Comments on: Hoaxes: When Social Media Gets It Wrong

By: Puja Madan

Puja Madan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:00:27 +0000

Great point Michael and one I hadn’t thought of myself. Yes I’d think that the more gullible ones would divulge information or add apps that harvest it. I’ve come across several not-so-savvy people whose privacy settings are way too open and I bet they aren’t aware of this. Just another day in social media eh?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:13:34 +0000

I think these groups crop up as yet another way for people to harvest everyone’s information. I have a few friends who are stupid enough to join every group that comes along and cannot resist joining one that they think will have an effect, e.g., get free whatever in farmville, or see who has been visiting your profile, or stop FB from charging money.

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Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:37:50 +0000

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By: Puja Madan

Puja Madan — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:56:51 +0000

Hey Sachin, thanks for dropping by! I agree totally that gossip is an inherent part of the “social” conversation. About the traffic: well, from what I understand, in neither case was the goal to direct traffic to a particular destination. While the rumour originated somewhere it snowballed away from the source on a social media site like Twitter/Facebook. It’d be interesting to have PR professionals’ take on how brands carry out damage control in such cases. What do you think?

By: Sachin

Sachin — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:41:11 +0000

Well these days people create hoaxes to direct direct to their sites…and they merciless about any individual’s life.
Though, social media by it’s definition does include some bit of Gossip ain’t it?
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