Companies are highly motivated these days to manage their reputations and advocate their positions using social media. Sometimes that goes too far. This week Facebook and public relations giant Burson-Marsteller (B-M) appear to have crossed the line in what is becoming known as “Whisper-Gate.” For the record, if anyone at your company asks you to [...]
Attendees at my social media seminars often ask how to keep business and personal separate in social media. The older they are, the more likely that question comes up. It’s generational angst on the death of privacy. They seem unaware that privacy is virtually dead already. The only privacy filter you can trust is the [...]
There’s an old joke: “What happens in Vegas stays on Facebook.” It causes most of my generation (boomers) to chuckle, because it feels like there’s a grain of truth in the humour. Facebook causes us to get our privacy hackles up in a big way. Boomers worry about privacy. We were taught on our mother’s [...]
Oh my, the kids at Facebook caused a ruckus this week! Depending on your point of view, the stuff they launched offers either blissful interconnectedness or the possibility of web domination. Personally, I think Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his crew are Borg; resisting their friendship is futile. Three announcements at a recent San Francisco [...]
Canada’s privacy commissioner, Jennifer Stoddart, really “harshed Google’s Buzz” this week, reminding the Mountain View, Calif., company its new Buzz social media service needed to comply with Canadian privacy laws. As @mashable reported, this is the same office that forced major changes on Facebook last year … Stoddart, in speaking to @nationalpost, said: “We have [...]
Infidelity took centre stage on the social web this week, as the Tiger Woods debacle continued to play out. Some, like @thedayhascome, expect this to go on throughout the holidays, even suggesting a new Christmas classic: “I saw mommy kissing Tiger Woods.” Most, though, have wearied of the whole Tiger Woods affair, like @columalmighty: “this [...]
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