Disgrace by Nike employee

There has been a lot of controversy and discussion since the reigning MVP Derrick Rose went down with an injury yesterday. The controversy stems from a Nike employee tweeting about Rose and saying how it was a good thing he signed with Adidas rather than Nike. He did it in a very rude way and was basically mocking Rose right after he suffered a horrific injury that could really hurt his career in the future. The tweet was immature and unacceptable especially coming from a Nike employe. It would be one thing if it was just a fan tweeting that because they are not held to the same standard as employees working for major corporations such as Nike and Adidas. This employee should absolutely be fired so a message is sent to all co workers that actions like this will not be tolerated.

Facebook is Taking Over the World

In the past couple Facebook once again made worldwide headlines by buying another application called Instagram for 1 Billion dollars. This is just another cool application that Facebook can now call their own. Facebook has already added applications that are connected to Yahoo!, The Social Reader, and Walmart just to name a few. They also add games such as Farmland, Graffiti, and hundreds of others. With the power and value Facebook already has they have the ability to purchase pretty much any application for the right price. They just dropped a billion dollars like it was pocket change and the purchase was not even questioned. What is even scarier than the power Facebook possesses is the mindset companies such as Instagram have. It seems like everyone is trying to create new applications and games just so they can sell it to Facebook for a ridiculous price. If this continues which seems definite as of right now who knows how much property Facebook will own in 5 or 10 years. Before we know it Facebook will have bought out every humans social security number from the government for 100 billion dollars.

The Instant Fame Social Media can Bring

Today, with all the social media networks that play videos who anyone can create and post such as YouTube, Barstool, Tumblr, etc you see more everyday people gain fame than ever before. Everyone has seen videos such as "Charlie bit my finger" and "David after Dentist". With the connivence and accessibility for people to make their own videos and put them online where millions of people can watch them it gives everyone an opportunity to gain some sort of fame. You have even seen some people from funny or crazy YouTube videos end up in commercials, get an appearance in a show, and many more opportunities. For the first time in the history of the world you don't have to be an athlete, actor, musician, politician, etc. to be recognized by people all over you can simply make a video and post it.

Yankees Struggles to Start

In the opening weekend for baseball it was a terrible time for Yankee fans having their team start the season 0-3. It was started with a blown save by the best closer of all time Mariano Rivera and capped off with the Yankees unable to score one run on sunday afternoon. The start is definitely concerning and should not be taken lightly, but the influence of social media and sports news has some fans believing the season is already lost. One of the negative effects of social media is their ability to make stories much bigger than they need to be. Yes the Yankees have gotten off to a bad start but their are another 159 games and for people to already be saying that the Yankees have no chance at the playoffs is absolutely ridiculous. That is the one demerit that I have against sports coverage because the media has the ability to start freaking people out for no reason.

Is there any privacy left in facebook?

In the recent weeks there has been a lot of talk about businesses trying to gain private information about employees or people interviewing for a job from Facebook. Some of the information businesses are asking for is the person's username and password. This is completely illegal and not only would businesses be able to see all of your private information, but they would also have the ability to change things on your facebook if they possess the correct username and password. Things like this really make me question the future of our country. If corporations somehow get this to be legal what is that saying about privacy in America? If businesses can change your personal information or talk to a friend of yours what will be the next type of privacy invasion to come? I think corporations' obsession with trying to find every picture, status, and comment of the person they are interviewing is ridiculous. If a person is qualified for a job and can do his role effectively it should not matter if he made a questionable remark on facebook six years ago.

Twitter and its Place in Professional Sports

Ever since Twitter became a huge social media networks you have seem the controversy between professional athletes and what they "tweet". The NFL was the first league to take action against twitter making a rule that players or coaches were forbid from tweeting during games as well as a certain amount of time before and after the game. Now that I can understand considering that teams want their athletes completely focused when it came to playing in games, but recently some professional sports have gone way overboard with their penalties regarding. Just about a week ago Knicks player J.R. Smith was fined $35,000 for posting what was considered an inappropriate picture of his girlfriend to twitter along with a funny caption to go along with it. While the post might have been stupid and immature of Smith, his twitter belongs to himself and himself only. The NBA needs to stay out of the players personal business regarding twitter as long as it is not violating any rules already made. Major league sports corporations need to keep a positive image of the athletes representing their league, but athletes' social media is for their own personal use and it is up to them to make wise decisions.

The Power of Social Media

With the recent explosion of social media throughout the world, it has become a crucial tool in multiple uprisings of people living in countries with unfair dictatorship. Facebook and twitter have already been accredited as a key part of the overthrowing of corrupt governments in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. Now within the last week the whole Kony campaign has spread in unbelievable speed throughout the country mostly due to Facebook, twitter, and Youtube. It is pretty crazy that in a span of just a few years social media networks have gained enough power to do something as important as help overthrow governments. With the impact social media has already made on the earth who knows how much more it expends in just the next couple years. I believe social media will continue to grow in power and influence as well as expanding profits for the social media companies.