Twitter Can Hurt Your Reputation

If any of you have been on Twitter any time in the past 24 hours, you may have seen the trending hashtag #HasJustineLandedYet .

I logged on about two hours ago and was greeted by crazy backlash to a tweet posted by an apparent employee of PR Company IAC, Justine Sacco.

The tweet was this:





Whether or not it was real or a PR stunt, it was an extremely tasteless thing to post on one of the most prominent and public social-media websites of today. Immediately after posting this tweet, Justine Sacco was said to have boarded her flight to South Africa.

Since then, she has deleted her original Twitter account, however the backlash from the post continues, with around 40 tweets containing the hashtag #HasJustineLandedYet rolling in every minutes.

One thing is for certain...if this tweet was, in fact, real, then the racist messages behind it are undeniable. Twitter users are questioning legitimacy and whether Ms Sacco will still have a job after this social-media PR disaster, or even ever get a job again into the future.

The rest of the story is guaranteed to come out within the next few days. Until then, remember to always think about the consequences of what you're putting up online!

The Plough's Ex-Head Chef Takes to The Company Twitter Account in Outrage

Never let your employees control your social media account. This is something that British pub The Plough learnt the hard way. After firing their head chef just over a week before Christmas, he took to Twitter to vent his outrage.

Unfortunately for The Plough, the Twitter account he used wasn't his own, but instead the account for his ex-employers.

Since then, this topic has gone completely crazy on Twitter, with people expressing both their disgust of firing an employee a week before Christmas, and their love of the way the ex-head chef got his revenge.

Of course, I wouldn't suggest doing this, just in case your ex-employers have a good knowledge of the law and how to best sue you. Also, as funny as this is, we don't know the full story or even why the guy was fired. Until we do, it makes for a funny anecdote and I wish this guy all the best in finding a new job in the future.

Social Media is Ruining My Life!

We're stuck in that era. Where technology is the only way to keep up with the new trends that only seem to originate on social media. Do we like it? Do we not?

So here's what happened today.

So I finally did it. I took the leap today and spent my time signing up for both Pinterest AND Tumblr. It's sad, right?

I know I swore that I'd never get Tumblr, but please don't judge me. We must work through this together. It will require effort on both out parts to help me out of this 'social media crisis'.

But maybe I don't want help?

In my opinion, in the few hours I've spent on both of them so far...they're actually fun. I stand corrected. However, signing up for Tumblr did make me somewhat embarrassed. I now feel like a tween. I don't want to be one of those twelve year old girls who posts about One Direction and Justin Bieber. No, I refuse to do that. Instead, and I believe somewhat better, I will post inspiring pictures and cute quotes.

I think that's better?

On the other hand, Pinterest is actually really engaging! I plan to use it to find good recipes, places to travel to and other amazing fashion things. In a way, it feels like the Tumblr for adults.

So we will see how these social media sites go. I figured that since I want to be a journalist, I should maybe try out all of them just for a while so that I can at least say I know how to use them. However, I said that same thing about Twitter and over 600 tweets later I'm still using it.

Social media is the present and it's here to stay. Whether we like it or not, it's only going to get more prominent in our lives. We can either embrace it or shun it, but whatever we choose to do, we at least need to keep track of it. It's the conversation topic of the twenty-first century.

What do you think?

#1letterwrongmovie Trend

Snapes on a Plane

So...It's 12:59am and a new trend has just hit twitter that I think really deserves to be blogged about. It's the hashtag #1letterwrongmovie , and it's been amusing me for about half an hour now. Basically, the point is to take a movie title and change one letter to make it obscene, hilarious, or just down right stupid. If you don't have twitter, I really suggest that you get it immediately. But otherwise, I have created a list of my favourite movie titles that have been altered by this trend so far! I've added in some of the twitpics too! None of them are mine and none of them are designed to offend, merely to entertain!

#Random

aka Social Media and the horrific and devastating effect that it has on real life.

Let's talk. It's time. Everyone's confused by it, and I know that noone enjoys this conversation, but it has to happen. Hashtagging real life conversations is not ok!