John McDonald on Social Media

Social is the nature of the new media - where broadcasters once directed messages on a one-way basis, the nature of communications revolution means that the distribution and publishing of media is more of a lateral system. Analysis of social media and links to my favorite sites will be posted here regularly.

Latest Social Media Posts:

Crazy Summer Days

Its been a crazy summer – excuse the mess as I try to clean up problems with Underground Politics and get everything written I wanted to say.

Three Weeks to Ireland

Who needs a plan? We have plane tickets!

What Happened to Us? A Gas Station on Saturday Morning

Reflections and poetic embellishments of a gas station on a foggy Saturday morning

Find me on Lifestream and Mixx

Going social online keeps getting easier. Never miss a beat with the latest updates provided by Lifestream. You should sign up too and let me know so I can follow your activity, too!

Bookmarking Sites I Visit

Some social bookmarking websites I’ve been using and posting on lately. Come check them out and join up.

Reddit – unkorrupted

John McDonald on Reddit: (find me in politics and college)
Reddit. What can I say, its like Digg’s older more sophisticated brother.
It offers more categories, a faster response time, and a more transparent voting system. Rather than digging and burying, you simply vote up or down – and you’re free to change your [...]

Digg – Korr

Digg is an immensely popular website with a great concept. Each submission category is divided by topic – I like politics and education myself. Anyone who registers can introduce a story, and if other users are interested or entertained, they can “digg” the article. A digg is like a vote, and if [...]

Free Republic – Underground

FreeRepublic.com is often cited by FoxNews, not only as a source of unpaid editorial opinion, but also in sniffing out some scandals that were first broken on this major conservative social news network. FreeRepublic has been around for a long time and it sort of broke ground in this whole world of blogging and [...]