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Facebook Detectives and Citizen Investigator

A woman tracks down one thief, calling  on Facebook friends to help  and another thief builds up a Fanpage, literally and metaphorically giving the finger to authorities. Why do we resent social networking sites assisting China but cheer when they help British authorities? Is it because China is “bad” and Britain is “good”? Or veiled racism? Do value systems clash on different social networks because of the different communities (countries) they represent?  Don’t look at me, I don’t have the answers to – I just know that “right” and “wrong” have all sorts of grey areas. The ‘net loves grey. Everyone is an amateur lawyer. A couple of New Year Cheer stories. Oh ok, not really. Story #1 Woman retrieves stolen items by using Facebook. Yes really. A woman, Carla Pillo Mote, had her bag and wallet stolen by a drunk guy at a bar. She asked the barman who the guy was (credit cards FTW!). Woman puts out an APB (All Point Bulletin, should be called ASB All Social Bulletin) on Facebook. They track the guy down, get into his apartment, retrieve goods, make friends on Facebook. Police relieved. You really have to read the full story at MediaBistro . Story #2 Thief laughing at police while building Facebook Fanpage For three months now, Craig ‘Lazie’ Lynch has been on the lamb (ed: lam?) from London authorities after escaping from a Suffolk Bay prison in September. The convicted thief has been using Facebook to taunt his pursuers, posting pictures of his various exploits — which include activities like sex and cooking. You can follow his exploits here on Facebook . Also some anti-Craig Lynch pages. This is for the HATERS out there who are starting up some fire with the fans about me hitting or robbing an old lady get a fuckin life you worthless shits, i got respect and haven’t touched or robbed an old lady. now move on and find a life ya shits Such a charmer… I am concerned about Facebook helping out the British police. Why do we cheer when social networking sites stymie the Chinese yet insist they help British/UK police? Is that raciscm? Or is it just that we have a different value system in different cultures/communities?  One rule for all, or two rules – one for those who we agree with and another for those who are different? … and thus the New Year starts. Facebook Detectives and Citizen Investigator is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy Technorati Tags: Carla Pillo Mote , citizen , craig lazie lynch , Detective , Facebook , investigator , theft , thieves Tags: Carla Pillo Mote , citizen , craig lazie lynch , Detective , Facebook , Facebook , investigator , Online Communities , privacy , social media , social networks , theft , thieves , Uncategorized Related posts WowOWow Women on the Web (0) Working with me, and Flying Solo (11) Wonderwebby Microfinance request (2) Who’s Watching Media Watch? (8) What NOT to publish – Mag staff’s Facebook faceoff (3) Continue reading

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11 Twitter Tips – Job Search in 140 Characters

How can job seekers make Twitter a part of their search strategy? Continue reading

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Who Reads This Blog? Find out with 2009 Web Strategy Survey Results

Web Strategy Survey View more presentations from Jeremiah Owyang . To me, this blog belongs as much to the community in which I serve as it does to me, as such, it’s important to find out who the readers are and what they want, to learn about previous efforts,  see 2008’s results . The goals of this survey are simple 1) Find out who the readers are, 2) Find out if they are they influenced by this blog, and how, 3) How this blog can improve year-over year. With a sample size of nearly 200 respondents, some of the key findings from this survey were: Overall, Satisfied: Overall, respondents were pleased with the blog, and 47% rated it a “10/10″ in recommending it to others when asked “would you recommend this blog to a friend or colleague”, and 54% read more than half the posts, and over one-third shares it monthly with others (slides 3, 4, 5) Many are Buyers at Corporate: 59% of respondents said they are buyers,  28% of respondents have budgets $100k-$1 million (although one-fifth do not hold budget), and over a quarter work at enterprise class companies with over half of respondents in the United States (slides 10, 14, 18, 19) Some are Influenced By Blog: Over one-third of respondents said this blog strongly informs their actions at work, but it was nearly split between influence in their buying process, with 40% agreeing, and 39% disagreeing.  (slide 6). Sophistication of Social and Mobile at Work Varies: 39% of respondents said their company was intermediate when it came to social strategy, and 43% said their novice when it comes to mobile strategy. (slide 20, 21) Identified Many Areas for This Blog to Improve: There was a large request for adding more case studies, and interviews with thought leaders in the space, and a variety of comments in the open-ended section that I’m all taking to heart. (slide 8, and qualitative answers) You can read the qualitative answers on a separate page , in case you want to understand why they read this blog, and what they want to see improved. Overall, I’m pleased with this year’s results, while there are many areas to improve, I strive to write for decision makers in corporate, and I think we’re headed this direction. If you want to influence the readers of this blog, it’s simple.  Be part of the ongoing conversation (not be pitchy) by leaving comments and demonstrating your knowledge and expertise.  Also, you can schedule a briefing with me, but I’ll have to admit up front, it’s been hard getting on my cal as we just launched this new company.  I’m figuring out ways to make briefings easier, such as blocking out Friday mornings, using web based forms to collect more information up front. Thanks to the nearly 200 folks who took the time to answer the 20 question survey, I read every response, and am constantly trying to improve this blog. Here’s to making this blog even better in 2010! Continue reading

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2010: The year of Atomic Branding

Even more so, 2010 is the year when individuals will yearn for online privacy Continue reading

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How to build an army of brand loyalists

The reality: One-hit-marketing-wonders aren't going to get people to stick with your product for the long-haul Continue reading

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Twitter: Changing politics one tweet at a time

Adoption of Twitter doesn't necessarily equal political change. Many of the politicians on Twitter aren't quite sure how to use it. Continue reading

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Importance of external and internal collaboration

The connecting and sharing that takes place externally can also be leveraged within the workplace. Continue reading

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