In other news, we looked into the age demographics of Twitter users, a mindblowing combination of Twitter and GPS, ESPN's controversial social media policy and a plot to kill IE6. We also ventured to answer that age-old question: "What the F**k is social media?".
Without further ado, we present the top social media stories this week.
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7. Stats Confirm It: Teens Don’t Tweet - Does Twitter attract fewer young people than we might expect? Join the debate.
8. Why Teens Don’t Tweet - Ben Parr revisits the Tweets of youth, asking why young people might not favor the messaging service.
9. George Sodini’s Chilling Blog Foretold Health Club Shootings - Fitness center killer George Sodini kept a blog and other online presences, it emerged this week. Adam Ostrow asks what, if anything, could have been done to stop the tragedy.
11. Sponsored Tweets Launches: The End of Twitter As We Know It? - Being paid to Tweet about brands and companies is a controversial idea...Jennifer Van Grove looks into a new platform that intends to make paid tweeting even more efficient.
12. Augmented Reality Twitter is the Coolest Thing Ever - A breathtaking video shows Tweets overlaid on the landscape on an iPhone screen...and these augmented reality Twitter apps could be on a phone near you soon.
13. ESPN Tells Employees They Can Only Tweet About ESPN - A new ESPN social media policy raises eyebrows...and quickly gets amended.