Comments on: Creating a Bad Social Media Habitat http://redcatco.com/blog/marketing/creating-a-bad-social-media-habitat/ Connecting People With Technology Sun, 13 May 2012 07:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Using Controversy In Blogging and Social Media http://redcatco.com/blog/marketing/creating-a-bad-social-media-habitat/comment-page-1/#comment-94541 Using Controversy In Blogging and Social Media Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:31:38 +0000 http://redcatco.com/?p=1655#comment-94541 [...] in 2009, Habitat UK, allegedly tweeted about their products using trending hashtags in their tweets.  That might not have been so bad if some of the hashtags [...] [...] in 2009, Habitat UK, allegedly tweeted about their products using trending hashtags in their tweets.  That might not have been so bad if some of the hashtags [...]

]]> By: In Search of the Habitat Intern | redcatco blog http://redcatco.com/blog/marketing/creating-a-bad-social-media-habitat/comment-page-1/#comment-14646 In Search of the Habitat Intern | redcatco blog Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:39:24 +0000 http://redcatco.com/?p=1655#comment-14646 [...] seems an age since posting about Habitat UK’s mis-steps into Twitter. Since that post, Habit have apologised – although not yet on the place where the deed was [...] [...] seems an age since posting about Habitat UK’s mis-steps into Twitter. Since that post, Habit have apologised – although not yet on the place where the deed was [...]

]]> By: Benjamin http://redcatco.com/blog/marketing/creating-a-bad-social-media-habitat/comment-page-1/#comment-13794 Benjamin Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:24:03 +0000 http://redcatco.com/?p=1655#comment-13794 It appears that Habitat got the message: "We would like to make a very sincere apology to any users who were offended by last week's activity on Twitter." "The top ten trending topics were pasted into hashtags without checking with us and apparently without verifying what all of the tags referred to." "This was absolutely not authorised by Habitat. We were shocked when we discovered what happened and are very sorry for the offence that has been caused." More in <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8116869.stm" rel="nofollow">this article</a>. Habitat is still refusing to say if the incident was an internal employee, or an external agency. It appears that Habitat got the message:

“We would like to make a very sincere apology to any users who were offended by last week’s activity on Twitter.”

“The top ten trending topics were pasted into hashtags without checking with us and apparently without verifying what all of the tags referred to.”

“This was absolutely not authorised by Habitat. We were shocked when we discovered what happened and are very sorry for the offence that has been caused.”

More in this article. Habitat is still refusing to say if the incident was an internal employee, or an external agency.

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