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This week was replete with value. Learn the "science of the Harlem Shake," see the first-ever Vine résumé, and score the story—and insights—on the Burger King Twitter hack. Also, we've got tools in droves: PinAlerts for Pinterest, Curalate for Instagram/Pinterest/Facebook campaign creation and analysis, SendTracker for SlideShare, Twitter's lead-gen advertising card, and Facebook Nearby. Also, does Facebook really punish brands for posting from third-party platforms? The answer to that, and more, in this week's #SocialSkim.

What's the deal with the Harlem Shake? There's probably been a lot of shaking in your feed lately. Josh Constine provides the "science" behind the Harlem Shake's contagiousness. But before you leap face first into the shaker, consider the following video of people from Harlem reacting to the meme that's seized hipsterdom and the brands that love it. Awkward.

The King gets ousted. This week in buzz, Burger King's Twitter account got hacked by a group that populated its feed with pro-McDonalds content. The brand eventually freaked out and wiped the content, but its profile image—a prominent McD's logo—continued to generate social laughs at the King's expense.

All's back to normal for @BurgerKing, but best-practice lessons abound. Digiday synthesizes what Burger King learned about 24/7 marketing, and viral hitmaker Deep Focus provide BK-inspired advice on social platform security. Just another lesson in not following a King's example?

When a hack begets hacks. Hoping to ride the coattails of the @BurgerKing story, MTV and BET fake-hacked their own Twitter accounts in a weird inside joke that went viral. The stunt resulted in lukewarm publicity and no bump in followers. The moral: it's great to have a point, but if your point is a punchline, please make it an obvious one.

Twitter: B2B-friendlier. Twitter's testing an advertising card for lead generation targeted to small businesses. Delivered via Twitter Cards, it enables add-on functionality in Tweets (like photos or videos) that will can include a "get it now" button, or a button that lets you capture emails or phone numbers. Here's a sample Tweet for Twitter's Small Biz Guide:

The first-ever Vine resume. Thanks to one Dawn Siff, it's finally happened. Responses are mixed. How long does it take to make a first impression, anyway? Six seconds may suffice.

How do you embed Vines, anyway? We're so glad you asked, content creators! It's easy: the code's in this handy-dandy article  from Harbinger Labs.

GDrive: preview-friendly. Google Drive is one of our most important collaboration tools, particularly for remote teams—which inevitably means GDrive's loaded with clutter. Now there's a way to preview photos, videos, documents, and PDFs before you open them. Hello, timesaver.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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Angela Natividad is a social media strategist, copywriter, and journalist based in Paris. A Bay Area native and lover of vending machine candies, she co-founded AdVerveBlog.com and is a frequent guest on marketing podcast The Beancast. You can follow her on Twitter at @luckthelady.