Comments on: social media: do we need editors?

By: social media: do we need editors? - follow up - jobs has heart attack | jonathan nguyen

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:17:23 +0000

[...] social media: do we need editors? [...]

By: windo

windo — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:59:39 +0000

geesh that's a tough one. i guess it depends if you're hurting anyone? and if so, they should be punished.

however, if brands are hiring citizen journos to create news for them, then i hope readers would be able to sniff that shit out. i've seen clients pay bloggers and urban pranksters to make news happen for them. it's really embarrassing.

By: Jonathan Nguyen

Jonathan Nguyen — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 01:30:12 +0000

Interesting link. I hadn't heard about that case before. What do we do though if the citizen journo causes the news to happen?

By: windo

windo — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:59:39 +0000

geesh that's a tough one. i guess it depends if you're hurting anyone? and if so, they should be punished.

By: jnau

jnau — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 20:30:12 +0000

Interesting link. I hadn't heard about that case before. What do we do though if the citizen journo causes the news to happen?

By: DK

DK — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:03:36 +0000

There is still check an balances in the age of citizen journalism. If the site post unethical stuff, the best response will be to boycott it.

By: windo

windo — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 05:38:55 +0000

this reminds me of the paul tilley suicide earlier this year, when fingers were being pointed at some bloggers for having some part in it. http://tinyurl.com/3fp98t

when it comes to bloggers and social media, i see it more as an online conversation between the blogger and their readers. when bloggers don't have their facts straight, often times, the readers will be quick to flame them. maybe that's the checks/balances that we have in place...for now.