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
