#SMCQ17 Avoiding misteps in social media
July 16, 2009 by Deborah Crooks
“@mydinkum: the continuing changing technology and the changing nature of how folks use the internet will keep things in flux – a good thing”
Last week, the Social Media Editorial Board wondered how Social Media could avoid falling into the same traps as traditional media, those traps being popularity contests, giving platform to select few voices, and featuring more recycled than original content. A look at what people view as ‘good use of social media’ demonstrated that maintaining the collaborative, interactive, participatory, inclusive and action generating aspects of Social Media tend to keep Social Media on course for innovation rather than irrelevance.
Some favorite cited around the Internet include:
@lancearmstrong’s LiveStrong One prominent voice continually calling for and attention to the stories of other survivors.
Eternal Moonwalk an exuberant tribute to Michael Jackson
Scitable’s collaborative learning space for science
Levi’s Go Forth Crowd sourcing a new portrait of America through words, images and video and selling jeans at the same time
The SMC Editorial Board will be talking more about doing social media differently, this Friday 10am PST on BlogTalk Radio Social Media Club. We welcome your participation. Please join in!
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