Spam Archives - Beyond Social Media

Live Audio With Spotify & Facebook

By David Erickson | June 27, 2021

Beyond Social Media - Spotify & Facebook Clone Clubhouse - Episode 354

BL and David discuss Spotify and Facebook’s Clubhouse clones; a Twitter thread that made it to the silver screen; Google’s breaking news warning; a clever list building tactic; digitally resurrecting murdered journalists; how to scare phone spammers; Twitter’s ticketed Spaces; a LEGO typewriter set; Hyundai acquires Boston Dynamics and cuts a strange video to celebrate; Apple is out to destroy your open rates; family and friends word of mouth;…and much, much more.

Spotify’s Playlists for Dogs

By David Erickson | January 22, 2020

Episode 262: BL and David discuss Bing’s new business and persona pages; new LinkedIn features; Spotify podcast and playlists for dogs; Google allowing branding in search; TuneIn’s new sonic logo; clever UX; the return of Gary Larson’s Far Side; Fleeceware in Google Play; e-ticketing brings the end of paper tickets; Kohler’s creepy bathroom guy…and much, much more.

Spotify & LinkedIn Launch New Podcasts

By David Erickson | March 11, 2019

Episode 262: BL and David discuss discuss Spotify’s major embrace of podcasts with The Story of The Clash; LinkedIn’s new Hello Monday podcast; April the Giraffe’s pregnant again..and David could not give a rip; Tesla’s Easter Egg troll; BBC’s article chatbots; Buffer’s vertical video report; a Texas school teacher’s Facebook Live bedtime stories; Apple’s AR Glasses; Microsoft’s HoloLens 2; pharmafluencers; Sealioning; The Great Toilet Paper Controversy of 2019 featuring Walmart and Cottonelle; racist self-driving cars; deceptive from fields;…and much, much more.

Facebook's Trust Scoring & Instagramming Novels

By David Erickson | August 25, 2018

Beyond Social Media - Facebook Trust Scoring - Episode 240

Episode 240: BL and David discuss the NY Public Library’s Alice In Instagramland, spam best practice, Google Shortwave for podcasts, Facebook’s new trust scores; AI word pictures, Patio Pizza chairs, Conference Gifs, Papa John’s weird apology video, MacBook Pro’s terrible keyboard, Creepy 3D Cartoons, how AI could stop Russian interference in US elections…and much, much more.

Chewbacca Mom & Google Home

By David Erickson | May 22, 2016

Beyond Social Media - Chewbacca Mom and Google Home - Episode 144

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed the Chewbacca Mom viral video; the competitor to Amazon Echo, Google Home; Sky TV’s #CommandTheUnsullied Twitter spam; Google Instant Apps; the pros and cons of LinkedIn ProFinder; Twitter’s kinda-expanding character count; Blab’s strange pivot to Tinder-live video conferencing; the Google-N fail; VR for Good; 360 music videos; Google’s Parsey McParseface tool; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

ACLU's Cop Cam App

By David Erickson | May 2, 2015

Beyond Social Media Show - ACLU Cop Cam - Episode 94

Co-hosts B.L. Ochman & David Erickson discussed Budweiser’s #UpForWhatever campaign; the Rockets firing their social media manager; Twitter brand spam; music on Instagram; a pet adoption campaign; Pandora’s Mother’s Day video; the ACLU’s cop cam app; the Wall Street Journal’s video team; iHeartMedia’s podcasts; plus great new apps and important stats and a lot of stuff in between.

Water Into Wine Dupe, Mobile App Spam & The Cat Video Festival

By David Erickson | March 16, 2014

This episode: The Water Into Wine spoof; Mobile app spam; the cat video festival; MasterCard’s Brit Awards media relations fiasco & Disney’s real-life hashtag.