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Facebook / McAfee deal provides security software but little education

cgseo — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 06:36:34 +0000

In order to better secure its users, Facebook needs to stop them from making novice security mistakes in the first place. We need a board of security educators across all social networks.

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Social media & B2B: Interactions are opportunities

admin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:43:53 +0000

Guest writer Rich Harris explores the tightrope walk of social media and B2B

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Facebook Detectives and Citizen Investigator

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 02:06:59 +0000

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)

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MarCom Professional – too high barrier to entry

cgseo — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:20:52 +0000

I tried to join Marcom Professional community but – and there was no warning, it was after I filled in the form – they require an email address of someone I know on the site. Well I know a bunch of people on there, and tried about EIGHT email addresses, but none of them worked. So sorry, Brian, Trevor, Walter et al. you get to remain a boys club. The About page is really poor as well – in the section that should be the personality or voice of the site is: MarCom Professional is designed and hosted by a small independent company called Social Professional set up to do just this sort of thing. We’re all BIG Web fans and we decided to do this whilst kicking ourselves for not doing Facebook . Saying that, we wanted to create a more cohesive social network, one where all members have more in common than they do on generic networks. You any the wiser? No? Thought not. No contact us, no names , no “Tweet us”. Nothing. The whole thing could be run by affiliate marketers, by spammers, by News.com, by… no real backstory, such a critical oversight in targetted communities, in my experience. The site is incredibly rigid – once you have added your company name, you can’t change it. As we want to keep MarCom Professional relevant specifically to MarCom, we currently don’t allow company details to be changed once they’ve been approved ; we’re working on methods to improve this, but they’re not in place yet. …but you can “drop them an email”. See what I mean? They’ve erred on the side of caution, far too much in my book. Now I’m all for niche’ing down networks, barrier to entries are fine, targetted communications are important. But this is an example of when you let marketing people build a “community”. You end up with a bunch of marketing communication tools and very few community ones. In case you are still in doubt – there’s no “Contact Us” that I could find on the site for me to express my concerns or challenges on the site. Hence this blog post. MarCom Professional – too high barrier to entry is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy Technorati Tags: Communication , marcom professional , Marketing , online community , professional , social network Tags: Communication , marcom professional , Marketing , Marketing , Online Communities , online community , professional , social media , social network , social networks Related posts Walled Garden vs Gated Community (1) tweetup today: Bondi Junction Lunch (0) Toyota Flash online community wannabe (0) Subgroups: Moderating an Online Community (3) Social Network Marketing Campaigns: Features Attributes (12)

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Customer Advertising: Shop, Buy, Publish – Blippy vs Facebook

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:11:23 +0000

I always thought Beacon would work, it was just a bit too soon for some of the older bloggers, who kicked up a stink that Beacon couldn’t be turned off and the default option was “on”. Facebook, for a long time, didn’t remove it completely, they reset the default to private . Anyway, what was Beacon? Well, it put in your newsfeed when you bought something at eBay or Amazon or whatever. Superb if you did a great deal on a Louis Vuitton classic handbag on eBay, less good if you are buying “Herpes and You” on Amazon or porn at Blockbuster Video. But whether you like the concept of “shared shopping” or not, a type of social network is springing up where the members share what they have bought and how much and so on… Facebook Beacon In good ol’ business fashion, Mark Zuckerberg dealt with the fuss by saying: About a month ago, we released a new feature called Beacon to try to help people share information with their friends about things they do on the web. We’ve made a lot of mistakes building this feature, but we’ve made even more with how we’ve handled them. We simply did a bad job with this release, and I apologize for it. While I am disappointed with our mistakes, we appreciate all the feedback we have received from our users. I’d like to discuss what we have learned and how we have improved Beacon. and kept on going, at least for a while. A while? Well, two years. Until it got shut down by a class action lawsuit that included: Facebook, Blockbuster Inc., Overstock.com, Fandango, Hotwire.com, GameFly, Zappos.com, - Facebook set up BeaconClassSettlement.com . Oops. A small blip. Publishing where we shop, what we buy is only a matter of time. Nearly two years ago I said about social networks and shopping : So I expect to see in the future, other un Social Ads: www.pottspointbooze.com.au Buy the same cheap-ass beer as Laurel Papworth www.carsales.com.au Buy the same crapheap car as Laurel Papworth www.woolworths.com.au Buy the same toilet roll/tampons as Laurel Papworth Quick quick promote Facebook Beacon, at least we can turn it off on certain purchases. There’s worse coming, seriously. Go on, Google your name. What are you selling now? When you buy, you sell. Welcome to peer to peer shopping testimonials. Live to a store near you. Enter Blippy.com So it’s now time to say “I told ya so”. Heh. Or not. click for full size Anyway, I reckon, opt in/signup/join - it gives you the illusion you ever had a choice . Here comes Blippy.com … PS what’s the name of the Australian service where you publish your travel ticket purchases/receipts? I’ve forgotten – nice chaps on Twitter? Customer Advertising: Shop, Buy, Publish – Blippy vs Facebook is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy Technorati Tags: beacon , blippy , Facebook , Online Communities , shopping , social networks Tags: beacon , blippy , Facebook , Marketing , Metrics , Online Communities , research , revenue , shopping , social networks Related posts WowOWow Women on the Web (0) What NOT to publish – Mag staff’s Facebook faceoff (3) Web 3.0, RocketOn and Living Web (1) Web 2.0 is a bust – Advertising doesn’t work (5) Walled Garden vs Gated Community (1)

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Fifteen significant social media & security events of 2009

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:22:08 +0000

Leave it to the hackers to spoil all of the fun.

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ASIA: Malaysia MOL buys Friendster

admin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:46:56 +0000

Hardly any surprises here – I’ve covered the popularity of Friendster in Asia in my Social Media podcasts , and the sophistication of the Malaysian social network industry in blog posts: Friendster, the social network which set things off more than half a decade ago has finally been sold after several attempts in the past years. As expected , the social network was snatched up by an Asian company, MOL Global, a Malaysian e-commerce and payments company for an unreported sum which some put at about $100 million . MOL Global will take over 100 percent ownership of Friendster and hopes to bolster the social network’s position in the Asia-Pacific region where it’s a very strong player dominating the market . I’m pretty sure they launched a virtual goods store the other day? Friendster and MOL Global (CEO: Ganesh Kumar Bangah) already work together and Friendster Wallet , the social network’s virtual currency system is powered by the payments company’s technology. The two are now expected to take that partnership even further with payments becoming an integral part of the social network. Friendster has raised $45 million in investments so far though it was valued a lot more than what it got now at some point. It also holds several social networking patents which could mean an extra revenue source for the company. The site also got a major redesign recently with a clear focus on its new core audience in the Asia-Pacific region. From softpedia ASIA: Malaysia MOL buys Friendster is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy Technorati Tags: friendster , Ganesh Kumar Bangah , Malaysia , MOL , revenue Tags: asia , friendster , Ganesh Kumar Bangah , Malaysia , MOL , Online Communities , revenue , social media , social networks Related posts Experiential Economy: Social Media Business Podcast (23) Social Media Monetization: Leo Laporte TWiT (13) Social Media Monetization: Craigslist hits $100m (3) Social Media Courses: Sydney, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Singapore (6) Ripple: Social Network Influencers (7)

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Newspapers: Fear and Loathing in Social Media

cgseo — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:58:41 +0000

At Media140 I said mentioned that journalists (well some, anyway) weren’t really members of the social networks, just using them to lift stories, out of context, with no respect for the online community family. Or, weirdly, move between the two – sometimes mucking around with the rest of us on Twitter, the next minute lifting content to ridicule in heritage media channels. It’s annoying when a joke or a miffed tweet meant to be human interaction becomes front page News. From Marieke Hardy of Triple J on ABC NEW S That’s right, I reserve my most sophisticated material for between 6:00am and 9:00am weekdays. For the most part this jolly little activity has been nothing more than a harmless attempt to “save” the “gold” for “on-air”, until two weeks ago when Triple J staff chanced upon a full-page picture of retiring NSW newsreader Ian Ross and considered what fun it might be to keep up the exhaustingly amusing tradition. One of my co-presenters “did” the tongue, I – in an unbridled act of hilarity – tore little holes in Ian’s eyes and placed my own behind, googly and unblinking and garish . After a few high-spirited minutes and chortling photographs documenting the occasion we went back on air and forgot about it all completely. Until of course roughly two hours later when someone in the office pointed out that we were all of a sudden the lead story on a news website and perhaps it might be prudent of us to address this particular fact sooner rather than later? There it was, splayed across the Daily Telegraph’s online edition in startling black type: “ Channel Seven newsreader Ian Ross humiliated by Triple J in defaced advertisements on Twitter “. I do wish the media – particularly print – would stop ransacking social media discussions, particularly cannibalizing their own, to sell newspapers. Not only does it make me doubt the sanity of Murdoch, who insists on paywalls, wanting to find new ways to sell our own stories back to us as News but it makes me wonder why we ever paid $2 bucks and change for Advertising, Press Releases and Beat Up Stories. While the giddying lack of time between social networking event and breaking story has become increasingly unremarkable, the lust for a dirty scandal has surely reached ridiculous proportions. Are the media honestly so hungry for a chance to stomp around shouting THIS IS AN OUTRAGE and STOP THIS SICK STUNT and other such self-important catchphrases that they are uncovering disrepute where there is, in fact, none to be found? And as a result of this will those who have any involvement in the media now limit their daily activities to a spot of tea and a digestive biscuit lest they too are dragged kicking and screaming into the mire? It will come as no surprise to you, dear Reader, that newspapers now employ social media watchers, looking for a slip of the tongue, a naughty tweet, something that can be misdirected, misrepresented and spun into a scandal. Consider this: Either we are self publishing online and “should know that everything is fair game” OR we are members of a community passing news around with due respect to the rules and rituals of that community. For me, I’m never impressed with those that take a tweet or piece of content out of content and use their publishing power to bully or intimidate. What do you think? Newspapers: Fear and Loathing in Social Media is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy Technorati Tags: ABC , Australia , heritage media , marieke hardy , newspapers , Online Communities , social networks , Triple J Tags: ABC , Australia , Australia , heritage media , heritage media , marieke hardy , Media , newspapers , Online Communities , Online Communities , social media , social networks , social networks , Triple J Related posts Unethical Media Behavior (11) Mumbai: Breaking News… (14) Marketing Course & Traineeships: MFA (Media Federation of Australia) (0) Heritage Media Fundraising Cake Day (1) Civility, Profiles on Newspaper blogs (2)

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An app that filters Twitter noise? It’s about time

cgseo — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:00:48 +0000

New iPhone application from my6sense learns a user’s Twitter behavior and filters content based on that user’s interest.

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Falling in love again, aka the Foursquare BlackBerry app

cgseo — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:50:18 +0000

The new application promises to even further expand the geo-local game’s user base.

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