There is no etiquette or protocol to worry about in these situations.
Unfortunately, this is getting all-too-common. Maybe not outright threats, but someone joining a Facebook group or “Like”-ing a Facebook page with a title that is something along the lines of “I would rather see so-and-so dead than…”.
This is touchy. Everyone is entitled to their political opinions, but c’mon, wishing death on someone is going a bit too far.
No, it’s going way too far.
I can speak from experience because I do have one Facebook friend who “Likes” the infamous DEAR-LORD-THIS-YEAR-YOU-TOOK-MY-FAVORITE-ACTOR-PATRICK-SWAYZIE-YOU-TOOK-MY-FAVORITE-ACTRESS-FARAH-FAWCETT-YOU-TOOK-MY-FAVORITE-SINGER-MICHAEL-JACKSON-I-JUST-WANTED-TO-LET-YOU-KNOW-MY-FAVORITE-PRESIDENT-IS-BARACK-OBAMA-AMEN page.
Please don’t judge me by my Facebook friends (that’s the next tip).
That infamous page, though, seems relatively benign from what I have seen. The creator has never posted a single item. She simply created a page, which now has 1.1 million fans.
Huh?
No, I don’t get it either.
From what I can tell, the posts are mainly adolescent ravings, a few scammers, and even a recipe or two. You read that correctly. Recipes. Mexican food.
I expect it to disappear without a trace any day now.
Contributed by
Rick DeVan on
July 17, 2010 at
2:25 am ET
The artist Christo is proposing a project called Over the River on the Arkansas River in southern Colorado. Christo’s work is always both controversial and stunning.
The Federal Government is currently accepting comments from the public about the proposed artwork and both Christo and those against the work, such as ROAR — Rags Over the Arkansas are encouraging the public to get involved in the process.
Two social media campaigns — pro- and anti- — are just waiting to happen.
While young adults are more likely to have a more active online life than are older Americans, they are also more likely to take steps to control their online reputation.
Compared with older users, young adults are not only the most attentive to customizing their privacy settings and limiting what they share via their profiles, but they are also generally less trusting of the sites that host their content.
Are younger adults more concerned and knowledgeable about reputation management because they are more involved in the process of building their reputations, and possibly more likely to commit reputation damaging errors, than older adults?
It’s Summer, 2010!