Friedman.pdf. A Dongle Joke That Spiraled Way Out Of Control. In an age of blogs, tweets, Hacker News, Reddit and Anonymous, an off-the-cuff joke can spin wildly out of control. At least it appears that’s what happened with PyCon this week when a sexual joke led to some very public firings, a virulent debate about women in technology, another virulent debate about public shaming, and now, a DDOS attack. So here’s what happened: 1) While sitting in the 10th row of a Python programming conference, a developer who used to work for mobile monetization startup Playhaven apparently made a joke about “big” dongles and “forking someone’s repo.” 2) Adria Richards, a developer evangelist sitting in front of them, called them out on Twitter and in a blog post for making the conference environment unwelcoming toward women. PyCon then escorted them out to the hallway. “Women in technology need consistant [sic] messaging from birth through retirement they are welcome, competent and valued in the industry,” she explained in a blog post.
Hold on. 5 Noteworthy Examples of Corporate Social Media Policies. So your company wants to implement a social media policy, but you're not sure how to go about it. How lenient should you be? Will being too strict diminish social media's effectiveness? Does marketing handle customer service? Should we even let customer service represent us on social media? Take a gander at these five companies and what they chose to do. Just remember, there’s not one right policy for every company. Pick and choose what you like from these five companies to help get you started, and tailor it to fit your culture and business objectives.
Best Buy Known for having great customer service via Twelpforce, Best Buy has a social media policy in place that preemptively addresses privacy concerns that could arise using social media. The company does not want information shared that isn’t meant to be public. Oracle Oracle’s approach to social media is a little on the stricter side. Ford Ford’s social media policyUse your common sense.Beware of privacy issues.Play nice, and be honest. Ford Social Media Guidelines. Online Database of Social Media Policies. FordSocialMedia.pdf (application/pdf Object)