Comments on: A Millennial Response to "The Corporate Mullet" http://nickbostic.com/2009/07/29/millennial-response-corporate-mullet/ Just another weblog Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:15:25 +0000 http://onedayblogbuilders.com/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brett Hummel http://nickbostic.com/2009/07/29/millennial-response-corporate-mullet/#comment-96 Brett Hummel Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:00:25 +0000 http://nickbostic.com/?p=1120#comment-96 I would tend to agree with you that the idea that we have privacy is largely a myth. Employers routinely do background checks, drug tests, etc. which in all reality probably have no bearing on your ability to perform your work. Personally, I think that we need to update existing privacy laws and start applying them to the web. The internet is the new postal service and just like letters that technically get sent into the public space as they make their way to their audience, social media aps, im, and twitter all function in the same way. The conversations, photos, or videos were never meant to be experienced by anyone other than the selected audience. As a result I think we should protect our internet postings in much the same way we protect our mail: it should illegal to snoop through profiles, emails, and text messages. In reality though I believe this problem rests mainly with the older generations. I do not think that when Millennials get into leadership positions and start hiring people that they will be surprised/upset to see a picture of the applicant at a happy hour . .-= Brett Hummel´s last blog ..<a href="http://bretthummel.com/?p=183" rel="nofollow">Ford Letting Go of Control To Court Millennials</a> =-. I would tend to agree with you that the idea that we have privacy is largely a myth. Employers routinely do background checks, drug tests, etc. which in all reality probably have no bearing on your ability to perform your work. Personally, I think that we need to update existing privacy laws and start applying them to the web. The internet is the new postal service and just like letters that technically get sent into the public space as they make their way to their audience, social media aps, im, and twitter all function in the same way. The conversations, photos, or videos were never meant to be experienced by anyone other than the selected audience. As a result I think we should protect our internet postings in much the same way we protect our mail: it should illegal to snoop through profiles, emails, and text messages.

In reality though I believe this problem rests mainly with the older generations. I do not think that when Millennials get into leadership positions and start hiring people that they will be surprised/upset to see a picture of the applicant at a happy hour .
.-= Brett Hummel´s last blog ..Ford Letting Go of Control To Court Millennials =-.

]]> By: Bill lublin http://nickbostic.com/2009/07/29/millennial-response-corporate-mullet/#comment-95 Bill lublin Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:44:04 +0000 http://nickbostic.com/?p=1120#comment-95 Nick: I really enjoyed readin the post, but I think you misunderstood the questions that we were answering. It wasn't so much about Duncan's preso at SMCPhilly that night as it was to the reactions of the audience in the after discussion. Duncan's mullet premise was that social media is composed of both business and social elements and that a balance of the two is important to engage effectively in the social media space. It was (I believe) a concept that was embraced by the entire audience, regardless of generation. The flip video really seemed to be about the mixed concepts of what the proper mix was, and many of the participants were full time marketers who do social media for large firms and have corporate restrants due to their obligation to their employer. You would have fell in with the less detached group, because you get that your actions have imoact (regardless of how you think that impact should be handled by you) - It was a disconnect from the idea that each of the actions create reactions and tat managing those reactions (even by a disreagrd for them) is crucial to a thoughtful social media strategy - Thanks so much for reading the tweet, sharing the vide, and moving the conversation forward in an articualte manner as you always do - Hope life is treating you well - Nick:
I really enjoyed readin the post, but I think you misunderstood the questions that we were answering. It wasn’t so much about Duncan’s preso at SMCPhilly that night as it was to the reactions of the audience in the after discussion.

Duncan’s mullet premise was that social media is composed of both business and social elements and that a balance of the two is important to engage effectively in the social media space. It was (I believe) a concept that was embraced by the entire audience, regardless of generation.

The flip video really seemed to be about the mixed concepts of what the proper mix was, and many of the participants were full time marketers who do social media for large firms and have corporate restrants due to their obligation to their employer. You would have fell in with the less detached group, because you get that your actions have imoact (regardless of how you think that impact should be handled by you) -
It was a disconnect from the idea that each of the actions create reactions and tat managing those reactions (even by a disreagrd for them) is crucial to a thoughtful social media strategy -
Thanks so much for reading the tweet, sharing the vide, and moving the conversation forward in an articualte manner as you always do -
Hope life is treating you well -

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