Tag Archives: privacy

Good legal tips for social media users

Here’s an excellent bit of advice for social media users from Shona Harper, writing in The Wall Blog. She gives six headline bits of guidance for avoiding the hot water of data protection and copyright issues in our everyday usage … Continue reading

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Social media in one graphic

This came to me courtesy of my friend and colleague, John Gray, and it made me laugh! It’s from Andrew Bloch originally. Sorry folks, this image is resisting appearing in this post, so you’ll have to visit it in its … Continue reading

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More reaction to Facebook changes

Like I said the other week, it seems that those folks at Facebook are not happy unless they are making some changes to their online platform, which now boasts an amazing 800 million users. In an effort to help us … Continue reading

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Important Facebook Security Updates

This week, Facebook will launch a range of changes to the way users can update their privacy settings. Here’s the best of the guides from around the blogosphere to lead you through these new settings: Mashable has two good articles, … Continue reading

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Is it a good idea to make it harder to join your online community?

I have tended to think that we should make it as easy as possible for people to join the online communities that we run. After all, don’t we want to attract loads of members, which will boost the networking effects … Continue reading

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Making a private space: good reasons for using a bespoke online community

Something I get asked every so often is why bother to create your own space on, say, Spruz when you can just get everyone to use Facebook? After all, aren’t the lines between our different personas supposed to be blurring? … Continue reading

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