eModeration Links of the Week: Tweeps, a Slayer, and Tweeting to the Presidency

A social media links list curated from a (mostly) US perspective. Below are just a few of the Social Media reads from around the web this week, and nary a turkey joke among them.  Enjoy!

Trouble at Twitter?  An Engineer Speaks Out
Adrien Gaarf, one of the engineers who worked on the Twitter - Facebook integration, lets the world know how he really feels via a post on his blog.  Most interesting, not particularly relevant bit of trivia?  Apparently, Twitter employees call themselves "tweeps."  No wonder they've got problems. 

Facebook Photos Missing in Action
J.D. Biersdorfer of the New York Times walks us through what to do if a batch of photos goes missing on Facebook.   (If you haven't heard J.D. and Pedro Rafael Rosado on the Tech Time podcast, you are missing one of our favorite geeky treats.) 

Meet Buffy:  The Mobile with Deep Facebook Integration
(We tried and tried for a sparkling vampire joke here, but it just wasn't happening.)  Facebook commits to Android by allowing HTC to build a new smartphone that will deeply integrate Facebook into its platform.  All Things D covers the discussion (and the evolution of the Buffy moniker) in a series of posts earlier this week. 

Occupy GM Facebook
Saab owners stage a sit-in on GM's Facebook page with the rallying cry "Let Saab Go!" after former parent GM blocks the Saab sale to competing Chinese auto-makers.  It is an intellectual property stalemate, but all the fans want is to save their brand. 

Twitter THE Campaign Tool for 2012 Presidential Elections
The Hill's article was so interesting, we dug up a piece by Michael Kemper, MMW Group President, on a talk by President Obama's former press secretary and a NYT article on Republicans who tweet.   140 Elect goes as far to say that a campaign's Twitter follower numbers predict who will lead in polling.  Bipartisan linkage done, we have to say ... we love this stuff!  

Obama's Google+ Page
Speaking of social media in the political realm, Obama's team has set up his verified Google+ page.  In the words of a commenter on the announcing post, "Welcome to G+, Mr. President."