social media

A rather bizarre article talking about new companies hoping to capitalize on people's concern over privacy in social media (or the lack of it). Basically, these are companies that are offering to help people own their data--even though it certainly looks like they'll be owning the platform. Here's a sample:

Michael Fertik, Reputation's CEO, says rising concerns about privacy online have created a demand among people to be given control of their data. "We think there is a coming privacy economy," he said.

Some good points made in this article about business 'using' social media, and what they really should be doing:

Librarian Bobbi Newman offers some good advice to employers:

"You don’t have a Facebook problem you have an employee problem. What would you do if that employee were spending too much time at the water cooler? Or on the phone with his girlfriend? Or playing solitaire all day? For some reason when people are presented with an old problem in a digital format they focus on the format and not the problem...."

The straw men are piling up fast in the less than useful or interesting debate about whether social media such as Twitter and Facebook 'caused' the movements in Tunisia and Egypt.

Some opening moves toward facing the challenge of preserving 'records' (as archivists define them) created in Twitter, Facebook, or other social media environments (and blogs too):

* A new NARA bulletin providing some valuable guidance for archivists.