Mashing up data from multiple social networks seem like a great idea, certainly for marketers and those of use in public relations. However, unintended consequences can crop up pretty quickly. Please Rob Me was probably the first such application to cause widespread concern. Its aggregated check ins from Foursquare announced when a person just checked out of their house. The owners of the site were trying to make a point about over sharing. More recently a crop of online dating and meetup “services” have been released that have given rise to concern about personal read more...
The Double Edged Sword of Social Media and Privacy: What is the Responsibility of Communicators?
Social media is by definition, public information. As a marketer and public relations professional, I have really enjoyed the fact that I can easily share, find and communicate with people. As a power user, I love that everything and everyone is at my fingertips and that I can so easily share amazing stories and experiences with people I would have never met otherwise. But….as a mother, friend and human being that cares, I have some concerns. Our Eroding Privacy My read more...
Tour of New Facebook Places, Better Communication, Less Privacy
When Facebook rolled out with “Places” last year, like many of their feature upgrades, it came with a feature called “Tag Friends with You” turned on by default. This feature would allow your friends to check you in anywhere, even if you weren’t there, and even if you didn’t want to be checked in. It turns out that the new Facebook Places brings this feature back, but you can’t prevent people from tagging you at all, you can only remove the tags from you own profile. While usually, Facebook tends to count on the trade blogs, like this post by All read more...