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The weather might be going downhill in true British patriotism for the Diamond Jubilee, but hey, it’s still a four day weekend. Get started with the round up of this weeks social media news:

How Alexis Ohanian Built a Front Page of the Internet

Inc. interviews the father on the internet’s cover page, Alexis Ohanian, on how Reddit was born and grew into the giant that was eventually bought by Condé Nast. Plus, Ohanian gives the details on his new projects and future plans for internet domination…

E3 2012: What to expect from Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft

Video games royalty will descend on Los Angeles this weekend to unveil what we can expect in the next year of gaming, including rumours of cloud gaming. The fun starts on Tuesday, though most of us will probably be drinking tea and toasting Pippa Middleton by that point. On that note, check out the video EA have created as Sim’s tribute to the diamond jubilee.

Haven’t MPs got anything better to do than tweet inanities like this?

The Daily Mail comes down hard on the MPs tweeting from the House of Commons and spending much of their time glued to their TweetDeck apps rather then doing the work they’re paid for. While there’s an argument for staying connected and engaged with your constituency, do some MPs go too far?

Notable Mentions

★ He may have shares worth $20 billion, but a few Euros tip is just a stretch too far for Zukerberg on his honeymoon in Rome… 
★ It’s that time of year again; the Facebook smartphone rumours are surfacing – codename Buffy 
★ Geek-fav Mozilla is launching a summer code party, encouraging the next generation of web makers to learn
★ Ben Cotton talks data and content, and how the two need to be related to cut through the fat in the age of ‘information obesity’