Valleywag
With his post "Destroy Enemies Using Social Media Tools," search-marketing blogger Marty Weintraub worries that a recent rash of posts claiming to teach people how to defend their reputations on the Web could just as well be used as a how-to for trashing people online. Well done, Marty! Bad guys of the Web, place your pinky in the corner of your mouth and proceed:
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- Jeff Quipp wrote 2 posts which comprise the definitive how-to guide for bad guys: "How to Bury Negative Online Mentions of You - Intermediate Level Tactics" and "50+ Sites To Help You Bury Negative Posts About You or Your Company!"
- David Wallace, in his post "Using Social Media To Help Manage Online Reputation," serves up an illustrated do-it-yourself guide to exploiting social media and blogs to "control" online reputation.
- Stuntduble, in the classic lay-it-out-for-anyone-to-easily-understand style, offers "Reputation Management Emancipation Proclamation - 10 Ways to "Own Yourself" Online." Think about the ramifications!
Comments
Honestly if you treat others as you wish to be treated then you won't have to worry about this. It all comes down to being nice and watching what you do because karma is a bitch.
Whooooh horsie ... my post is by no means a definitive how-to guide for bad guys, but rather is more how to reduce the probability of being impacted, and/or the magnitude of the impact if it happens to you.
The reality of the matter is that it is happening right now. Don't stick your head in the sand and hope it doesn't happen to you ... it will. Take preemptive steps, and know what to do when it does happen!
At the end of the day, perspective is in the eye of the beholder. Do you see the glass half empty or half full?
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