China’s Social Media Engineering & America’s Social Divide




Beyond Social Media show

Summary: Beyond Social Media Show, Episode 169<br> <br> BL and David discuss discuss the new app that warns you when Donald Trump Tweets about a stock you own; Cinnabon’s worst buns in the galaxy Twitter goof; The PussyProject’s PussyHats for the Women’s March on Washington; Facebook’s Blabby multi-streaming Messenger; Google’s wheelchair accessibility maps; China’s scary gamification of citizen obedience with Sesame Credit; new Occulus Rooms; Biz Stone’s new AskJelly; Leicestershire Police’s chilling video about online predators goes viral….and much, much more.<br> Worst Digital Cases<br> App Will Send You Text Alerts When Trump Tweets About Your Stocks<br> This is in the worst category because, sadly, it is necessary. The Trigger app notifies you when President-Elect Trump tweets about a publicly traded stock that you own in real time. These triggers can help you capture moves or manage your holdings based on the market’s reaction to the future President’s remarks.<br> <br> * <a href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/startup-wants-help-trade-stocks-230346337.html" target="_blank">This App Will Send You Alerts When Trump Tweets About Stocks You Own</a><br> * <a href="http://www.triggerfinance.com/" target="_blank">Trigger Finance Website</a><br> * <a href="http://Trigger%20Blog%20Post%20https://medium.com/trigger-finance/trump-triggers-9455b838044a#.cffi155w5" target="_blank">Trump Trigger Blog Post</a><br> <br> <br> Worst Buns In The Galaxy<br> Cinnabon went to great lengths and put a lot of thought into crafting its Carrie Fisher tribute tweet; unfortunately, they didn’t put nearly as much thought in to the text of the tweet. NOTE: It appears the company had used the image in a previous tweet in May. See below.<br> <br> * <a href="http://mashable.com/2016/12/27/cinnabon-carrie-fisher/">Cinnabon fails the galaxy with terrible tweet about Carrie Fisher’s death</a><br> * <a href="http://www.dailydot.com/parsec/cinnabon-mourns-carrie-fisher/">Cinnabon apologizes for its ‘best buns’ tribute to Carrie Fisher on Twitter</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Our deleted tweet was genuinely meant as a tribute, but we shouldn't have posted it. We are truly sorry.<br> — Cinnabon (@Cinnabon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cinnabon/status/813949615934492672">December 28, 2016</a><br> <br> <br> Here’s to the princess with the second-best rolls in the galaxy. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MayThe4thBeWithYou?src=hash">#MayThe4thBeWithYou</a> <a href="https://t.co/N03d6ZnQs5">pic.twitter.com/N03d6ZnQs5</a><br> — Cinnabon (@Cinnabon) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cinnabon/status/727901045637054467">May 4, 2016</a><br> <br> SNL’s Dunkin’ Donuts Spoof Underscores Facebook’s Piracy<br> Because of Facebook freebooting, SNL’s ripped-off clip YouTube Dunkin’ Donuts Spoof racked up 2.4 million views on Facebook in 2 days<br> <br> * <a href="http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/snls-dunkin-donuts-spoof-underscores-facebooks-lingering-problem-piracy-175206" target="_blank">SNL’s Dunkin’ Donuts Spoof Underscores Facebook’s Lingering Problem With Piracy</a><br> <br> <br> Twitter Translator?<br> Co-host David Erickson spotted a Bing-powered translation feature on one of his tweets. Only problem was that it wanted to translate a French tweet that didn’t exist.<br> Translation Tweet<br> <br> Has anyone seen this before? Twitter asked if I wanted to translate my tweet from French (it was in English) using Bing?!? <a href="https://t.co/Vnc2fzRBvD">pic.twitter.com/Vnc2fzRBvD</a><br> — David Erickson (@derickson) <a href="https://twitter.com/derickson/status/816704673650507778">January 4, 2017</a><br> <br> Original Tweet<br> <br> Serial Podcast: 4 Lessons For Communications Pros – <a href="https://t.co/3XNhoIA675">https://t.co/3XNhoIA675</a><br>