Tag Archives: Social Media
Bebo still rules the roost in NZ
From Hitwise New Zealand come the latest rankings for who's using which social networks in New Zealand.
Reporters, privacy settings and other people’s Bebo profiles
Martin Hirst raises some interesting thoughts on how reporters in NZ are plundering Bebo, Facebook and other social network profile pages for quotes and pictures. He talks about the coverage of murdered economics student Sophie Elliott.
In social networks as in life: it’s good to experiment but eventually you have to settle down
NZ-born social networking site iYomu is trying to entice me back by offering me money, well, possible money - the chance of finding a US$100 icon in my vault, whatever that is. It's not going to work though.
Treat social networks like any source: with measured skepticism
A few big names got caught out not long ago using quotes from a Facebook profile purported to belong to Benazir Bhutto's son. The profile was a fake, although it turns out her son did have a profile but clearly one which reporters didn't stumble upon.
How niche social networks aid reporting