I have to go out of town for work and I forgot to ask someone to guest blog for me. So I have filled the next week with some cool stuff that WordPress should (cross fingers) auto-post for me. The blog will go on despite the fact that I don’t own a laptop to take with me. I’m sure I’ll be bored enough in the hotel room that I will tweet a lot, so check the sidebar if you miss my witty repartee. Speaking of social activities:
In my continued emo campaign against popular things like Facebook, here are some recent links about the marketing database social network I thought you’d find interesting.
HACKED ACCOUNT HORRORS – Somebody hacked his Facebook account and sent messages to his friends saying he was in jail overseas and needed people to send him money. Getting FB to stop the hackers proved to be quite an adventure. Would you guys actually send me money if I posted something like that?
THE NAME GAME – Facebook is about real connections. If your name is something silly like Caitlin Batman, FB will deny you an account. You need to use your actual name because for some reason these days we market ourselves like we market websites. It’s all about showing how many people we are connected to, having a large friend count, follower count or lots of hits makes you a social media expert. I still don’t know how that makes you money, but it sounds good to put under your name on that reality show you are auditioning for.
FACIAL RECOGNITION – Is your daily routine filled with posting drunken pictures of the ex boyfriend to ruin his life? Your job just got easier. Obviously his routine is to delete those tags of himself so he doesn’t get fired or in trouble with is mom. There is a new app that uses Facial Recognition software to find all the pictures.
