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Oct 3

Written by: Tech  
10/3/2012 2:07 PM

It’s back! Celebrity MySpace investor Justin Timberlake announced on Twitter, a new revamped MySpace site is coming soon. It’s currently in beta-testing stages, but it looks to be a mix of Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest with a focus on images and music.

Not to be outdone, LinkedIn has a new redesign and a new feature – Endorsements. You can now endorse a particular skill someone has with a click in the top profile section or in the new Skills and Expertise section at the bottom.

LinkedIn also added 150 super influencers, who fans can follow (think Twitter). The super influencers have been verified in an effort to avoid fake accounts.

Clicks don’t matter. That’s the message Facebook is trying to get-out. They are asking advertisers to look at the bigger picture, and that sales often come from people seeing an ad, but not necessarily clicking-on it. This data comes from a study done with new Facebook partner DataLogix. The DataLogix partnership has some users worried about privacy, since the firm uses email addresses to match-up consumers to loyalty programs. Facebook addressed the issue saying the information is secret and aggregated into groups.

In case you missed it, Twitter is becoming more visual. A new re-design announced a few weeks ago, includes more photos, including a Facebook-like header photo. With a new emphasis on mobile, there are new Twitter-designed iPad, iPhone and Android apps.

Additonal information:

You can check-out MySpace’s video announcement on Vimeo.

The LinkedIn blog has more information on endorsements. Have you endorsed anyone, yet?

Mashable has information on LinkedIn’s super influencers.

Learn more about Facebook’s new partnership on CNET.

CNET has more about the Twitter re-design and mobile changes.

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2 comments so far...

Re: Big Social Media Platforms Announce Changes

Lots of new stuff this month already - thanks for putting it together on this post!

The Endorsements on LinkedIn are interesting. I like the overall idea, but so far the amount of endorsements for my friends and connections really seems to be taking over the feed in LinkedIn. I'm curious is anyone else here sees that too.

By Jack Monson on   10/3/2012 6:03 PM

Re: Big Social Media Platforms Announce Changes

Thanks for the comment, Jack. I wonder if others are feeling the pressure to endorse?

By dfriez on   10/3/2012 6:15 PM

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