- There's a new social network in town, but there's one important clause: only positive people can use it. It's called Happier. Far from an optimist, I don't think I'll be starting an account there soon.
- Interesting—the NLRB steps in and has their say on social media:
According to the NLRB memo, it is unlawful to prohibit workers from posting information regarding the employer, even if it is deemed by the company to be “confidential” or “non-public.”
Reed Smith attorney Joel Barras tells Edson, “If the employee is bashing his supervisor in front of hundreds of thousands of individuals including co-workers because of the way he is treated at work, the NLRB will say, ‘That’s protected, and you can’t fire that employee.’”
So talk as much shit as you want, folks.
- Coming soon: a "report abuse" button on Twitter. The "report abuse" button is Twitter's response to a feminist activist who was recently blasted with rape threats on Twitter.
- New laws concerning social media and privacy are hitting the books in Washington:
Lawmakers barred employers from demanding passwords for social media sites like Facebook at the workplace and during job interviews. It also stops employers from making workers friend managers so that their profile is viewable.
- Oops. Twenty-five percent of young adults regret things they've posted on social networks.
- Social media mavens are helping to find heirs of property lost in the Holocaust.
- Facebook's stock hits a new high.
- A new study says Facebook-cheating (apparently a thing) is just as painful to partners as RL cheating.
- Weinergate 2.0. news: Turns out Anthony Weiner's been outed as having spent almost 50 grand to investigate his Twitter hacking, which never even happened. D'oh.
- And in the most important social media news of the week, a two-headed turtle named Thelma and Louise has its own Facebook page.
Please take a hop below the orange squiggly to see what stories here at the Big Orange were most passed around the 'webs this week.
FACEBOOK:
If a cell's highlighted orange, it was written by a front pager.
Two-thirds of the top posts that flew around the Facebook was content produced by the community, which is fast becoming the new normal. Last week we had the largest proportion of community vs. front page content (as passed around Facebook) ever.
Hooray for you!
REDDIT:
On Reddit this week, we saw the top two stories passed around were by David Harris Gershon, the unofficial Reddit king. Laura's Ohio bank writeup topped all three charts this week—an incredible story.
TWITTER:
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