Issues about privacy flood social networking sites yet we still support these virtual worlds.
Online stalking is very much accepted nowadays, whereas physical stalking is still a no-no. Come to think of it, online stalking is much more dangerous since the stalker can have a peek of where you've been, who you're talking to and what you're talking about, what you're thinking of, can infer patterns of your behavior from the bits of information you voluntarily share.
Social media marketing seems to be doing a major kind of online stalking too, to the point that they are figuring out every aspect of your lifestyle, analyzing every shred of it to the most mundane activity you don't even have to think just to get it done. They look for patterns, study the way we think, the way we live and even do so much as to make their brands our virtual friends. Imagine that, they are in a way toying with our emotions-especially the need for understanding, of company... is it still ethical? I know it is, which makes my question quite stupid. But the thing is, there shouldn't be any issue right, as long as the brands live up to their promises and truly deliver whatever values they associate with in their campaigns.
However, I do believe not everyone can grow that passion to be a friend to each and every customer you are targeting. Most brands definitely do it just for profit purposes. It's sort of ironic for me, since we see that usually brands strain every vein just to pull the right emotional strings and attach their brands deep in our hearts and minds, and they try to make it appear like it's the most sincere thing on Earth, that they really want to make us better off. But we all know this is not the case and yeah, this is just one of the tricks of the trade. We're gonna have to bear with that. Companies just compensate the public with whatever good they can muster after filling their profit cups.
And that is very ethical. That's is lawful.
Well, maybe I just have more respect to those companies having an advocacy they really pursue first before their financial interests but then, we won't have all of these corporate giants which are fueling the economies of the world had they not prioritized profit maximization. We are all very much compensated with their main goal of maximizing shareholder wealth since they'll do what they can to keep us satisfied; and even make us a bit dissatisfied so they can satisfy our dissatisfaction. Ain't it weird? The irony of commerce. But this is the world I'm entering-this is the field I'm trying to master, or at least, get myself to play with a few aces in its arena; and I am not fighting my way through it just to lose in the end.
Perhaps I can make a change someday.
And yeah, being a young lady from this generation, I bet social media can be a good platform for good business-good in the sense that it is sincere, clean and honest, and truly for the consumers.
haha. I know, the body kinda veered away from the main topic but hey, it's my blog. :p
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Online stalking is very much accepted nowadays, whereas physical stalking is still a no-no. Come to think of it, online stalking is much more dangerous since the stalker can have a peek of where you've been, who you're talking to and what you're talking about, what you're thinking of, can infer patterns of your behavior from the bits of information you voluntarily share.
Social media marketing seems to be doing a major kind of online stalking too, to the point that they are figuring out every aspect of your lifestyle, analyzing every shred of it to the most mundane activity you don't even have to think just to get it done. They look for patterns, study the way we think, the way we live and even do so much as to make their brands our virtual friends. Imagine that, they are in a way toying with our emotions-especially the need for understanding, of company... is it still ethical? I know it is, which makes my question quite stupid. But the thing is, there shouldn't be any issue right, as long as the brands live up to their promises and truly deliver whatever values they associate with in their campaigns.
However, I do believe not everyone can grow that passion to be a friend to each and every customer you are targeting. Most brands definitely do it just for profit purposes. It's sort of ironic for me, since we see that usually brands strain every vein just to pull the right emotional strings and attach their brands deep in our hearts and minds, and they try to make it appear like it's the most sincere thing on Earth, that they really want to make us better off. But we all know this is not the case and yeah, this is just one of the tricks of the trade. We're gonna have to bear with that. Companies just compensate the public with whatever good they can muster after filling their profit cups.
And that is very ethical. That's is lawful.
Well, maybe I just have more respect to those companies having an advocacy they really pursue first before their financial interests but then, we won't have all of these corporate giants which are fueling the economies of the world had they not prioritized profit maximization. We are all very much compensated with their main goal of maximizing shareholder wealth since they'll do what they can to keep us satisfied; and even make us a bit dissatisfied so they can satisfy our dissatisfaction. Ain't it weird? The irony of commerce. But this is the world I'm entering-this is the field I'm trying to master, or at least, get myself to play with a few aces in its arena; and I am not fighting my way through it just to lose in the end.
Perhaps I can make a change someday.
And yeah, being a young lady from this generation, I bet social media can be a good platform for good business-good in the sense that it is sincere, clean and honest, and truly for the consumers.
haha. I know, the body kinda veered away from the main topic but hey, it's my blog. :p
Tweet me if you have violent reactions. :p
http://twitter.com/iamsantaclauds
:D
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