Grooming the Avatar - Latest Comments in I am the Mob

Re: I am the Mob

sawinkler — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:52:32 -0000

thordora - I'll be sure to keep an eye on your forum, then. :)
matt - one part of me thinks that's a great public service; a smaller part can't help imagining Big Brother.
and I agree with you Beth that the daniela experiment probably can not be duplicated, and woe unto the brand that tries it.

Re: I am the Mob

bethharte — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 15:59:00 -0000

Holy moly! I didn't hear about the "mom" incident. I guess that's the thing with Twitter/social media...tweets can be totally taken in or out of context depending on how well someone knows you and your character. I have heard crazy stories about moms who blog/Twitter ...so, honestly this doesn't surprise me. It's a good reminder and lesson for all. As for David Armano, he did an amazing thing...will be be able to do it twice? I doubt it.

Re: I am the Mob

matt winkler — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:55:23 -0000

I heard a radio report that the LA Fire Dept has a media guru who sits at a huge console and monitors web traffic for ... fire and safety stuff. He sited an example of how the FD was fighting a fire, then his twitter monitoring robot alerted him to a twitter stream in which "fire" was popping up a lot. He scanned it, realized it was regarding a building BEHIND the one on fire, and phoned up one of the twittering people. He got some valuable info and relayed it to the incident commander. Wow.

Re: I am the Mob

thordora — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:43:13 -0000

I'm spending the next week with guest posters exploring that very thing. My idiocy will hopefully spur some useful discussion if nothing else. :)