Posts tagged as "social media"

Posted by Melissa on 28th May 2009
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Sleuth Facebook Group Takeovers

If you are the sole administrator on a Facebook Group and you delete your account, the admin role is left vacant and can be claimed by any Facebook user who is so inclined. This also happens if you leave a group that you are the sole administrator of. In some situations this is ideal: if an applicant decides to attend another school or does not receive an offer of admission and loses interest in the group, another applicant (or school representative) can step in and keep the community going. Unfortunately there is nothing stopping any other individual from doing the same thing. And remember, group administrators can now change the names of groups – so really, an onion farmer could claim your Class of 2013 group and change its name to Jenny’s Ornery Unions and start happily sending out mass messages about her product to the group’s membership.

Posted by Melissa on 27th April 2009
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#pclo09 / Podcamp London '09

Thank you – to @billdeys and @titusferguson and everyone else that worked on this fantastic event! About 120 people packed three presentation rooms all day Saturday, despite the fact that it was one of the nicest sun days so far this year. This past week has been incredible for me – first the IABC panel on social media and then Podcamp – two major social media events, and another coming up next Tuesday, right here in London, Ontario. A year ago, I gave a social media talk at a broader event downtown at the Hilton, and was approached afterwards for referrals for a new PR 2.0 instructor position at McMaster – and I have no one to give. I had my higher ed contacts across the country and the US, but for the life of me I could not put my finger on anyone in Southwestern Ontario – after this weekend, its clear that the community of social web and new media professionals has bloomed into an incredibly healthy community.

The two presentations with the most take-home for me were …