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Obsessed With Strava, Not The Finish Line

March 16, 2026 By Jeff Turner Leave a Comment

Obsessed With Strava, Not The Finish Line

On back-to-back days, I witnessed athletes in two 1600M races, obsessed with Strava rather than with winning. Wow.

Filed Under: Behavior, Humaneering Tagged With: behavior, social media

Why I Have Left Facebook

April 4, 2020 By Jeff Turner 1 Comment

For quite a long time I have been contemplating leaving Facebook and Facebook-owned properties.

Filed Under: Commentary Tagged With: Facebook, misinformation, social media

Don’t Fall Into An Automation Rabbit Hole

May 16, 2014 By Jeff Turner 3 Comments

Social automation at any level is a bad thing in a lot of people’s minds. But it doesn’t have to be. As with everything else, our behavior makes a tool good or bad. If your social streams are valuable to you, automation can be a huge help in creating content.

Filed Under: Social Networking, Technology Tagged With: buffer, curation, rss, social media

Nobody Is Smarter Than The Truth

April 21, 2014 By Jeff Turner 6 Comments

While I’ve attempted to make strong statements about the ineffectiveness of social media for advertising, I have never come close to nailing it as hard as Mr. Hoffman nails it in his presentation at Advertising Week Europe.

Filed Under: Commentary, Social Networking Tagged With: advertising, social media, truth

Social Proof And Social Media – The Value Of Confederates

April 3, 2014 By Jeff Turner 3 Comments

Social proof is a powerful influencer.  I’ve read a good deal of the writings of Robert Cialdini. He is well known for his studies on influence and the factors associated with it. He has put forth that there are six key principles of influence. They are; reciprocity, commitment, social proof, liking, authority and scarcity. One […]

Filed Under: Behavior, Social Networking, strategy Tagged With: behavior, social media, social proof

Google+ Adds Content View Numbers – Let The Games Begin

April 2, 2014 By Jeff Turner 4 Comments

Who doesn’t like a little fun competition. Numbers are cool. If you hadn’t noticed, because you likely don’t go to your Google+ profile very often, Google has added a little number that is almost certain to get people talking about another irrelevant statistic. It is sure to be taken out of context and used in […]

Filed Under: Behavior, Social Networking Tagged With: google+, influence, social media

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