Comments on: Retweet Hijacking – What Would You Do?

By: Drd1201

Drd1201 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:07:30 +0000

Mari what bothers me most about this is, sometimes it happens and it's not intentional. The problem as I see it is with what's happening with the people who are doing this for another set of motives. I know the other day a guy really got all bent out of shape about this, which I can understand, some, but I really feel like he was talking about people who were jumping his brand and then completing the tweet with their web page? Glad you brought it out, great subject to discuss…

By: Drd1201

Drd1201 — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:05:40 +0000

Not when it's inadvertant – sometimes when someone RT's without meaning to they will slice and dice…when it's blatant, that's different…

By: TweetDeckTV

TweetDeckTV — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:54:10 +0000

Mr. @jagoff™ should be given a strike against his account. Twitter should have a 3 strikes-and-you're-out policy regarding this behavior. Essentially, he has committed a type of slander, because if the business he has attributed with your endorsement is bad, it's a bad reflection on you. Therefore, you should have the right to defend your reputation. I think you have a legal case against him – you might express this to Twitter, rather than waste your time with this thieving *explicative*.

By: Pam Moore

Pam Moore — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:23:50 +0000

Sorry to hear this Mari. Brings up an interesting topic around social responsibility. What and how integrity will be enforced in social media is well of course “social” combined w/the rules of the powers that be on the different platforms.

What is most disappointing of this situation is that he could have apologized immed. via DM or public and tried to minimize the situation growing further out of control. That’s where integrity comes in.

Highlights the need for social media policies. This can happen even at the smallest companies. People are people and will make mistakes. A policy must include how to deal with controversy, issues that arise etc.

What a not so great use of your day, heh!

Just because someone can Tweet and post on Facebook, it doesn’t make them qualified to be behind the driver seat of your brand in an open public forum of millions. Good lessons for business of all sizes of the importance of planning, education and policy.

My 3 cents

By: Social Media Marketing Best Practices In Twitter’s Open System

Social Media Marketing Best Practices In Twitter’s Open System — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:37:56 +0000

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Thu, 14 May 2009 14:17:57 +0000

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Thu, 07 May 2009 05:33:46 +0000

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By: L

Thu, 07 May 2009 03:25:50 +0000

Maybe I’m a much more private person, but I would never have taken something like this and blown it out of proportion as it has been here. It seems to me that this being such a prevelant pracitice on twitter, it would be better to deal with the situation calmly and in a private setting. I think that [removed] is getting a bad wrap. Yes, our actions do have reprocussions, but this is getting a bit ridiculous. Behind computer screens sit human beings, and believe it or not people make mistakes. He apologized publicly and that’s much more than you can say for most people. Putting a person’s real name in the blog is tacky and a bit vindictive for someone who enjoys preaching about ethics.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:58:03 +0000

I’m sure this guy learned his lesson, but do you really think it is equitable to post an entire blog about it to try to ruin his life. This is really immature on Mari’s part, and I feel sorry for this guy. I can’t believe you posted his name! As long as he hasn’t done it before and doesn’t do it again, I think you should leave him alone.