Friday, July 20, 2012
The first part in Patch's The Romney Effect series looks at how Mitt Romney and his family appear on social media.
Mitt Romney's Facebook page states he likes "East of Eden," "O, Brother, Where Art Thou?" and Johnny Cash. But you won't find anything about his hometown of Belmont on his 'likes' list. Does that mean Romney doesn't like Belmont, despite living here for four decades? We can't presume to know, but we know that comments or insights, likes (or even dislikes) about local happenings doesn't appear to be part of the presumptive Republican candidate's social media presence. More than 2.5 million Facebook members 'like' Belmont's most prominent citizen. Or about 10 percent of the 'likes' on Pres. Barack Obama's Facebook page. Social media – Facebook, Twitter, FourSquare, Flickr, Instagram and even newcomer Pinterest – have been considered …
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Roundup of Patch's Facebook, Twitter and comment activity.
This Week In Social Media is a weekly feature on Belmont Patch where your questions and thoughts you've shared on Facebook and other media throughout the past week are highlighted. We'll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Highlights of the Week Posts on the comment section of the home page included comments by Samantha on where to find flu shots as the town will be making due with less vaccine from the year before and tess_shiva feel that the proposal to save the Thomas Clark House was "an ambitious idea" that could be helped by Community Preservation Act funding. Caleb wrote that while he wouldn't take any advice from Texas Gov. Rick Perry, he agrees with the Republican presidential …
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Roundup of Patch's Facebook, Twitter and comment activity.
This Week In Social Media is a weekly feature on Belmont Patch where your questions and thoughts you've shared on Facebook and other media throughout the past week are highlighted. We'll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Highlights of the Week This week Rich Snow wrote on the comment section of the Belmont Patch webpage informing people that among store open last Sunday during the height of Tropical Storm Irene visit that the Well Spirited Gourmet, the wine shop, was "rumored to be open." Ann asked if the Craft Beer Cellar was also opened. Johanna Swift Hart was on the ball in telling Belmont Patch that the Rec Dept website said that the pool was closed for the rest of the season …
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Roundup of Patch's Facebook, Twitter and comment activity.
This Week In Social Media is a weekly feature on Belmont Patch where your questions and thoughts you've shared on Facebook and other media throughout the past week are highlighted. We'll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Highlights of the Week There is no question what the highlight in social media was. As Congress and the President finally resolved their differences and increased the debt ceiling, I asked this as the Question of the Day: Will the Debt Ceiling Debate Affect How You Vote in 2012? The response was almost immediate and by the end of two days, nearly 50 comments were issued. And they were from all political and ideological views. "I used to be a Republican but no more. The…
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Sunday, July 24, 2011
Roundup of Patch's Facebook, Twitter and comment activity.
This Week In Social Media is a weekly feature on Belmont Patch where your questions and thoughts you've shared on Facebook and other media throughout the past week are highlighted. We'll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Highlights of the Week The past week had a number of comments on the death of long-time town employee George Mehnke. Bonnie Friedman on Facebook said that she was "so shocked" having passed his upside-down pickup truck but didn't realize it was Mehnke's. "I will miss him. He always had a smile and a nice thing to say when I saw him," wrote Friedman. On the Patch comment stream, former colleague Gerry Cummings said that Mehnke was "always willing to help me if I had a …
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Roundup of Patch's Facebook, Twitter and comment activity.
This Week In Social Media is a weekly feature on Belmont Patch where your questions and thoughts you've shared on Facebook and other media throughout the past week are highlighted. We'll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Highlights of the Week The Patch Pick of the week, the Belmont Beautify Salon on Belmont Street, got a couple of positive responses on Facebook from Heather Harrington Ivester and Jeanne McDermott (who said "I love Nahrein from Belmont Beauty Salon!") Joe Belmont liked the long list of occasional vendors at the Belmont Farmers' Market while two people – including Joanne Fontaine Clark – approved of the story on the former Murray Sandler Skate Shop will soon be made into…
Saturday, July 9, 2011
A roundup of Patch's Facebook and Twitter activity.
This Week In Social Media is a weekly feature on Belmont Patch where your questions and thoughts you've shared on Facebook and other media throughout the past week are highlighted. We'll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Highlights of the Week Of course, most people – especially Gloria Carney Williams (... the best in Belmont!) and Esther Morey – liked the story about Yum Bunnies Cakery owner Jessa Sahakian's involvement in "Cupcake Wars" on The Food Network. And Edie Engel liked the link to the first blog posting by the librarians from the Belmont Public Library. And Joanne Fontaine Clark liked the story on the recent uptick in condo sales and prices in Belmont. Bonnie Friedman wrote …
Saturday, June 25, 2011
A roundup of Patch's Facebook and Twitter activity.
This Week In Social Media is a weekly feature on Belmont Patch where your questions and thoughts you've shared on Facebook and other media throughout the past week are highlighted. We'll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Highlights of the Week The linking with our sister site, San Monica Patch, in the arrest of Whitey Bulger in California was liked on Facebook by Richard Frizzell. But it was the news that the Belmont School Committee approved a student led initiative to name the gym at the new Wellington Elementary School after retiring physical education teacher Richard Samaria that garnered the greatest interest, six Facebook likes, from Gale Pryor, Alison Anderson, Yury Kats, Pat …
Saturday, June 18, 2011
A roundup of Patch's Facebook and Twitter activity.
This Week In Social Media is a weekly feature on Belmont Patch where your questions and thoughts you've shared on Facebook and other media throughout the past week are highlighted. We'll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Highlights of the Week Debbie Ciriello Viglirolo liked on Facebook the story concerning the delay in naming the new Wellington Elementary School gym after retiring physical education teacher Richard Samaria – Mr. S. Kimberly Becker comment on Facebook: "I do think his tenure qualifies him to have the new gymnasium at Wellington named after him." Social Media Page of the Week The Belmont Garden Club's mission is "to advance the art of gardening, the science of …
Sunday, June 12, 2011
A roundup of Patch's Facebook and Twitter activity.
This Week In Social Media is a weekly feature on Belmont Patch where your questions and thoughts you've shared on Facebook and other media throughout the past week are highlighted. We'll also point you to some new and interesting pages you may not have known about before. Highlights of the Week Bonnie Friedman wrote that "Boy, you guys are fast" after we posted a photo of a large portion of a tree fell onto the street during Thursday's storm while Michael Savas like the 5 Things To Know on Monday, probably about the flushing of the hydrants. It was also the reason we go a reply from our tweet that explained that while Pamplona has the running of the bulls, Belmont has the flushing of the hydrants. Social Media Page of the Week It was …
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