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Do you waste more time curating rather than actually reading or interacting?
Are you finding it difficult to absorb the data explosion that is happening around you?
Well if you answered YES to atleast 2 out of the 3 questions we just posed, you surely are a victim of Social Media Overdose. What does that exactly mean?
Social Media Overdose, as the phrase goes is the inability of an individual to absorb and keep up with the social media platforms. This happens due to the sheer fact that the social media platforms are constantly expanding in numbers day by day. It is almost like a Malthusian catastrophe i.e social media sites are growing geometrically in size while the corresponding human demographic that is attached to a single platform can be counted upon in arithmetic ratio.
Well enough of mathematics and statistics. Our developers have been cognizant to this ailing need of web users to multitask their social media life and thus have come up with some really cool content assimilation apps that allow you to manage this overdose spree. Let's check them out!
1. My6Sense
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The name sounds very outlandish indeed!
Founded in 2007 by Avinoam Rubinstain and Barak Hachamov was started with the aim of filtering informations from a wide variety of sources. Known as "Digital Intuition" solution, it easily assimilates, across Facebook and Twitter all important content you want to read or share. The beats part about the sharing action is that users get to do so without having to exit the app. In short, it's a perfect news assimilation app. The drawback I would say is that it is restricted to only two social media platforms only.
2. Flipboard
Founded in 2007 by Avinoam Rubinstain and Barak Hachamov was started with the aim of filtering informations from a wide variety of sources. Known as "Digital Intuition" solution, it easily assimilates, across Facebook and Twitter all important content you want to read or share. The beats part about the sharing action is that users get to do so without having to exit the app. In short, it's a perfect news assimilation app. The drawback I would say is that it is restricted to only two social media platforms only.
2. Flipboard
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Those of you who are regular content curators and writers, known about this fantastic app. Started by Mike McCue and former Apple engineer Evan Doll, they initially planned to have only a desktop version of their app. Flipboard basically allows you to gather web links from as many as 12 social media sites and is practically a digital social magazine. The app lists the most popular or top rated articles from these sites, to save you the trouble of surfing all the web pages. Moreover, the best part happens when one can actually design and share complete magazines with friends.
3. ChannelCaster
3. ChannelCaster
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A rather complex looking app, available on iOS and Android, it is a 3-tiered app. The users first browse through various Tier1 Channels to gather feeds of their interest. From videos to photos, you can mash up information from any media source to incorporate it into your Channel. In the final stage, you actually get to share all your interesting data with the Community. The settings include a public or private sharing, as may be your choice. Greatest advantage of using this app is it assures privacy to the user as there are no trackers involved.
4. LikeHack
4. LikeHack
"Likehack filters out the noise to provide a digest of interesting stories based on your typical sharing history."
An app that helps you hook up your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts. It even allows users to upload their Google Reader zip file and makes suggestions about to-read blogs in a categorized fashion say Web Designing, startups, innovations so on ans so forth. To reach the suggestive part, LikeHack does a good roundup of analyzing your interest areas. The initial process is a little time consuming and the users are notified via emails daily about the appropriate suggestions. Still in its beta stage, the app has much to offer for entrepreneurs, marketers and social media specialists who are looking for quality information in the shortest of time.
The ultimate goal of social media networking is to satisfy the quest for knowledge and staying connected. To maintain this fragile semblance of content management, these apps are paving the way for professionals and average users alike.An app that helps you hook up your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts. It even allows users to upload their Google Reader zip file and makes suggestions about to-read blogs in a categorized fashion say Web Designing, startups, innovations so on ans so forth. To reach the suggestive part, LikeHack does a good roundup of analyzing your interest areas. The initial process is a little time consuming and the users are notified via emails daily about the appropriate suggestions. Still in its beta stage, the app has much to offer for entrepreneurs, marketers and social media specialists who are looking for quality information in the shortest of time.
What's your pick-of-the-app from the ones listed above? Do you know of any more wonderful apps that satisfy your social media fetish? Let us know by leaving a reply in the comments section below.
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