Comments on: Hurricane Gustav – Social Networking Used for Disaster Planning and Relief Efforts http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/hurricane-gustav-social-networking-used-for-disaster-planning-and-relief-efforts/ Kim Woodbridge WordPress Consultant Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:58:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/hurricane-gustav-social-networking-used-for-disaster-planning-and-relief-efforts/#comment-481 Kim Woodbridge Thu, 04 Sep 2008 04:40:02 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=269#comment-481 Oh - I meant it's a good thing there isn't a lot of spam. The elephant site gets tons. I love comments. Oh – I meant it’s a good thing there isn’t a lot of spam. The elephant site gets tons. I love comments.

]]> By: Lee http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/hurricane-gustav-social-networking-used-for-disaster-planning-and-relief-efforts/#comment-457 Lee Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:43:49 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=269#comment-457 It's much better when there's more people commenting, believe me. And, you never know, I might be a spammer after all! :D Lees last blog post - <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scamtypes/~3/187421044/medicaid-fraud.html" rel="nofollow">Medicaid Fraud</a> It’s much better when there’s more people commenting, believe me.

And, you never know, I might be a spammer after all! :D

Lees last blog post – Medicaid Fraud

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/hurricane-gustav-social-networking-used-for-disaster-planning-and-relief-efforts/#comment-456 Kim Woodbridge Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:18:27 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=269#comment-456 Oh - I know that's why you did it ;-) Although Ari does have a point that names are better. I know your first name but not everyone else who comments does. Now wasn't it easier when you were the only person who commented on this site ;-) And your frequent name changes are making Wordpress mark all your new comments as Spam. It's a good thing I don't get that much and it isn't hard to weed through it and find the real comments. Oh – I know that’s why you did it ;-)

Although Ari does have a point that names are better. I know your first name but not everyone else who comments does. Now wasn’t it easier when you were the only person who commented on this site ;-)

And your frequent name changes are making WordPress mark all your new comments as Spam. It’s a good thing I don’t get that much and it isn’t hard to weed through it and find the real comments.

]]> By: Global Warming And Other Environmental Frauds | Scam Types dot Com http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/hurricane-gustav-social-networking-used-for-disaster-planning-and-relief-efforts/#comment-455 Global Warming And Other Environmental Frauds | Scam Types dot Com Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:01:12 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=269#comment-455 [...] In nearly every country of the world I think it would be fair to say that the weather can be quite unpredicatble at [...] [...] In nearly every country of the world I think it would be fair to say that the weather can be quite unpredicatble at [...]

]]> By: Lee http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/hurricane-gustav-social-networking-used-for-disaster-planning-and-relief-efforts/#comment-453 Lee Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:22:53 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=269#comment-453 "..but it would be nice if I could call you Tom, Dick, or Jane, and not Scam" - sorry - warped sense of humor here! :D Lees last blog post - <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scamtypes/~3/187421044/medicaid-fraud.html" rel="nofollow">Medicaid Fraud</a> “..but it would be nice if I could call you Tom, Dick, or Jane, and not Scam”

- sorry – warped sense of humor here! :D

Lees last blog post – Medicaid Fraud

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/hurricane-gustav-social-networking-used-for-disaster-planning-and-relief-efforts/#comment-447 Kim Woodbridge Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:02:13 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=269#comment-447 Umm ... sorry. Apparently Wordpress doesn't like Tom, Dick and Jane and the comment has been sitting in spam for awhile. Glad I checked it before I deleted them. Umm … sorry. Apparently WordPress doesn’t like Tom, Dick and Jane and the comment has been sitting in spam for awhile. Glad I checked it before I deleted them.

]]> By: Tom, Dick and Jane http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/hurricane-gustav-social-networking-used-for-disaster-planning-and-relief-efforts/#comment-444 Tom, Dick and Jane Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:23:41 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=269#comment-444 "Scam, suppose you are a student, teacher, or passer-by on a college campus when you hear a gun shot. What do you do? " Erm.. run? :D Seriously though I think perhaps the cultural differences between the US and the UK make a difference - obviously there wouldn't be the gunshot in the first place and, secondly, if there was and someone dialled 999 then tactical firearms officers would respond in an incredibly short time because it would be such an unusual event. Also, in my social group at least, if someone relayed such a story via social media then it would not be taken seriously - everyone would think it was a hoax! Tom, Dick and Janes last blog post - <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scamtypes/~3/187421044/medicaid-fraud.html" rel="nofollow">Medicaid Fraud</a> “Scam, suppose you are a student, teacher, or passer-by on a college campus when you hear a gun shot. What do you do? ”

Erm.. run? :D

Seriously though I think perhaps the cultural differences between the US and the UK make a difference – obviously there wouldn’t be the gunshot in the first place and, secondly, if there was and someone dialled 999 then tactical firearms officers would respond in an incredibly short time because it would be such an unusual event.

Also, in my social group at least, if someone relayed such a story via social media then it would not be taken seriously – everyone would think it was a hoax!

Tom, Dick and Janes last blog post – Medicaid Fraud

]]> By: Ari Herzog http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/hurricane-gustav-social-networking-used-for-disaster-planning-and-relief-efforts/#comment-432 Ari Herzog Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:05:06 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=269#comment-432 Scam, suppose you are a student, teacher, or passer-by on a college campus when you hear a gun shot. What do you do? Call 911 on your phone which is relayed from one PD to another? Do you have a walking internet connection and what would that do? What if you dial a 5-digit number on your cellphone or PDA, type a short 140-character message into the phone, hit send, and then the power of twitter and your followers can do all the work. And stories like that. Also, one of the ways how social media works (for me) is by bringing people and organizations together. I presume you are branding your company but it would be nice if I could call you Tom, Dick, or Jane, and not Scam. Something to think about Ari Herzogs last blog post - <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ariwriter/~3/380978442/do-you-like-linkedin-frown-at.html" rel="nofollow">Do You, like LinkedIn, Frown at Frolleagues?</a> Scam, suppose you are a student, teacher, or passer-by on a college campus when you hear a gun shot. What do you do? Call 911 on your phone which is relayed from one PD to another? Do you have a walking internet connection and what would that do? What if you dial a 5-digit number on your cellphone or PDA, type a short 140-character message into the phone, hit send, and then the power of twitter and your followers can do all the work.

And stories like that.

Also, one of the ways how social media works (for me) is by bringing people and organizations together. I presume you are branding your company but it would be nice if I could call you Tom, Dick, or Jane, and not Scam. Something to think about

Ari Herzogs last blog post – Do You, like LinkedIn, Frown at Frolleagues?

]]> By: Kim Woodbridge http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/hurricane-gustav-social-networking-used-for-disaster-planning-and-relief-efforts/#comment-430 Kim Woodbridge Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:57:10 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=269#comment-430 Scam - Here is the link for the Egyptian case - http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/25/twitter.buck/ Hurricane Katrina occurred three years ago and New Orleans was devastated. The government was not prepared and had an extremely delayed response time. The photo of Bush and McCain in the article shows that they were celebrating McCain's birthday while thousands of people were waiting to be rescued. There's a Wikipedia article about this issue at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_government_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina I also have family in New Orleans so it affected me more than natural disasters usually do. Scam – Here is the link for the Egyptian case – http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/04/25/twitter.buck/

Hurricane Katrina occurred three years ago and New Orleans was devastated. The government was not prepared and had an extremely delayed response time. The photo of Bush and McCain in the article shows that they were celebrating McCain’s birthday while thousands of people were waiting to be rescued.

There’s a Wikipedia article about this issue at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_government_response_to_Hurricane_Katrina

I also have family in New Orleans so it affected me more than natural disasters usually do.

]]> By: Scam http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/hurricane-gustav-social-networking-used-for-disaster-planning-and-relief-efforts/#comment-427 Scam Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:50:05 +0000 http://www.kimwoodbridge.com/?p=269#comment-427 Ahh, I see that social media could serve a purpose, but I don't see anyone choosing it as a means of asking for help, at least no yet. After all, if you have a net connection then chances are that phones will be working and they are much more likely to be used I would have thought. I'd not heard of the Egyptian case, I'll read about it when I get a chance. "Many of us in the US also don’t want to feel helpless as we did 3 years ago when our government basically let New Orleans drown." - not being American I don't fully understand what you mean by this? Scams last blog post - <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Scamtypes/~3/380456018/top-10s-august-2008.html" rel="nofollow">Top 10s - August 2008</a> Ahh, I see that social media could serve a purpose, but I don’t see anyone choosing it as a means of asking for help, at least no yet. After all, if you have a net connection then chances are that phones will be working and they are much more likely to be used I would have thought.

I’d not heard of the Egyptian case, I’ll read about it when I get a chance.

“Many of us in the US also don’t want to feel helpless as we did 3 years ago when our government basically let New Orleans drown.” – not being American I don’t fully understand what you mean by this?

Scams last blog post – Top 10s – August 2008

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