eBiz Tomorrow by Chris Salazar

Like many others, I try to keep up with the latest social media tools out there.  Following Jeremiah and Scoble can be difficult…but its fun no doubt.  I’ve heard some interesting things about topix.

So, I take a look at the POPULAR tab on topix and the number 4 most popular is an article titled:  More Mexicans Leaving US Under Duress

I click on the article and instead of seeing the full page article, Im routed to their comment list of 327…here are some of the comments:

Good…it’s better illegal alien Mexicans leaving the USA under “duress” than U.S. citizens subsidizing their illegal presence here “UNDER DURESS.”

Like FOZBOT said, “Buh-Bye!!” Don’t let the door hit ya on the ass on your way out!

Oh boo hoo…they are under such duress…did they give a fig about the duress they caused the Americans whose jobs they stole? Did they care about the duress that classroom teachers felt in their over-crowded classes when illegals’ kids started streaming in?

Now, this is not a racial battle.  But, I definitely DO NOT LIKE THE RACIST COMMENTS.  I am a proud Mexican and I’d like to speak up for the majority of us that we are here to stay.  Just like with any other nationality theres some bad and some good, but please do not stereotype.

I understand the concept of being open and allowing all comments…but sometimes you have to draw a line…

TOPIX WHERE ARE YOUR MODERATORS?  YOU NEED TO STEP UP AND FIGURE OUT IF THESE TYPE OF COMMENTS SHOULD BE ALLOWED…SERIOUSLY…DO SOMETHING NOW BEFORE IT GETS UGLY

Jeremiah has posted a rather long and extensive post asking his audience who has more information about Generation Y:  The Government or Facebook?

(For the sake of argument let’s assume that the Government will only rely on their own resources/information and will not drift off to Facebook)

Perhaps its a waste of time to compare these two entities, especially since they are almost at opposite ends of the universe (in terms of who they aretheir goals, business plans, etc).

AGAIN, let’s put all of this aside to figure out the real answer to Jeremiah’s unearthly question.

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What do you see everytime you fill something for the government?  (does this look familiar?)

“Under penalties of perjury…”

Because of this, I, nor will you, lie to the Government about your personal information (on a general basis, there’s always few who will lie regardless).

Yet, compare this to Facebook.  Facebook has NO way of verifying that the information you provide is correct.  Sure, you can put in all of your personal information and be honest, BUT I’m sure and willing to bet money that more people lie on Facebook than they do on Government submissions.

So should we really be asking which source gives us valid info?  You can have all the information you want, but if none of it is true, then there’s no case.

Here are the questions I would ask:

1. Who provides the most accurate information?
2. Which source of information would be most useful for marketing campaigns to Generation Y?  How about Product Research?
3. Is quantity the important thing?  Or should we be focusing on something else?
4. What are the benefits of “formal” information (government) vs informal information-giving (facebook)?

The ultimate question is…

HOW can we combine both ideas and resources from the government and facebook to create the ultimate customer database?

Its just not worth it to compare these two, both acquire information from people in totally different ways.  And in all reality, aside from my bday and maybe my relationship status in Facebook, everything else could be bogus in my Facebook profile…I could be trying to impress my gf with movies that I “like”…or I could be posting bogus pictures of “my” car…OR could I be telling the truth about everything?