With all the self-proclaimed “social media experts” on the internet, it’s no wonder that companies have a hard time knowing who to trust with their social media. But are these people doing any real harm? I probably gave my opinion away in the title, but I do have some ideas for how to solve the issue, or at least make it better.

America’s sex offender laws are unjust, unfair, ineffective, and out of control. The same fear-mongering and panic is now moving online, causing social media companies like Facebook to remove the accounts of registered sex offenders. This sounds good on the surface, but it’s based in the same shaky logic and judgmental language as the original laws.

Facebook is growing, but MySpace isn’t shrinking. Why do some people choose to leave MySpace for Facebook, and some people choose to stay? Teenagers gave danah boyd insight into this, and the results have wide-reaching implications for anyone looking to engage an audience using social media.