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Twitter Best in Events and Emergencies

Net-Savvy Executive

Conferences and Meetups Back in 2007, I followed the back-channel conversation at the NewComm Forum using Internet Relay Chat ( IRC ). Now, of course, the back channel is always Twitter, and it sometimes threatens to overwhelm the front channel (the person on stage). Twitter got a workout that day.

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Social Media is the Back Channel for Teen Angst

Direct Marketing Observations

For girls in particular danah nails it: “Drama is the language that teens—most notably girls—use to describe a host of activities and practices ranging from gossip, flirting, arguing, and joking to more serious issues of jealousy, ostracization, and name-calling.”. that are 10 times worse than the conversations that we see or hear about.

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Who Owns Social Media? Everyone and No One | Social Media Strategery

Social Media Strategery

Who resolves that issue? Everything will be done in the open, encouraging participation, contribution, and truthfulness and discouraging passive-aggressive behavior, back channel discussions, and hidden agendas. Thanks so much for your thoughtful contribution to the conversation. Steel cage death match? People get it.

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Social Pros Podcast – Scott Monty, Ford Motor Company

Convince & Convert

Do you think this whole social TV, whether it’s American Idol or Super Bowl or what have you, this back channel, we’re watching it with one eye, we’re tweeting it with the other eye, is that ultimately a good thing? It got a rise out of the Twitter back channel. Jay: A for effort. Scott: Absolutely.

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Social Pros Podcast – Scott Monty, Ford Motor Company

Convince & Convert

Do you think this whole social TV, whether it’s American Idol or Super Bowl or what have you, this back channel, we’re watching it with one eye, we’re tweeting it with the other eye, is that ultimately a good thing? It got a rise out of the Twitter back channel. Jay: A for effort. Scott: Absolutely.

Company 112