Comments on: Terminations Double for Social Media Gaffes http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2009/08/13/terminations-double-for-social-media-gaffes/ A blog to help business people write better and manage information in less time. And, enjoy it. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:19:40 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mary Cullen http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2009/08/13/terminations-double-for-social-media-gaffes/comment-page-1/#comment-629 Mary Cullen Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:08:51 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=1270#comment-629 Canageek: I agree a new job is wise if an employer is searching out hidden social media accounts, by tracking a real account to any created under an alias. If an employer is snooping that much, it's odd. But, why bother engaging in social media under an alias? To me, the point of social media (and any communication) is legitimate interaction. If you are hiding behind a fake persona, the interaction can never be real. Why waste your time? Why risk your credibility if your real identity were revealed to someone who believed you were actually your alias persona? Canageek: I agree a new job is wise if an employer is searching out hidden social media accounts, by tracking a real account to any created under an alias. If an employer is snooping that much, it’s odd.

But, why bother engaging in social media under an alias?

To me, the point of social media (and any communication) is legitimate interaction. If you are hiding behind a fake persona, the interaction can never be real. Why waste your time? Why risk your credibility if your real identity were revealed to someone who believed you were actually your alias persona?

]]> By: Canageek http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2009/08/13/terminations-double-for-social-media-gaffes/comment-page-1/#comment-628 Canageek Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:45:18 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=1270#comment-628 Or...you could not have your social media accounts under your real name. Of all my online accounts only my facebook is under my real name, and I keep it separate from the rest of my accounts which all go by alias. I then have an additional layer of second accounts that don't link to Canageek for stuff I would actively not like my boss to see. Yes, you probably can trace from my real name to my outer layer, but it won't be easy and frankly if you have nothing better to do then snoop into employees private lives like that I probably want a new job anyway. Or…you could not have your social media accounts under your real name. Of all my online accounts only my facebook is under my real name, and I keep it separate from the rest of my accounts which all go by alias. I then have an additional layer of second accounts that don’t link to Canageek for stuff I would actively not like my boss to see. Yes, you probably can trace from my real name to my outer layer, but it won’t be easy and frankly if you have nothing better to do then snoop into employees private lives like that I probably want a new job anyway.

]]> By: Posts about social media as of August 13, 2009 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2009/08/13/terminations-double-for-social-media-gaffes/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Posts about social media as of August 13, 2009 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:17:50 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=1270#comment-626 [...] got some great thoughts on how marketers should (and shouldn’t) approach online communities. Terminations Double for Social Media Gaffes – blog.instructionalsolutions.com 08/13/2009 Don’t friend your boss on Facebook, and then [...] [...] got some great thoughts on how marketers should (and shouldn’t) approach online communities. Terminations Double for Social Media Gaffes – blog.instructionalsolutions.com 08/13/2009 Don’t friend your boss on Facebook, and then [...]

]]> By: Hawley Roddick http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/2009/08/13/terminations-double-for-social-media-gaffes/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Hawley Roddick Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:54:40 +0000 http://blog.instructionalsolutions.com/?p=1270#comment-624 Good evidence for hiring what I call a Social Media-tor (like me) to handle online social media for a company instead of having employees use social media at the office. Good evidence for hiring what I call a Social Media-tor (like me) to handle online social media for a company instead of having employees use social media at the office.

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