Here’s a series of Godin sized reflections on social stuff that are not quite long as to be a post individually and are not quite short as to be twitted.
Generosity 2.0: I wanted a twitter account for my company. Naturally I looked up the company name as a first option but it was taken. I realized, however, that the account was not heavily used so before I started thinking alternative names I looked up the owner’s Facebook account and sent her a message asking of her if she would be so kind as to give up the account for my greedy brand-streaming purposes. Sure enough, she did and in return she asked for … nothing! A wonderful contrast to the greedy disposition most people have in such situations. Here’s the link. Thanks Miss Uenoyama.
Bad liking ettiquete: I found two types of individuals that truly annoy the hell out of me on Facebook with their “liking” habits. First the suck-up lame little person that clicks the “like” button a nano second after his/her boss publishes anything no matter how stupid or incoherent or lame. This isn’t to say you cannot like something your boss says, but … everything? Who’s your boss? James Bond? The second type is the self liker. You’ve seen them, they publish something and immediately click the like button. Insecure much?
Wasted bytes & fake news. A few days ago a very young Argentine actress died. 20 minutes later one of the people I follow on Twitter posted something that caught my eye: The status of said actress on Wikipedia was now “deceased”. I guess there is actually nothing wrong with the collective information repository that is the internet being updated fast. The problem is that a couple of hours later a rumor got started by some idiot that a local musician had also died, and roughly ten people in my twitter picked that one up too. I think it did not escalate from there, but it is not unheard of that this fake news are picked by traditional media and passed on as real news. I guess misery loves viral.
BTW I said Godin sized. Not Godin smart
Shuje
On my next post I will show video proof of why men should not be allowed to dance. Did I say men? I meant me. I shouldn’t be allowed to dance.
