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Socially awkward media: Clueless edition
The three stories this week in Socially Awkward Media all show how important it is to think about what you post on social media BEFORE you have to walk back your remarks. Buffalo Bills receiver Sammy...
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Socially awkward media: Painfully obvious edition
This week’s choices were easy to make, unfortunately: two news items about racism, one about privacy violations and one about an awful team that used to have a great social media account. Hope you like...
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Socially Awkward Media: Bikes, tubes and creeps edition
Rep. Joe Barton: The Texas Republican is a perfect example of the notion that politicians don’t understand technology. Barton wants to shut down parts of the Internet being used by the Islamic State....
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Socially Awkward Media: Nun shaming and underpants-stealing edition
An underwear thief: As technology advances, so do the methods of criminals. Exhibit A: an underpants thief in Fullerton, Calif. Police there say a 44-year-old man used GPS data from Facebook and...
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Socially awkward media: Bad deeds edition
I wouldn’t say that social media makes everything better, but it does make many things easier. It’s easier, for instance, to stay in touch with friends and family members. It’s also easier to track...
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Socially Awkward Media: Everyone’s a winner edition
Most weeks in this space I spotlight the social media fails that made the news: inappropriate tweets from public officials, Facebook posts from criminals that made it easy for police to find them, etc....
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Socially Awkward Media: End of year edition
I was going to take the lazy way out and just use this week’s space to reprint some favorite social media fails of 2014. Then I realized that would be a disservice to the many, many readers of this...
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Socially awkward media: Amateur hour edition
The Warwick, R.I., police department: Someone in the department wrote a Facebook post about a teenage suspect arrested for allegedly stealing hubcaps off a police cruiser, while it was parked in the...
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Socially awkward media: Deleted posts edition
An Eastern Washington man: Police say that Jose Oliva Jr. posted sexually explicit images of his girlfriend on her social media accounts, then demanded money from her in exchange for removing the...
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Socially awkward media: Twitter fails edition
This has been a bad week for Twitter. Several of its top executives left the company, its stock has fallen and it STILL refuses to verify me. (That last one is my problem, not Twitter’s, but it still...
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Socially awkward media: Quick exit edition
This week, witness the awesome power of social media to shut things down, whether it’s a series of pro-rape rallies or a legitimate business. (I didn’t say that “awesome” meant good.) Daryush...
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Socially Awkward Media: Pols, Vols and Polls edition
Each Friday this space recaps stories of social media fails. Some you may have heard of, some you may have missed. I hope you find all of them entertaining. The shot mocked ’round the world Jeb Bush...
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Socially Awkward Media: Crimes and misdemeanors edition
Hockey plight in Canada The Montreal Canadiens had to apologize this week after the team’s Twitter account let slip some responses to messages that contained offensive user names and, in some cases,...
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Socially awkward media: Hoops and pirates edition
You may have heard some of these stories about social media fails this week. If so, here they are again. If you haven’t heard them, read on: Culture shock Three University of Minnesota basketball...
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Socially Awkward Media: Poor word choice edition
So much of what fails on social media is all in the wording. This week I found two stories that demonstrated poor word choice, and one that should chill the word choices students in Wyoming make....
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Socially Awkward Media: Belligerence and bunnies edition
People on social media this week were angry. This week’s roundup includes tales of violence, racism and obscene hand gestures. Somehow, Donald Trump didn’t figure into any of the stories. From spikes...
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Socially Awkward Media: Wrong place edition
Today is April Fool’s Day, but let me assure that this week’s social media fails are all too real. Safety dunce Facebook committed an unfortunate fail on Sunday when a bomber killed more than 70 people...
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Socially Awkward Media: Funny and awful trolling edition
You may have read about these first two stories. They show the power of Internet trolls. The hilarious, horrible power of trolls. Let’s try to use these powers for good, people. Initial discomfort...
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Socially Awkward Media: Criminal intent edition
I didn’t try for levity this week in Socially Awkward Media. In case you’re wondering, yes, I do try most weeks. Truth is, there simply wasn’t that much funny going on this week. Still, these are...
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This week showed what happened when you put too much out there on the Internet, and what happens if you try to disappear. Hope you enjoy these stories of social media made awkward. With ‘friends’ like...
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