Posts tagged ‘social networks’
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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Facebook / McAfee deal provides security software but little education
Guest writer Rich Harris explores the tightrope walk of social media and B2B
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Social media & B2B: Interactions are opportunities
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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Facebook Detectives and Citizen Investigator
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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Leave it to the hackers to spoil all of the fun.
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Fifteen significant social media & security events of 2009
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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ASIA: Malaysia MOL buys Friendster
Which brands would you call the police for if snaffled away from you by a family member? What toys did you have taken away when you were a wee person? Mine was a teddy bear. Buffalo Grove boy dials 911 after parents take away his Xbox video game A 15-year-old boy told Buffalo Grove police that his parents had taken away his video game system and asked whether they were within their rights. They were, police told him. The teen called 911 about 12:50 p.m. Sunday but then hung up, said Cmdr. Steve Husak. Officers went to the house, and after hearing the story, told the youth that his parents have the authority to take away his Xbox as punishment. He also was advised to listen to his parents, Husak said. Husak did not know why the boy was being punished. ( Chicago Tribune ) … I still miss that bear. It was given to my baby sister. Who gave it to her kids. *hopefully* maybe I can get it back now? By the way, the baby in the photo is Victoria – her parents met on the social network Xbox Live and started dating. Soooo cute. Parents take Xbox away: Boy rings Police is a post from: Laurel Papworth- Social Network Strategy Technorati Tags: parents , Police , Victoria , Xbox , Xbox Live Tags: games , Humour , Online Communities , parents , Police , social networks , Victoria , Xbox , Xbox Live Related posts Victorian Government – Online Community funding (0) Victoria: Schools bans YouTube and an alternative (1) This blog in hiatus for a week (3) NZ Police/Government:The case of the disappearing wiki (3) Event: Collaboration in the World of Web 2.0 (6)
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