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Boston, Waco and How the People Empower Social Media

With wounds of the Boston Marathon bombings and Waco fertilizer plant explosions still fresh, we’re all witnessing the evolution of how we communicate, find facts, and even comfort ourselves in times of unexpected tragedy. We saw how social media was used to share and source information, amplify voices, and connect communities that are geographically far apart––all in real time.

Here’s what we saw happen. Continue →

Sharing Trends in 2011

The response to our inforgraphic on sharing trends from 2010 was so high, we knew we had to follow up this year. Allow us to introduce trends in sharing for 2011. Beyond just the most popular sharing services, we’ve taken a look back at the most shared stories this year. It’s been an amazing one for us at Clearspring. We’re proud to say AddThis is now on 11 million domains world wide! We hope you’ve had a great year, too.  Here’s to 2011 and an even better 2012!

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