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Does Twitter and Facebook Endorse and Encourage Reverse Social Media Hijacking?

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Twitter and Facebook, as well as many other social media networks such as Pinterest, both encourage and endorse reverse social media hijacking. The current trademark policies of these social media networks allow (and encourage) trademark holders to take over social media IDs, whether that ID was originally register in bad faith or not. What is disturbing to me is that the current policies of Twitter, Facebook, and other social media networks are the complete reverse of the established domain name policies of ICANN (the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) that address Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. [Read more…]

Pinterest Review: What is So Pinteresting About Pinterest?

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pinterest reviewThis is my Pinterest Review from 2012, when Pinterest first started.

You may or may not have heard, but there is a social media site called Pinterest. Unlike other social media sites where the main focus is to build a profile, with Pinterest, the emphasis is on “pinning” pictures that interest you to your various pin boards (hence the name Pinterest). From there, you can vote up pinned pictures, or make comments. Getting started with Pinterest is easy, but getting in is not quite as simple. Here’s my Pinterest Review. [Read more…]

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