Author and online reputation educator Fiona Lucas shares 5 ways to balance “real” life and social media to connect with your family for the best of both worlds! Families are so busy these days that it may seem easier for parents to leave children playing with smartphones, ipads and other devices to keep them entertained. These devices and online games can be highly addictive and once habits … [Read more...]
Censorship or Sensibility?
Why is if that some people see attempts to educate our children in online safety, and to protect them from inappropriate material as censorship? Personally I valve our freedom of speech highly and I certainly prefer education and self-regulation over legislation. However our most vulnerable, our children need time to develop the skills required to make better, more informed choices, and it … [Read more...]
What will facebook’s graph search expose?
Facebook started trialling graphsearch in January 2013 with a limited beta rollout. With the help of the feedback from those testing the program, it is now ready to hit the millions of facebook users in facebook land. First cab off the rank will be those in the USA and with English US language settings, but the rest of the world will not be far behind. In many ways, graphsearch is really … [Read more...]
Reputation repair required or not? Miley Cyrus
After seeing just some of Miley Cyrus' new video clip I have to wonder what happens to these girls? They must get bullied and pressured for having played a sweet character, or their hearts broken so that they feel they have to show the world (or someone) something. Sadly what they don't show is any maturity - just a discovery of the use of their body parts to sell. The sad thing is that … [Read more...]
Online superheroes Simple but positive action -: Smile online
As passionate as I am about raising awareness for change in the way we engage online, I had an interesting "comment debate"* on someone's wall about taking action in the area of online safety and cyberbullying. As someone who is proactive about change and commited to bringing respect, ethics and higher values into the online environment, I was quite interested in their view that my business, my … [Read more...]
