Comments on: Preventing mistaken Twitter identity https://www.rosecomm.com/social-networking/preventing-mistaken-twitter-identity/ Fresh Perspective, Authentic Approach, Meaningful Impact Sat, 29 May 2010 01:31:12 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ryan https://www.rosecomm.com/social-networking/preventing-mistaken-twitter-identity/#comment-344 Thu, 21 May 2009 17:50:45 +0000 http://prose-blog.com/?p=272#comment-344 Great topic. I agree one must be in control of one’s name. Just from an intellectual property perspective this seems to be a mandatory. I don’t think companies are fully grasping the consequences, malicious or not.

AKQA had this problem. It took them several months to get their Twitter handle @AKQA. You can hear it from them at @AKQA and @mkparsley.

What are you thoughts on using a company Twitter account versus individual accounts who represent your company?

]]> By: Henry https://www.rosecomm.com/social-networking/preventing-mistaken-twitter-identity/#comment-341 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:26:52 +0000 http://prose-blog.com/?p=272#comment-341 Yeah, this is a good idea.

Many years ago, when I worked for an Internet service provider, I registered for myself henry(mylastname).com. I then started using henry@henry(mylastname).com as my e-mail address. A few years ago, along comes another person with my same first and last name who wanted it. He never asked to buy it from me, he just grabbed the same name followed by .net, since .com wasn’t available. He is someone who works in the music industry and deals with the public.

Now, I occasionally get e-mails meant for this person. Some of these e-mails contain sensitive information. Good for him that I’m a good and ethical person, otherwise I could really hurt him with some of what I’ve gotten.

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