It’s back to that problem of organising without organisations … fine in social media fantasy land, but difficult in practice. The relevance to Big Society is that I’m hoping we can have a strand that focusses on how to use social tech for social benefit. The social innovator in me is excited about the projects too). MORE >>

Social Ripple Social Marketing. The main thing for me was to chat with Affiliate marketers about how social networks pass information around. You don’t need a big social network yourself. But it does show that influencers can bridge social networks carrying the information across from one community to another. MORE >>

Earlier in the week I spent a day with a team of community builders at Forever Manchester, exploring how social reporting could help their work in local neighbourhoods – as explained here. They hold a great wealth in social capital and are seldom seen at community meetings. Yet their role in bringing people together is vital. MORE >>

There are seven stages to social media engagement from shallow monitoring to deep peer to peer economies. How deep is the rabbit hole of social media? It’s probably worth noting that every baby steps stage in social media engagement is valid – from little acorns big ol’ oak trees grow. One day. silently please. MORE >>

The twins want a previous ruling, which granted them a multi-zero’d settlement over the murky beginnings of Facebook, overturned – because, they allege, Facebook wasn’t honest about the social network's worth at the time of their claim. This week, it's a lot about privacy, and a bit about ponies. Less to like about 'Like' button? And finally. MORE >>