Social Networking

ACU Frank

I’m developing a Social Networking policy/procedure. Specifically, it will outline:

How the organization will decide whether to have a formal presence in a specific outlet (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, etc.)
Who will be responsible for updating and/or who will be allowed to update
What restrictions will we have (and how will we express them) on employees presenting company positions on their personal outlet entries or blogs

There is probably a lot of other stuff that I’ll add in as I go. However…

Do any of you already have a similar policy you could share so I can go home early?

joannie

Frank, are you metamorphising into PICB?x0:)

ACU Frank

Even Kafka couldn't have imagined that!

ritaanz

What's a Kafka?

ACU Frank

Nobody you would like.

KSR6450

I didn't expect to see a discussion including Existentialism in an HR Forum thread. Makes me ask the question, “What am I doing here?” x:D

ray a

KSR, none of this is real. We are merely the figment of the imagination of another poster on here, Paul. He has invented all the characters you see and plays with them as if they were paper dolls. Kind of like a real St. Elsewhere.

KSR6450

Wow - you have just successfully answered all three of Kierkegaard's primary questions for me!

"Who am I?”
“What am I doing here?”
“Where am I going?”

Hopefully he won't shake the snowglobe - I get motion sickness and I don't like snow...

ray a

Apparently you remember the ending to St. Elsewhere.

ritaanz

Well Frank, you blew your opportunity to give us an rudimentary lesson on Kafka and his writings.

KSR6450

Maybe he felt we couldn't handle the 'Truth'????

ACU Frank

Does it matter?

Does ANYTHING matter?

ritaanz

Is that why much of his work was unfinished?

ACU Frank

Was it? Are you really sure?

KSR6450

Can you be sure of anything?

joannie

I'm sure none of us, on this thread, have helped Frank with his social networking policy.x:D

ritaanz

That, my firend, was the original objective. x:P

joannie

Yeah, isn't it great? We not only kept him from going home early on Friday, but he's had to work three days this week. I'm a fine one to talk. I'm procrastinating (habit I picked up from Ray). I really should be working instead of cruising the forum.

ACU Frank

Ritaanz has a policy on Anti-Social Networking.

joannie

But wouldn't a policy that controlled how and when social networking could be used BE an anti-social networking policy?

ACU Frank

Not really... speed limits are not inherently anti-car. Anti-Ray, maybe, but not anti-car.

ray a

My XF is 80% German and built in Germany. It is anti speed limits. I can't help it.

ACU Frank

It's like a car made of anti-matter. Ray's Crossfire is Einstein's worst nightmare!

ritaanz

Oh, Frank, you silly goose. There is no such thing. How can one make connections with people or groups and not socialize?