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The Spin Sucks Podcast with Gini Dietrich (album art)

Spin Sucks 168: Exploring the Dark Side of Social Media

October 13, 2021 by Gini Dietrich Leave a Comment

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On today’s episode of the Spin Sucks podcast, Gini Dietrich discusses the dark side of social media in light of Frances Haugen’s testimony against Facebook, and shares her thoughts on what the solution may look like.
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Filed Under: Spin Sucks Tagged With: CNN, Facebook, instagram, Spin Sucks Podcast, Wall Street Journal

FIR B2B #148: The Changing Landscape of B2B Discussion Groups

July 28, 2021 by David Strom and Paul Gillin Leave a Comment

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A new report on social media usage by the channel by Jay McBain of Forrester Research finds that the groups people use and the way they use them is changing amid a 13.2%, 490 million-user surge in social media use in 2020.

 
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Filed Under: FIR B2B Tagged With: Clubhouse, Discord, discussion forums, Facebook, Forrester Research, Jay McBain, LinkedIn, reddit

FIR B2B #142: Why B2B Marketers Should Care About ‘The Social Dilemma’

September 29, 2020 by David Strom and Paul Gillin Leave a Comment

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The new movie The Social Dilemma carries the message that the social giants have sold us and our data down the river, and we now are stuck with the consequences. We believe B2B marketers can do more to fight against misuse of personal information and the spread of hate speech online.
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Filed Under: FIR B2B Tagged With: Facebook, hate speech, online privacy, The Social Dilemma

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Inside PR 544 – Mr Zuckerberg was otherwise engaged

July 21, 2019 by Joe Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman Leave a Comment

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Practical advice for PR practitioners about incorporating SEO in their earned media programs. The Open Government Partnership and the Grand Committee converged on Ottawa to discuss open engagement, privacy, responsibility. Mark Zuckerberg took a pass.
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: Facebook, open dialogue

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Inside PR 541 – Gain a point. Lose a point.

May 13, 2019 by Joe Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman Leave a Comment

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Facebook. Google. FIR Podcast network. Local news deserts. Elections. GarageBand turns fifteen. Lots of talk.
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: elections, Facebook, FIR Podcast, GarageBand, Google+

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Inside PR 540 – Private and Privacy aren’t the same thing

May 7, 2019 by Joe Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman Leave a Comment

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Is Mark Zuckerberg’s concept of privacy your concept of privacy? Probably not. And this week we discuss Zuckerberg’s ongoing repositioning of Facebook as “private.”
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: Facebook, privacy

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Inside PR 538 – Roger McNamee is Zucked

April 2, 2019 by Joe Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman Leave a Comment

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This week, we take a deep dive into Roger McNamee’s Zucked. McNamee, an early investor in Facebook and an erstwhile advisor to Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sandberg has provided us with an insightful consideration of how Facebook and social media have changed over time.
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: Facebook, Roger McNamee, Zucked

FIR B2B #117: Alternatives to Facebook

March 22, 2019 by David Strom and Paul Gillin Leave a Comment

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Turmoil at Facebook should give B2B marketers pause about reflexively casting their lot with a social network that increasingly appears to be careening out of control. There are good alternatives. Other topics include whether it’s time to return to pen and paper for meetings and an amusing viral tweet that Quantas kicked off by responding to a 10-year-old boy who wants to start his own airline.
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Filed Under: FIR B2B Tagged With: #DeleteFacebook, Facebook, Quantas

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Inside PR 535 – Facebook’s PR Push

March 11, 2019 by Joe Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman Leave a Comment

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This week on Inside PR, Gini Dietrich, Martin Waxman and Joseph Thornley talk about this first phase of what by late February was unmistakably a concerted effort by Facebook to reframe the issues swirling around it.
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg

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Inside PR 533: Be The Best You Can Be

January 29, 2019 by Joe Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman Leave a Comment

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Joseph Thornley, Gini Dietrich and Martin Waxman talk about Gillette’s The Best Men Can Be campaign, Facebook’s support for local journalism, and Gini’s advice for Alexa Flash Briefings.
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Filed Under: Inside PR Tagged With: alexa, alexa skills, Facebook, Gillette

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