Aug
9
The social divides of social media
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Opportunistic marketers aren’t slow in suggesting that social media monitoring could have helped the Police understand the outbreak of rioting over the last few days –this article is just one example. Police do monitor social media (most obviously, large police forces tweet themselves) but it wouldn’t have been particularly useful over the last few days. [...]
Dec
6
Important parts of the Labour Party are worried about whether Ed Miliband will be left wing enough or right wing enough. It’s the oldest debate in the party so it’s a comfortable one, with the actors playing their usual parts. But the stage has shifted. Labour has no divine right to be heard and this [...]
Feb
1
Axa Health: complaining via blogging
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A friend of a friend has had real problems with her Axa healthcare policy. She feels completely let down. As is often the case in difficult situations, the failure of the company to deal with her problems properly has only served to exacerbate the original complaint. I helped her (in a small way) by creating [...]