Breaking news on Penn State's official facebook
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That's like saying, "It's a shame that someone died because they didn't follow procedure, but these things happen because of the way the machine is set up." Maybe mistakes like this happen at starbucks, but not where I work. Mistakes can lead to catastrophic consequences, so procedure adherence is a must for any task big or small.
I don't know if the person responsible was fired or not, never claimed to know. Why did you ask that question, it added no value?
It's Facebook and Twitter for Christ's sake.......not a surgery.
Stop trying to pretend they're even close to the same thing.....because they're not.
We get it. You and MM2 don't like the administration. You'll take shots at every chance you get.
You're acting like someone accidentally fired a nuclear weapon.....it's a SOCIAL MEDIA POST.....it's not life or death.
I'm glad you don't work for my company... People we hire make mistakes, but usuallymake good decisions. The can be quite a difference. Either way, social media is an important form of PUBLIC RELATIONS and there is a reason why you leave that role to professionals....
You've also shown you have no clue how social media works, particularly how easy it is to make this mistake.......even by a professional.
It's like you didn't even read my post. Please re-read and try again.
Attitudes like yours lead to complacency, lack of accountability, and error likely situations. It's fine if you work at McDonald's, but some company's require a higher standard. This is not just because they demand excellence from their employees, but because public safety requires it. I would hope my alma mater would expect nothing but excellence, regardless of the consequences.
Use your brain and stop crucifying the university for something so stupid.
If Facebook and Twitter are so trivial, why has the BoT admitted to monitoring them and websites as well?
I don't know. Why do you keep coming up with more usernames?
My GF was a little upset yesterday because the Commonwealth Twitter account posted a picture of some students and mentioned they were "special needs students" instead of just "students." While mildly annoying, and not technically wrong, I explained that I'm sure it was the social media intern they hired for the summer and not somebody who actually matters within the Commonwealth.
It social media not heavy machinery. No one going to get killed by Facebook post. Do you think Penn State could get Facebook to change their interface just for Penn State?
You can shout all you want about my ignorance of social media (awfully presumptuous of you), but I'm wise enough to understand how a PR misstep on Twitter or Facebook can cause cataclysmic collateral damage to a company, brand/trademark... is this concept so difficult for you, or do I need to retype this in all CAPS?
I've been involved in real-world business long enough to also understand the danger of allowing an untrained/undertrained employee or intern access to such a powerful tool, particularly when representing a company or trademark.
For the same reason my company won't let me hop on a forklift, drive a 53' tractor-trailer, repair equipment, make entries in the corporate ledger, speak on behalf of the company regarding pending legal action, or make statements to the press - it's all about RISK and the amount of damage I could potentially cause (I'm not trained/qualified/certified on these tasks). I believe PSU would be foolhearty to employ a process where someone could easily, either intentionally or by mistake, misrepresent personal statements as those of the University. Doesn't mean I'm wearing my tin-foil hat...
It's one thing to have a Twitter account for the Nittany Lion making flippant comments about Oreos, but someone who uses an official PSU account representing the university should know better... PSU is more dignified than that... or at least it used to be...
Social Media can be more-powerful than heavy machinery, does the term "Arab Spring" mean anything to you?
Of course in the scheme of things it's not a big deal. But, guys like you, Camaro, etc. are transparent in your coordinated efforts to defend PSU's abominable leadership no matter the subject. In that respect you're no better than those you accuse of being conspiracy nuts or part of a cult. And by the way, it's your beloved leaders who are infinitely more responsible for people "calling Penn State fans a cult" than is anyone on this board. We don't "wonder" why people say that, we already know.
I don't defend them about everything. The difference is I don't take something completely unrelated to the admin and turn it into a way to bash the administration or support them.
yeah, shit happens I guess
fact is: the stupid message was attributed to the university - or am I misunderstanding something... it is essentially a product of the administration
Read damnit, read! I already addressed this. Copied from a previous post:
Attitudes like yours lead to complacency, lack of accountability, and error likely situations. It's fine if you work at McDonald's, but some company's require a higher standard. This is not just because they demand excellence from their employees, but because public safety requires it. I would hope my alma mater would expect nothing but excellence, regardless of the consequences.
I don't defend everything the university does.
Unfortunately, I've developed an an ability to not let my previous feelings about a subject influence my perception of a given event.
ZING! Seriously, I'd be disappointed with PSU for this type of nonsense even in the absense of the bunglin' stumblin' dumblin' of the past 48mos.... a turd is a turd...
Exactly right. I simply expect more from my alma mater. If I wanted mediocre, I would have went to Pitt.
Penn State has one of the better social media presences out there for universities precisely because of the way it interacts with its followers. Penn State's Twitter account jokes around with students, congratulates incoming freshmen tweeting about their acceptance, and generally conducts itself in a light-hearted manner. What you seem to want, however, is the type of social media presence that Pitt has: regurgitated university press releases and forgettable boringness. I've done my fair share of criticizing the university, but they handled this in a way that nearly everyone on the planet - with the exception of this message board - could laugh about.
Exactly.
The point of social media, at least meaningful social media, is playful banter and not regurgitation of official news and press releases. It helps build a sense of community.
Many here quite obviously don't "get" that.
Odd that you follow Pitt on Twitter. What does that tell you? I didn't even know Pitt had a twitter account. I assumed that since you still can't schedule classes online at Pitt, that they probably didn't have twitter yet.
Joking around on purpose is one thing, that isn't even a topic of discussion, so I'm not sure why you brought it up. We are talking about accidentally posting stuff to twitter you don't intend to. It was a silly mistake this time, thankfully it was just cookies. What if it had been something a little more graphic/controversial? That's the last thing we need now. Many here quite obviously don't "get" that.
What if your aunt had balls? She'd be your uncle.
Get over it. It's not a big deal and it was handled appropriately.
If twitter was handled appropriately at PSU, it wouldn't have happened. Sorry I expect more from my alma mater.
You do realize that what you're talking about with Penn State happened on Facebook, not Twitter, right?
And to answer your earlier message, I don't follow Pitt's Twitter account, but it occasionally gets retweeted into my feed from either people I know who went to Pitt for undergrad or grad school, or through reporters at places like the Business Times. And, as an aside, my nephew graduated from Pitt a few years ago and you could most certainly schedule classes online - and this was 2009/2010. Not to turn this into a Pitt bashing thread - although I know that seems to be a favorite hobby of yours.
You mentioned Pitt's twitter account in a post I replied to, which put Twitter in my head. A simple irrelevant mistake that doesn't change the message.
If Pitt can now schedule classes online, it is extremely new. I took grad classes there not that long ago, and it wasn't an option. BTW... stating facts, that just happen to be unfortunate for Pitt fans, isn't bashing.
Guess what? There are grad classes at PSU that you can't schedule online too.
Also you're exactly right.......an irrelevant mistake doesn't change the message. Take it to heart.
