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  Vulgar display of (Social Media) power

  Stii 2:29 pm on July 24, 2009 | Comments: 1 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: bloggers (6), Blogging (8), facebook, rant (2), Social Media (4), twitter (16)

  I see this happen more and more every day in the social media space. People try and get other’s attention by hitting them with a fist in the face and then say “sorry, but I was just trying to get your attention…”. Well, hello! A simple tap on the shoulder would’ve done the trick, you know!

  
  (this is a great, great album by Pantera, BTW)

  The problem is, if you continuously hit people in their face, 2 things are bound to happen:

  1. People will see it coming and duck the next blow.

  2. Keep it up long enough and people will ignore you or start to avoid you.

  Either way, you are not going to achieve your desired goal. So the next time before you hit someone in the face to get their attention, rather try and talk to them instead of about them. Talking about them, when they are in the same proverbial room as you, is nothing but a vulgar display of power. Just a thought…

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  Jimmy's Sous - sauce with a loyal social media following

  Stii 1:56 pm on May 15, 2009 | Comments: 2 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: facebook, jimmy's sous, socialmedia (7)

  Jimmy’s Sous is a delicious sauce. It has its own Facebook group and the followers are passionate! I just read the wall posts (mostly in Afrikaans) and thought I’d translate them to share the passion. It is so cool to watch a totally random product get so much Social Media exposure via their fans. The best advertising any product in the world could wish for!

  

  Right now at this time there are about 229 wall posts and 879 members. It even has it’s own social networking space for fans at ning.com (http://jimmys.ning.com)

  The wall posts are priceless. I cannot repeat them all, but from the first couple of pages, here are some classics:

  Steve Jobs founded the iPod when he messed Jimmy’s Sauce on his walkman.

  Experts predicted that future world wars will be the result of Jimmy’s Sauce shortage.

  One sauce to rule them all, one sauce to find them, one sauce to bring them all, and in the darkness braai them…

  When I was little I dropped and broke my dad’s bottle of Jimmy’s. He broke my arm and sold my bicycle.

  If you give a Daschund Jimmy’s Sauce it will become a Doberman

  If you add two spoons of Jimmy’s to any liquor it becomes Johnny Walker Blue Label

  Jimmy’s withdrew from the American market, therefore Wallstreet crashed and hence the reason for the USA recession.

  Jamie Oliver recently admitted on BBC that he puts Jimmy’s in all his dishes.

  The secret ingredients in Jimmy’s is Unicorn tears. That and Fanta Orange.

  Barack Obama isn’t really black. He baths in Jimmy’s every night. That is why he is awesome!

  Few people know this, but an Oscar is actually Jimmy’s in a fancy bottle.

  I’ve been using Jimmy’s instead of diesel in my truck for years. When I drive around it smells like “braaivleis” (BBQ)

  Joost cheated on Amor with a bottle of Jimmy’s… pig

  I can build anything with an A4 sheet of paper and a bit of Jimmy’s sauce.

  Jimmy’s is the semen of the gods.

  So it carries on and on… Here is the link to the Facebook group. Enjoy if you understand Afrikaans!
  
   
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  Facebook revert back to their old Terms of Use

  Stii 10:04 am on February 18, 2009 | Comments: 2 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: facebook, social networking (6), terms and conditions (2)

  If you log into Facebook today, you’ll see that they’ve announced that they reverted back to their old Terms of Use. Pressure, boys, pressure… Get it right next time, okay? Our stuff is our stuff. No matter how lame or great. It is not cool simply claiming rights on it, okay?

  Over the past few days, we have received a lot of feedback about the new terms we posted two weeks ago. Because of this response, we have decided to return to our previous Terms of Use while we resolve the issues that people have raised.

  If you want to share your thoughts on what should be in the new terms, check out our group Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.
  
   
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  Facebook shafted you. Legally

  Stii 9:29 pm on February 16, 2009 | Comments: 8 Permalink | Reply
  Tags: facebook, law (2), terms and conditions (2)

  Facebook recently “amended” their Terms and Conditions. Paul Jacobson wrote a brilliant article on it, explaining in plain English with accompanying audio explaining everything. Highly recommend you read it.

  Basically, Facebook says:

  By using Facebook, you have already accepted these Terms and Conditions.
  They claim ownership of any photos, text, link, audio, video, designs, ads and anything else that you Post on or through the Facebook Service. (Note: link. As Paul says, if you linked to something, they practically own it.)
  They may use anything of you on Facebook as they please. They may even sell it to third parties should they choose to do so.
  You have ABSOLUTELY no say in it.
  Here is the best part:
  The following sections will survive any termination of your use of the Facebook Service. In other words, even if you close your Facebook profile, they still own what you had on there.

  What gets me about this is not much so the fact that Facebook owns me as it is the fact that they shafted me. Using exceptional sly, sneaky and dirty tactics, they bent over their users and buggered them right in front of the blind girl with the sword and scales. They made it legal for themselves to shaft you, the user. THAT is low. In fact, there is NOTHING lower than using the law for self gain. Exploiting the law might be a better term. Steal my stuff if you have to have it, but at least give me the option to do something about it. Don’t simply claim rights to it which you shouldn’t have.

  I’m not legally sure, so I’ll ask Paul, but is it already too late? Can one still get out of the rule of these Terms and Conditions?