Does the New Facebook Movie Imply Zuckerberg has Asperger’s?
Does the New Facebook Movie Imply Zuckerberg has Asperger’s?
There has been some buzz on the Internet about Zuckerberg’s psychological state for years now. The release of the movie, The Social Network, only has added to the discussion. There is one scene in which they show Zuckerberg sitting in a meeting where he is making continuous popping noises with his mouth.
Those of you who have seen Boston Legal may recall a popping sound made the character, Jerry Espenson, played by Christian Clemenson. The show’s character had asperger’s syndrome and was unable to stop making the popping sounds. The portrayal of Zuckerberg in the scene where he “pops” may be implying there is something more going on with him.
One could simply watch that scene and think he is just being rude. It also could just be something that Hollywood added to make the movie more interesting. Whatever the case, it does open up some interesting possibilities about the true personality type or psychological state of Zuckerman.
In our forthcoming book, The Young Adult’s Guide to Understanding Personalities, Toni Rothpletz and I list many examples of celebrity personality “types”. To find out more about Zuckerberg and his personality type, click here.
How to Check Your Retweets
As more people are entering into different areas of social media, it can be confusing to keep track of whether your message is being delivered. If you are on Twitter, you can easily see who is retweeting your tweets. Wow . . . that was a lot of T’s!
Once you are on your Twitter home page, if you look to the right side of your screen, under the home area, you will see a link about half way down the page that says retweet. If you click on that, it will pull up a screen that looks like this:
If you click on the third tab, that will show you who has retweeted your tweets. You should get a screen that looks something like this:
It is easy to check to see who is sending out your messages and which messages are getting the most focus.
What is REMcloud? It’s Like a Twitter Site for Dream Sharing
Are you interesting in sharing your dreams? A site created by Kim Muhota callead REMcloud allows you to post about your dreams in a Twitter kind of fashion. You can also receive a response back analyzing the key words in your posting, giving you an explanation for what it all meant.
REMcloud’s site states: “REMcloud is a social and information network that connects people all over the world around the most universally shared human experience: our dreams. REMcloud allows you to see what the world is dreaming at any time: tapping into the world’s collective consciousness in real time.”
They quote the following facts on their site:
- When you dream, your body is completely paralyzed and you cannot move
- Your brain is more active when you are dreaming than when you are fully awake
- Many blind people can see in their dreams
- Babies dream, even before birth
- The Romans interpreted dreams in the senate as they were thought to be messages from the gods
They claim that through their technology you can have fun sharing not only your own dreams but comparing your dreams to those of others. You can look for global trends and themes and follow people who have similar dreams or experiences.
Think of it as a Twitter for dream experiences. At least that is probably the hope of the site’s creator.
Do you really want to know what others dream about? Apparently a lot of you do. They claim “more than a million global users are already engaging in REMcloud across its various outposts.”
To find out more about REMcloud, check out the following press releas: REMcloud Launches Next Generation Social Network.
Why Customers Subscribe and Unsubscribe to Facebook Pages
If you are trying to market your product or company on Facebook, you might be interested in why people decide to subscribe or unsubscribe to Facebook pages. To read the entire article by Frank Reed at MarketingPilgram.com click here.
The report also shows that Facebook brand attrition rates are at 36% and that number doesn’t include those who choose to hide brand updates from their Facebook newsfeed.
So why do people stop following brands on Facebook?
Do You Need To Control Your Social Media and Build Brand Awareness?
There are many platforms out there that can help you manage all of your social media. I personally like to use Posterous at times to share content due to their Share on Posterous toolbar option. I think that Posterous is one of the easier ways to share things but you are still limited to the places where Posterous connects. Check out my posterous site by clicking here.
I know Facebook can present a bit of a challenge about when and how often to post. I don’t want everyone of my blogs to post on Facebook and overwhelm my contacts. I tend to treat Facebook as a separate entity because of that and only post specific things there.
I also use some of the other social management sites like SocialOomph and Hootesuite. I know a lot of people still go to each one of their social media sites to post separately which takes up a lot of their time.
I think the following article by Dana Kohlbeck on Postcrescent.com does a nice job explaining some of the platforms available that can help you manage a lot of your social media areas in one location.
If you’re looking to maximize both time and reach within social media platforms, look to applications such as HooteSuite or SocialOomph. These tools allow you to update multiple accounts like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn from one platform, as well as pre-schedule messages for consistency and strategic time release.
According to a recent business.com study, 81 percent of marketers use social media to build brand awareness. What better way to spread the brand message than to customize your social media platforms to reflect that brand?