Link roundup March 4, 2013
DKNY Responds Quickly, Decisively To Facebook Crisis » DKNY has always supported the arts, and we deeply regret this mistake. Accordingly, we are making a charitable donation of $25,000 to the YMCA in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, in Mr. Stanton’s name. This is very interesting. Remember when H&M ripped off a designer (and claimed they didn’t)? Or when Lindex did it? ...
Facebook: Threatening to rape women is okay, as long as you don’t mean it
Tonight, Swedish public service channel SVT1 broadcast a show looking into the hate and threats that women in the public eye face. The show began with Julia, a 21 year old woman, who asked on H&M’s Facebook page why they’re selling t-shirts with Tupac Shakur’s face, considering he’s been convicted for sexual assault. This started ...
Booth babes, douche bags and how the internet never forgets
One of the biggest reasons companies are afraid of social media is fear of negativity. While the fear is real, the grounds for it are wrong. As someone once said, “social media doesn’t create negativity, it puts a magnifying glass to it”. Another reason is that marketers and managers are afraid of making mistakes. A ...