Is there any value in a Slacktivist? Can 500,000 people on twitter actually change something? Is hitting the streets and protesting the only real way to cause social change? Sortable takes a look at the rise of slacktivism, and the power this movement has.

Pinterest is the hottest new social networking site. The virtual bookmarking site allows users, or “pinners,” to collect photos and videos that link back to the products they love. Pinners create boards to share all of the things they find funny, delicious, beautiful, inspirational or otherwise interesting. Check out the Pinterest infographic:

The infographic “What makes Facebook Social Games so popular?” shows some very insightful stats from great authorities on social media and online games without forgetting the visual aspect of it.

Contrary to popular belief, today’s infographic reveals how Facebook use among students really isn’t much of a problem.

The days of printing out a stack of resumes and handing them out at job fairs are definitely over. Social media is the new 24/7 job fair, providing amazing ways to constantly stay on the radar of prospective employers, but many people still don’t know how to utilize it. Don’t let your MBA go to waste. Here’s the lay of the social job seeking land in 2011, based on a recent study by Jobvite:

Twitter turned 5 years old during mid-July and ViralMS created this infographic as a belated birthday present to the micro-blogging giant. Look below to see some of the most compelling statistics from the social media darling.

For anyone starting a revolution, or a business, Twitter can be a success. For the rest of the world, it can be a waste of time that doesn’t get the message out to people they want to reach. And for some, it’s no more a bunch of nonsense limited to 140 characters—as this infographic shows. I’ll discuss it in more detail below.

What would you do in a world without Facebook and how big of a role does it play in your life? We all know about the popularity of Facebook over the last 10 years or so, now it becomes the biggest company based on the internet. It was found by Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard, now it is used in more than 600 million users and it shows no sign of slowing in its meteoric rise to ruling the social networking [...]

As Facebook has become more and more popular—if it were a country, it would be the third largest in the world—its use in the field of education has expanded, too. In fact, more than 80% of college admissions officers report using Facebook as part of their recruiting process. Are admissions officers really looking at the Facebook profiles of prospective students? And if so, are they making admissions decisions based on these profiles? Below is an infographic that highlights the answers [...]

Facebook, which started as an online community for the students of Harvard University, the brainchild of Mark Zukerberg, is now a global phenomenon. Here is a quick summary of how much the internet user of today is addicted to Facebook.