Community Guy

Is it ok to delete a tweet on Twitter? There’s a tendency on the Internet, and within social media circles in particular, that any published content MUST remain on the Internet forever, regardless of the level of embarrassment, inaccuracy, or whatever. I don’t know where this “transparency or die” kind of attitude came from, but it’s not a rule that can’t be broken.

I’ve received a number of compliments on my Twitter background, including a few requests for the Photoshop template I created. So this weekend, I decided to clean it up a bit and offer to all my Twitter-addicted friends and colleagues out there on the Internet. Now, I certainly wouldn’t expect you to create a carbon [...]

This isn’t one of those “sky is falling” posts, but it is important for marketing and brand managers to be aware of the implications of the bit.ly custom name feature and how it can wreck havoc with your company’s (and personal) brand. Bit.ly is a popular shortening service that converts long URLs to a shortened, [...]