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The ethics of Internet research becomes more important as the cost of experimentation comes down

Facebook’s admitted manipiulation of its customer’s emotional state might be shocking but there are deeper reasons for concern

Pressure for profits will force Facebook to use our private information in radical new ways. Privacy issues for Facebook
Kerry Gorgone tries to find out why hackers take down sites, and has a few tips to keep it from happening to your business.
Spam killing blog comment sections. Blogs being hacked. Customer data breaches. Are the bad guys winning?
I have covered many angles of content creation, strategy, and marketing career issues. But there is one serious topic I have avoided until now.
There is one business situation that might benefit from cheating. An evaluation.

There is a social media platform that encourages its members to cheat. And Empire Avenue crushed my soul.
New data suggests that the harder we work, the fewer people may be actually seeing our brand’s Facebook posts. Let’s make some sense of this trend
Sponsored content is the hottest topic in marketing. But will it bring redemption or corruption to our field?
Subtle but important change going on in the world of research with profound implications for what we can see and believe on the social web.
A case study in social media ethics
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