Enterprise social networking turned out to be a foolish choice for the Motley Fool, which is to say it turned out to be a good thing.
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Yammer. The intranet site Motley Fool created with Socialtext is branded Jingle, after the jingle bells on a jester's hat. "It was intended to fill voids that weren't being filled, and also to replace some tools we had that were based on old technology that is no longer supported," said Jeb Bishop, head of creative services for Motley Fool.
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