4 years ago I founded a small social media constancy. The idea was to manage the coming deluge of social media for businesses. Turned out to be a pretty good idea. At first many businesses didn’t believe that social media was going to be as important as it has become. What seemed completely obvious to [...]
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A New “Digital Cold War” Emerges
Last week in Dubai, Russia, China, the Arab countries, and much of Africa voted to end the Internet as an international , free and open space. They have voted instead to allow for the partitioning of the Net, in an effort to keep information – and people well regulated. (From PCMAG.com) “The Internet Society came [...]
“We Are Ok” Is #1 Shared Term This Morning (On Facebook)
I was on social media from the first drops of rain on. Of course I tend to spend a fair amount of time in various social media anyway. But as of last night it seemed as if everyone in the universe was on Facebook and Twitter- which apparently they were according to the attached article. [...]
Facebook Monitors Online Chats for Criminal Activity
If you’re doing anything sketchy (which of course you wouldn’t) think twice before you do it on Facebook. (From Mashable) “Facebook and other social platforms are watching users’ chats for criminal activity and notifying police if any suspicious behavior is detected, according to a report. The screening process begins with scanning software that monitors chats [...]
Do You Live in a “Filter Bubble”
Do you? Many people do. The settings they set on Facebook, and the search algorithms in Google and other places serve to create intelectual ecosystems online which reinforce our preconcieved notions. Liberals get liberal news. Conservatives get conservative news. Its a loop which reinforces itself until we have drinks at Thanksgiving. Then ideas are “shared.” [...]
Play Nice on Facebook or They Just Might Shut You Down
This from TechCrunch.com confirms what I’ve been hearing from others: “Now, Facebook makes no apologies for working to create a safe and clean environment on its corner of the web by shutting down abusive or harassing behavior, content such as pornography, or generally spamming of the system. This particular method policing “inappropriate” comments may be [...]
Service providers move to guarantee access
Posted by Senior Director, Juliette Terzieff: Google has joined Twitter as the latest major Internet player to limit content as needed on a country-by-country basis as a means to answer varied restrictions that could prevent the provision of services. Twitter announced earlier this year it would be censoring tweets by country—meaning that if a tweet [...]
Cash Mobs: This Is One Way the 99% Can Make Markets Work for It
Much has been said about how social media has helped OWS happen. Frankly it would never have happened if there was no Facebook, or Twitter, 2 for profit and very self interested companies. What has always struck me about OWS is it’s general disdain for “capitalism.” I am not going to get into why this [...]
Unthink Rages Against the Facebook Machine
The last thing I need is another social network. But Facebook is not as useful (nor fun) as it used to be and Unthink MIGHT make some hay of this. (From Technology News) The creators of a new social network are challenging users to ditch Facebook and other networks to “unthink” and de-clutter with their [...]
Better get Grandma on Facebook
My mother will not get on Facebook. I have enticed her with pictures of the children. I’ve told her how she could communicate with friends more easily. I’ve explained how she could link up with the activist community she was long a part of. I know she would like all of these things, but [...]
