Introducing the Social Pathology Report (and our new intern)

This was an exciting week for Luckie & Co. as we welcomed our new social media intern, Birmingham blogging maven Whitney Sides. As part of our cruel taskmastering, we've asked Whitney to start a new weekly feature called The Social Pathology Report. Each Friday, she'll file a digest of interesting social, advertising or tech-related news from the week that was. Here's her first roundup:

• Now that Twitter is becoming more and more universal outside the "social" and "media" realms, celebrities are jumping on board by the day. Geeksugar thinks you might want to check the new site Valebrity to see if you're really following whom you think you're following. Our shout outs: @THE_REAL_SHAQ & @richarddreyfuss). [geeksugar]

• Mashable has compiled a list of the "Top 10 Social Networks for Entrepreneurs". Surprisingly, LinkedIn only managed to pull in the 4th spot. [Mashable]
• Since South by Southwest Interactive kicked off today and I've got ants in my pants until I head out to Austin NEXT Friday for the music side of things, here's a teaser to the SxSW Web Award finalists. Spoiler alert: It's hosted by a guy from The Onion, so it's gonna be G-O-O-D.  [ReadWriteWeb]
• Facebook is being touted as the new Google in this piece from AdAge, citing Hitwire's recent discovery that Facebook drives more traffic to larger sites and video sharing networks. [AdAge]
• Ever wonder what's going to happen to all your passwords after you log in to the great beyond? Joel Johnson of BoingBoing shared an article about a "Legacy Locker" that stores and protects your online accounts and access codes if you pass away. [Technologizer] 

If you come across anything entertainingly useful or just plain surprising in the brave new world of social media, drop me an e-mail or follow me at Twitter.com/brightsides.

Thanks, and have a great weekend!

In addition to being Luckie's intrepid social media intern, Whitney Sides is the founder of Birmingham's local music blog, BHAM.FM. She also helped create the social media presence for local TV affiliate CBS42.

Comments

[Zackery Moore]

I'm so insanely excited for you!!! Now I have another reason to love the Social Path!