http://socialmediamafia.com Social Media Protection - facilitating critical thinking, amiably Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:10:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Twitter launched a beta version of verified accounts recently, “to establish authenticity with people who deal with impersonation or identity confusion on a regular basis.” We’ve had similar features on sites like ClaimID to help establish which online identities are really ours, and which ones are not. This would shift the onus ... http://socialmediamafia.com/2009/07/verified-accounts-shifts-onus-to-user/ I agree with Simon Chester, Borat was a "silly film."  The real country of Kazakhstan is making headlines, and few people online are laughing. The parliament in that country has approved a new law that would allow criminal prosecution for blogs, chat rooms and social networking sites.  Foreign sites considered unsuitable ... http://socialmediamafia.com/2009/06/these-are-also-my-country-of-a-kazakhstan/ Despite all the warnings about using privacy settings we’ve been hearing about, here comes a stark revelation: your Facebook account can be hacked anyways. FBHive, a new blog all about Facebook, premiered today with a revelation that they can access certain profile information, even if the user has made it private. Robin ... http://socialmediamafia.com/2009/06/your-facebook-can-be-hacked/ The World Conference on Disaster Management (@WCDM) started today in Toronto, with a heavy emphasis on social media.  I attended the afternoon workshop sessions Boyd Neil (@BoydNeil) and Jane Shapiro of Hill & Knowlton on Best Practices in Crisis Communications. The session started by stating that lawyers and accountants will almost ... http://socialmediamafia.com/2009/06/the-dark-site-of-crisis-communications/ Ashton Kutcher and Larry Tales from the Crypt King recently competed to see who was the most worthy of being waterboarded who could generate the largest following on Twitter. I won't spoil the ignominious ending by telling you who won, in case you're comfortable under your rock, but it wasn't ... http://socialmediamafia.com/2009/06/313/ "Imagine instead of printing out an email coupon you could simply present a coupon sent to your phone?" Or, "So you're walking by a Starbucks and your phone goes off in your pocket with an offer for half off a latte." I've heard variations of those excited proclamations more than a ... http://socialmediamafia.com/2009/04/why-mobile-marketing-must-be-run-by-social-marketers/ Here is a talk on the use of social media in politics, focusing on the Canadian scene, at the Miles S. Nadal Management Centre in the Ernst & Young Tower of the Toronto Dominion Centre. Social Media And Politics in Canada (4/21/09) View more presentations from Omar Ha-redeye. Audio of the talk available ... http://socialmediamafia.com/2009/04/use-of-social-media-in-canadian-politics/ Short URLs are a necessity with the rise of micro-blogging.  They also seem to have an added SEO benefit. Dany Sullivan has a great piece on them at search engine land. Top Choices bit.ly: It offers all the key features you’d want in a service, with nice stats that show number of clicks ... http://socialmediamafia.com/2009/04/using-shortened-urls/ Harvard Economist Blames Twitter for Down Economy A new study suggests that Twitter is the root cause of the current economic malaise. Policy experts predict a Twitter moratorium may be declared for Summer 2009 as part of an effort to stimulate economic production and reverse GDP declines. Is there a lesson in ... http://socialmediamafia.com/2009/03/best-april-fools-joke-of-2009/ If you spend much time poking around the Web for the straight skinny on social media, you'd be hard-pressed to miss Jeremiah Owyang. Owyang is a senior analyst at Forrester Research, a fairly well-regarded analyst firm that covers business and technology, including social media. On Monday, while attending SXSW in Austin, ... http://socialmediamafia.com/2009/03/analyst-20-a-call-for-transparency/