Tweet #PatchRebuilds to Help Hurricane Sandy Survivors

Patch will make a $1 donation to AmeriCares for every tweet with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds.

You can help rebuild communities that were hit by Hurricane Sandy by donating cans of food, volunteering for cleanup efforts—or simply sending a tweet. Patch is excited to announce our new effort to help support devestated communities after the storm. For every tweet sent with the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, we will donate $1 to the AmeriCares Hurricane Sandy Disaster Relief Fund, up to $125,000. Your contribution will go toward medical and humanitarian aid, grants and programs to help Sandy survivors. You can simply tweet the hashtag #PatchRebuilds, or go to our Patch Rebuilds website, rebuilds.patch.com, and tweet directly from the site. A customized tweet that starts “My heart belongs to…” is created from the Patch Rebuilds website, and …

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Fake Twitter Followers For Sale?

The Obama and Romney campaigns are just two of many social media accounts which have had follow numbers boosted by fake accounts.

How accurate are Twitter follower numbers?USA Today is reporting that President Barrack Obama doesn't have as many "followers" as it might seem and Mitt Romney made headlines in July for an unusal jump in followers over one weekend. According to a recent New York Times report, the practice of purchasing fake Twitter followers has become so widespread that StatusPeople, a social media management company in London, recently released a Web tool called the Fake Follower Check which will root out fake followers. Both Presidential campaigns have denied buying followers, but the @BarackObama account shows 28 percent of its 18.9 million followers to be fake, while the @MittRomney account shows 22 percent of its 920,118 are fake.

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TSPLOST Tweetup on Wednesday, July 11

Atlantic Station, pro-TSPLOST group hosting online discussion.

Atlantic Station is partnering with Untie Atlanta for an online Tweetup July 11 to discuss the upcoming regional transportation referendum. Saba Long, press secretary at Citizens for Transportation Mobility, will be on Twitter to answer questions about the referendum from 11 a.m. to noon and again from 7 to 8 p.m.  Tweeters can send questions to Caleb J. Spivak, Atlantic Station's social media and community manager, who will be moderating the discussion from the mixed-use community's Twitter handle (@AtlanticStation). Answers will come from Saba Long on the Untie Atlanta Twitter handle (@UntieAtlanta). Participants can follow the conversation by using hashtag #UntieATL. The mission of the Tweetup is to educate voters on the facts so they …

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Funny, insightful or thought-provoking, there were some real gems on Twitter this past week. Follow @RoswellPatch for a chance to show your neighbors what you can say in 140-characters or less.

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Funny, insightful or thought-provoking, there were some real gems on Twitter this past week. Follow @RoswellPatch for a chance to show your neighbors what you can say in 140-characters or less.

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What Has Social Media Meant for Teens?

A new study suggests young girls are more aware of online cruelty than boys.

It's hard being a girl sometimes.  The old adage sums it up quite well: sugar and spice. Yes, we are often the more nurturing and relational sex; but we're also experts in being able to discern and then dissect others - right down to the core. So how has social media allowed our gender to play into both our strengths and weaknesses? With 95 percent of American teens online and 80 percent of those same teens on social media sites, it is bound to highlight our triumphs and failures. A recent research study by the Pew Research Center shows that teens can be mean online. Shocked? The study - conducted through interviews with 12-17 year olds - says 69 percent of teens online think other teens are "mostly kind," while 20 percent said teens …

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Funny, insightful or thought-provoking, there were some real gems on Twitter this past week. Follow @RoswellPatch for a chance to show your neighbors what you can say in 140-characters or less.

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Funny, insightful or thought-provoking, there were some real gems on Twitter last week. Follow @RoswellPatch for a chance to show your neighbors what you can say in 140-characters or less.

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Funny, insightful or thought-provoking, there were some real gems on Twitter this past week. Follow @RoswellPatch for a chance to show your neighbors what you can say in 140-characters or less.

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Funny, insightful or thought-provoking, there were some real gems on Twitter last week. Follow @RoswellPatch for a chance to show your neighbors what you can say in 140-characters or less.

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