1. Chad Ochocinco

Followers:
Twitter: 3,204,982
Facebook:  1,987,525

His posts include everything from Football, to Politics, to personal happenings and has even been fined by the NFL for tweeting.
 

2. Drew Brees

Followers:
Twitter: 971,690
Facebook: 1,108,017 (Likes: personal page only)

Gives fans great insight and attempts to reach out in a personal way, he also uses his social media talents to inform his following of his charitable pursuits as well as a smattering of family and locker room related posts.
 

3. Mark Sanchez

Followers:
Twitter: 637,198
Facebook:  260,280

Sanchez shows his fans what he goes through daily, as well as highlighting notable jets fans that he meets. He also keeps in touch with his fans from his USC days.
 

4. Ray Rice

Followers:
Twitter: 268,006
Facebook: 472,318

A veteran to social media, Ray Rice posts all things football and even offers encouragement to his fantasy owners.
 

5. Maurice Jones Drew

Followers:
Twitter: 242,293
Facebook: 53,199 (Likes)

He welcomes friends to Twitter, throws shout-outs to his friends and advocates for his NFL family in contract disputes.

 
Release of Google+

Facebook Timeline

Steve Jobs Dies

Google Sites Overhaul

Rise of Social Gaming

I wrote the below post on my personal blog at www.NhatPham.com

I’m curious… Anyone use this method for Linkedin? Others? If so, how?

You remember the show Get Smart? Remember how Maxwell Smart and the Chief would get under a strange contraption called the “cone of silence?”

Cone of Silence from TV show Get Smart

It was to keep all the noise out as well as give them the privacy they needed to have a clandestine conversation.

In social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, we can use the same principle. It often gets too “noisy” to really hear anything. if you have more than 2-300 friends, you are probably missing conversations all the time.

If you put them into friend lists, now you are able to manage both conversations as well as privacy.

Suppose you have a dozen ‘A’ clients you want to check in on and make sure they’re doing well both personally and professionally. Put those folks into a list and now you only have to see their news feed.

Worried about co-workers seeing your pictures or your boss wondering what your activities are after hours? Now you can segment folks you work with into a list and hide that particular group only from posts, photo albums or even videos.

It’s like Paretto’s law aka the 80/20 rule. I recommend spending 80% of the time, managing the 20% of the “friends” that matter most and scanning the other 80%.

Otherwise, you might be relegated to only hi-tech conversations vs. meaningful hi-touch connections. There should be a balance.