links for 2009-06-29

by Brian Reich | 29 Jun 2009, 11:03am

• Debunking Social Media Myths (HarvardBusiness.org)
  David Armano offers something very important: "…being social means having real live people who actively participate in your initiatives. It's difficult to automate and a challenge to scale, but it can also help move your business forward in ways that produce leveraged outcomes such as new/better products or services." Read it.
• NYTimes and Wikipedia Save Reporter’s Life By NOT Reporting On His Capture (TechCrunch)
  This is so important when considering the real life impact of the internet. "Earlier last week, New York Times reporter David Rohde escaped from a Taliban prison. He had been a Taliban hostage for the last seven months, but the general public had absolutely no clue. In a joint effort by The New York Times and Wikipedia, the story was kept quiet until his daring escape."

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