Thursday, June 7, 2012

A Few Ways Social Media Can Backfire




If you have a band, organization, or company that you want to start a Facebook page for, there are some ways that can backfire on you(Cohen, 2012, p.n.d.). The first three ways social media can backfire on you is a lot of people will unlike your page, you may only receive spam comments and wall posts, and also you can get a lot of negative mentions. If you get a lot of negative mentions the chances are the public thinks you are doing something very wrong and if you get a lot of spam comments that means that most likely you should be updating your page more(Cohen, 2012, p.n.d.). Another way Social Media can backfire, is by someone making a fake page posing as your company. This can damage the company’s reputation very badly.
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