This Week On Twitter: 10 Twitter Mistakes, Social Media Marketing Stats, Vine > Instagram For Shares + MORE

Need a little weekend reading? We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes a look at 10 mistakes that you might be making on Twitter, a visual that reveals the marketing benefits of social media, news that Vine has surpassed Instagram for shares on Twitter, an update on the top 10 most-followed people on Twitter and how brands can convert the 7 types of social media fan into customers…

By now, everyone knows about the secret NSA program called PRISM, which allegedly allows the U.S. government to access user data on sites such as Facebook, Google and Yahoo. Internet users continue to be concerned about their privacy, but is there potentially a good side to all of this?
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In this Sunday comic, our friends Nitrozac and Snaggy at The Joy of Tech show that maybe the NSA cares more about us than some of our friends…

This week on Sprout Insights we tackled guides for Facebook, Twitter, and to help you better reach your customers with the social media tools that make a difference.
Check out our articles below to find out more about each one and how they can help you with your social media goals. And check in every day to Sprout Insights for more how to guides and breaking social media news…

TNW, and myself specifically, have been critical of the NSA’s telephonic and Internet data collection practices. It’s important to keep all perspectives in mind, of course, so I want to draw your attention to an op-ed by Rep. Mike Rogers, published in the Detroit Free Press.
In the article, Rep. Rogers defends the NSA’s activities, calls Edward Snowden a felon, and states that Al-Qaeda is changing its communication practices following the leaks…