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Sharing police activities on social networks
On a regular basis pop open your Twitter or Facebook stream and you’ll probably see in one form or another, a post detailing the location of police performing speed enforcement, intersection monitoring, investigation locations, etc. When it comes to those, … Continue reading
Inspired Etiquette Thoughts
I loved reading this news paper article the other day, “Don’t check me in: Etiquette in social media.” I agree with the author completely on every point she made. It’s worth looking at the importance of what she is saying … Continue reading
Ethical Use of Social Media
No matter who I’m writing for I usually have a topic in mind, write the article or post and then determine the title. Not this post…the title came first and that is actually going to present a problem. Ethics. Where … Continue reading
Policy and Punishment
I saw a couple of interesting things come across my social media stream this week that really caught my eyes. One issue came from the UK and the other from Australia. One was about policy and the other about punishment, … Continue reading
Direct Message Spam / Phishing Hacks
This has been a topic that has been discussed since the Internet was born. As long as there have been accounts, Internet / intranet sites and stored data, people have been hacking into them for various reasons. In the social … Continue reading
The Top 25 SMEM (by Patrice Cloutier)
For those of you who don’t know Patrice Cloutier, you are missing out on a fountain of information. The past month he has been cultivating a list of the top #SMEM (Social Meida for Emergency Management) people and sites. The … Continue reading
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Take your time with Facebooks TimeLine
As many of you probably know by now, Timeline is here. What’s TimeLine you ask? Well, great question. Timeline is the evolution of Facebook. Your present profile will be replaced by Timeline. You can ask for it now, you can … Continue reading
I’m stealing this post!!
Ok, not really. I’m sharing this post. I read this today and I agree with it so much and support the stand in it, that RT’ing it, sharing it and hoping you all look at it isn’t enough. I really … Continue reading
How to do Social Media
Out of all the questions that one can ask about social media, this is probably the toughest one to answer. How do you do social media? Some of you may say that it isn’t a tough question. You set up … Continue reading
Setting the record straight
I’ve veered away from the basics of social media series to focus on an interesting story that I just came across. Ogden police seek to quell online rumors about student’s death Quick notes of the above story. A 14-year-old girl … Continue reading