Hi everybody,
I wanna share an interesting story about twitter episode in Japan related to yesterday’s class, with everyone. Two weeks ago, there was a big election of leader inside Japanese biggest political leader party between Mr. Kan (Japanese prime minister) and Mr. Ozawa.
Somebody faked twitter account of Mr. Ozawa. Initially, many guys misunderstood Mr. Ozawa’s fake account as Mr. Ozawa's message. People were very surprised! But, later, Mr. Ozawa officially announced that the account was a fake.
This shows cons of social media as an invisible social network, especially related to authority.
About the details, please refer to the below website.
http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2010/09/06/fake-ozawa-twitter-reels-in-thousands/
What do you think about it?
This is a great example of why it is so important to listen to the chatter on social media (which, by the way, is the topic of our next lecture). Even if you don't plan on doing much with social media, it is still essential to figure out what people are saying about you (or even worse, if they are pretending to be you).
ReplyDeleteOh ya, these Twitter accounts have become huge. Here is my personal favorite: http://twitter.com/#!/BPGlobalPR
ReplyDeleteHaha I love when I am searching on Facebook or Twitter for someone famous and a dozen or so different profiles come up.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what will be around at the time we are going to run for official office !!!
ReplyDeleteI just think it is going to be scary
My favorite is this guy:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.fakesteve.net/