Comments on: Would you sack someone if they accidentally got your Twitter account suspended?

By: Craig McGill

Craig McGill — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:42:55 +0000

Someone got sacked for that? FFS! Poor show on the side of the company and in all honesty it smacks of them using it as an excuse.

By: Richard Bailey

Richard Bailey — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:09:02 +0000

What a relief: everyone was suspended from Twitter for a while today while it dealt with a denial of service attack.

But as you say, what did this individual do wrong: ‘determined denial of service attack’?

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:25:10 +0000

I can understand the bosses being concerned about the suspension (depending on the influence of the campaign or Twitter feed) but surefly they should wait for a full explaination from Twitter and then issue a warning to her – not sack her! That’s a completely different kettle of fish – especailly when it is ultimately Twitter’s fault! due to their abstract FAQ!

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:55:41 +0000

I vote no. It seems like a fear driven madness to me. The lost followers could be easily re-found and if they are interested they will follow again. It is like a parent divorcing their child the first time they are suspended from school.

By: Kerry Gaffney

Kerry Gaffney — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 16:49:24 +0000

Am slightly gobsmacked by someone being sacked for this, but then again there has been a fair few things that I’ve seen happen in the social media space that have discombobulated me a tad over the past couple of weeks, and not in a good way.

I agree that ppl who know little about social media tend to think you must know everything about it, but that’s why it pays to be as honest as you can about the limits of your knowledge – especially internally.

Finally, I’d forgotten about the cucumber incident – think I’ve still got the audio for that one somewhere, must dig it out sometime ;-P