5 Examples of Social Media Blunders and What to Learn From Them
Everyone makes mistakes, but it’s not very often that those mistakes are seen by millions of people, incite user revolts, or create multi-million dollar lawsuits. In the world of social media, however, this can happen if a person or company is careless, overly defensive, or not proactive.
With that in mind, the following are some of the most notable blunders in social media, as well as lessons to take away from each event. Hopefully companies and individuals can learn from these disasters and become more productive and engaged in social mediia rather becoming the pariah of every tweet or wall post.
1. Facebook News Feed Controversy
The History: Facebook launched one of the most revolutionary features in social media during September 2006: the Facebook News Feed. Its launch however, didn’t go so well - within a week, 750,000 users were protesting the feature. After several days, Facebook added privacy controls and created a Facebook group to discuss privacy and news feed issues.
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