Which is why I decided to learn more about their plight and our nation's legal and social response.
With that in mind, SAP teamed up with NetBase to deliver a new monthly series exploring the social response to hot topics and trends in business and technology.
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"Unverified reports are on an upward trend, and to a certain extent that has undermined the government's image, disrupted the information order, reduced the credibility of the media and brought a strong social response, " the agency said.
Approximately 200 people from the telecom, technology and media industries, among others, showed up to gain insights into how companies can measure social media response, engage with their customers and develop social media strategies to fit specific business needs.
They briefed the Cobra committee (made up on this occasion by on-the-ball, internet-savvy actors playing the prime minister, culture secretary and home secretary) on response strategies to the threat, analysed a simulated Twitter feed to gauge the social media response to the issue, and discussed and debated strategies for managing the attack on a chat site called the Und3rgr0und - the gathering place of choice for Incognito hacktivists.
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So far, social media response to the feel-good campaign seems positive.
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The social media response was so great that later that year it debuted "March Music Madness, " in which people go online to submit their favorite workout songs for a bracket that mimics the NCAA's "March Madness" national basketball championship bracket.
Housing and social work emergency response teams will work at a reduced capacity.
Often when the issue has been surfaced via social media, then one of the response channels needs to be social media as well.
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The use of flash memory enables social networking companies such as Facebook to retain acceptable response to traffic-heavy social networking and is behind a great many new cloud based services.
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Mr. McIntyre says the company is now more vigilant in monitoring how consumers talk about its brand on social media, tries to be quicker in its response and has instituted a social-media code of conduct for employees.
In response, Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland said he would have no option but to resist Sinn Fein's planned changes.
There are other issues also ripe for discussion such as social engineering, breach response best practices, and advice for consumers on avoiding ID theft.
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In an instant-response, social media era in which the slightest provocation and merits a reply, it doesn't react to campaigns or even polite queries.
But the greatest increases in productivity have come with internet technology, hosted CRM, social media, immediate response, local presence, and telephony tools integrated together.
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But Joanne has been overwhelmed by the response on social media.
Lori writes an eclectic blog covering Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and general social media tips but her main work is in social media and direct response.
Experts say the move was a response to social discrimination against low castes in Punjab, where close to 30 percent of the population is Dalit, the highest in any Indian state.
Google's new social media platform for information sharing, Google Buzz, is clearly a response to the runaway growth of social media sites like Twitter and Facebook.
It will also look at the role of social networking, the police response and police resources.
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The appeal for fresh information in December led to an "unprecedented response" on social media sites, police said.
Last week, Samuelson finally got a response from the social media-savvy billionaire.
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We stand ready to prepare social workers to lead that response.
This is especially so, he maintains, if large American Institutional investors stay on the sidelines in response to a social investment campaign similar to the one that helped bring down the apartheid government of South Africa.
Customers regularly tweet about the great service, then get a thank you in response from the Lululemon social media team.
So much gameplay potential is sacrificed to response time, to social mechanics, to that hungry beast that is the MMO.
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But the complex, multifaceted challenges and risks ahead call for a response which addresses the social, economic and environmental issues facing the world today in an integrated and comprehensive manner.
Despite a few outages in the past few months, Facebook continues to zip along as the fastest social network in terms of average response time for the site, according to a report by web analytics company AlertSite.
In the past, I had discussed the importance of social media and blogging and his response was that, while he understood the necessity for it, both his budget and time did not permit hiring someone to stay on top of those efforts.
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