Comments on: E-Stalking [Part 4] http://billcammack.com/2010/04/08/e-stalking-part-4/ Thu, 24 May 2012 05:50:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Changing our programming | What Women Weave http://billcammack.com/2010/04/08/e-stalking-part-4/#comment-28042 Changing our programming | What Women Weave Fri, 30 Apr 2010 05:28:22 +0000 http://billcammack.com/?p=8086#comment-28042 [...] E-Stalking [Part 4] – 4 comments [...] [...] E-Stalking [Part 4] – 4 comments [...]

]]> By: Bill Cammack http://billcammack.com/2010/04/08/e-stalking-part-4/#comment-27701 Bill Cammack Sat, 10 Apr 2010 01:54:37 +0000 http://billcammack.com/?p=8086#comment-27701 What happens with Social Media is that people assume it's like a telephone when it's actually a megaphone. They assume they're talking only to their friends and they assume that nobody's going to check to see what they said the next day or the next week or the next month or the next year. That's all well and good if you're talking about blog posts, but it becomes a problem if people are checking LBS for a way to take their offline interactions with you online. If you didn't check out <a href="http://lalawag.com/2010/04/07/fourscared-and-fourscammed/" rel="nofollow">Melissa's article</a>, you definitely should, because that's some weirdo stuff going on over there. I have my own ways of avoiding LBS stalkerism which I'll mainly employ if I'm hanging out with a chick and don't feel like being disturbed, but the only way to be sure is a total blackout. Come back on the grid when you're willing to take the chance that people are going to try to come hook up with you. As you mention, it's DEFINITELY a much more important issue with females. Attractive chicks are going to have stalkers regardless of what they do, but at least one friend of mine in particular has built her entire online fanbase out of her stalkers. It's as if she's inviting them or exacerbating the situation. Hopefully, that's not going to become a problem for her. What happens with Social Media is that people assume it’s like a telephone when it’s actually a megaphone. They assume they’re talking only to their friends and they assume that nobody’s going to check to see what they said the next day or the next week or the next month or the next year.

That’s all well and good if you’re talking about blog posts, but it becomes a problem if people are checking LBS for a way to take their offline interactions with you online. If you didn’t check out Melissa’s article, you definitely should, because that’s some weirdo stuff going on over there.

I have my own ways of avoiding LBS stalkerism which I’ll mainly employ if I’m hanging out with a chick and don’t feel like being disturbed, but the only way to be sure is a total blackout. Come back on the grid when you’re willing to take the chance that people are going to try to come hook up with you.

As you mention, it’s DEFINITELY a much more important issue with females. Attractive chicks are going to have stalkers regardless of what they do, but at least one friend of mine in particular has built her entire online fanbase out of her stalkers. It’s as if she’s inviting them or exacerbating the situation. Hopefully, that’s not going to become a problem for her.

]]> By: C-Jay http://billcammack.com/2010/04/08/e-stalking-part-4/#comment-27694 C-Jay Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:54:16 +0000 http://billcammack.com/?p=8086#comment-27694 your absolutely right social media is making life easier for stalkers. It always surprises me when im out with friends especially female friends and they act astonished that somebody knew where they where when they just tweeted their location or updated their status to include where they were via fb mobile. your absolutely right social media is making life easier for stalkers. It always surprises me when im out with friends especially female friends and they act astonished that somebody knew where they where when they just tweeted their location or updated their status to include where they were via fb mobile.

]]> By: Bill Cammack http://billcammack.com/2010/04/08/e-stalking-part-4/#comment-27682 Bill Cammack Thu, 08 Apr 2010 18:57:32 +0000 http://billcammack.com/?p=8086#comment-27682 haha Thanks man. I try to keep it interesting. ;) Here in NYC, everything's accelerated. More people at parties, more parties per week, always new people to meet, alliances shifting, people moving in, moving out, changing jobs, creating startups... We get a lot of experience with these apps really quickly. All kinds of stuff that you wouldn't even imagine happens here and then we have to deal with it on the fly. It gives us more perspective into the pros and cons of Social Media apps than most people get in less-dynamic environments. haha Thanks man. I try to keep it interesting. ;)

Here in NYC, everything’s accelerated. More people at parties, more parties per week, always new people to meet, alliances shifting, people moving in, moving out, changing jobs, creating startups…

We get a lot of experience with these apps really quickly. All kinds of stuff that you wouldn’t even imagine happens here and then we have to deal with it on the fly. It gives us more perspective into the pros and cons of Social Media apps than most people get in less-dynamic environments.

]]> By: Tron http://billcammack.com/2010/04/08/e-stalking-part-4/#comment-27681 Tron Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:42:50 +0000 http://billcammack.com/?p=8086#comment-27681 I love the entertainment value of your posts, and as much as I hate to admit, I just may be learning something on the sly. lol Write on Man, Write ON!!! I love the entertainment value of your posts, and as much as I hate to admit, I just may be learning something on the sly. lol

Write on Man, Write ON!!!

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