Social media round-up
Saturday, 03 May, 2013
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- Need inspiration for your next holiday snaps? Mashable has given its run down of The 20 Most-Clichéd Tourist Photos. So if you’re planning a trip to the Pyramids of Giza, or you’re hot stepping it to the Statue of Liberty, check out these snaps and ensure you join other globe trotters in taking that all important ‘I’ve been here and I’ve got the cool photo to prove it’ club.
- Thousands of people posted ‘Ed Balls’ on Twitter at approximately 4.20 pm on Monday to mark the anniversary of ‘Ed Balls Day’. The spoof celebration was created to humour the MP’s social media gaffe in 2011 when he accidentally typed his name into the status update box rather than the search tool, showing that he was looking for tweets about himself. This year, the Shadow Chancellor even joined in to mark the second anniversary, tweeting: "Ok, ok … Because it would be rude not to ..! RT @edballsmp: Ed Balls".
- It seems that US President Barak Obama is excelling in social media. The White House has just unveiled its own Tumblr, promising to post things like the best quotes from President Obama, or video of young scientists visiting the White House for the science fair, or photos of adorable moments with Bo (the family dog). This latest move by the President could inspire Downing Street to up their game when it comes to social media feeds as David Cameron’s most recent attempts have included a poor quality picture of the PM laying bricks with "Phil" the builder where you couldn’t see any faces.
- On another political note, Downing Street is apparently planning to get into journalists’ good books by offering ‘Twitter exclusives’. In what was described by The Guardian as "a tactic reminiscent of the BBC satire The Thick of It", the strategy will see certain journalists handed stories before the official announcements.
- With more and more of us using mobile phones as our primary method of social networking, it may come as no surprise that companies and organisations are harnessing this to spread a message to a large audience. With the introduction of platforms such as Vine, the six-second loop video application, organisations are able to reach a large audience via mobiles. Kids Company is one organisation to do just that. The charity which provides support for vulnerable inner-city children is creating a series of films that evoke a response from the audience.
Linsey McNeill
Editor Linsey McNeill has been writing about travel for more than three decades. Bylines include The Times, Telegraph, Observer, Guardian and Which? plus the South China Morning Post. She also shares insider tips on thetraveljournalist.co.uk
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