button to be added to Your Facebook Comment Sections
If there already wasn’t enough liking going around on Facebook, from your Status Updates, Pages and their Open Graph API, now or soon you will be able to like someone else’s comment.
[via mashable]
Guest:Mike Stenger – Social Media Coach
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Great episode guys! Was a lot of fun being a part of it
I hate BrightKite. I ended up accidentally spamming my entire address book while trying to find my friends on BK. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m not the type to do that, so it must be BK’s fault. That’s what I say, anyway.