Comments on: Social Media Top 5: Verdict on SXSW, Twitter Influencers Tell All, 5 Reasons to Stop Blocking

By: Doug Haslam

Doug Haslam — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:02:38 +0000

Steve– Yes, there are certain companies that face this discretion (there’s a reason that Fidelity is often the poster-company for locked-down environments), but I think the point of “stop blocking” advocates is that many companies don’t, or are more conservative than needed in their approach (er, quite possibly, Fidelity, again).

Justin– you’re right on my point– and being snide is definitely part of the TechCrunch mentality, for sure.

B.L. – my pleasure. I love your lists. Any viewpoint on Steve’s note, above?

By: B.L. Ochman

B.L. Ochman — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:38:39 +0000

doug: thanks for the shout out on my 5 reasons not to block social media post. IMO, it’s a practice that’s akin to cutting off the corporate nose to save its corporate face.
:>)
BL

By: Justin Kownacki

Justin Kownacki — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:21:09 +0000

I think SXSW is just like college: you get out of it what you put into it.

Sure, there’s always time to party, but if you attend with a purpose in mind, you’ll be able to balance your socializing with your business or artistic goals. The larger problem is that so few people who utilize social media actually HAVE goals or plans, it’s too easy for them to confuse socializing with work.

As for being snide toward one’s own expected audience, that’s all part of the “rock star” mentality, isn’t it? ;)

By: Steve Sherlock

Steve Sherlock — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:31:59 +0000

Doug, there are two technical reasons where the social media software vendors need to help corporations. For those companies with regulatory requirements to retain all communications of certain types of employees, the vendors (one) need to provide a way to differentiate between social media accounts and (two) need to provide an easy archival mechanism for any content generated by those designated users. Until such time, all the arguments in the world won’t be effective in getting some companies to incorporate public social media tools in their environment.

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wordymouth (Michael Sommermeyer) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:13:34 +0000

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KimBrame (Kim Brame) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:32:34 +0000

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