Since the beginning of this blog, we have written 26 posts that reference and/or generally extol the virtues of social media.  As a company claiming social media as a core competency, and with many-a-successful case studies, it’s no surprise that we talk about it positively.

The primary reason to incorporate social media in your marketing is because people are talking about you.  Whether you choose to participate is your choice, but you can be certain that the chatter will continue.

And, if social media is all about communicating and listening, then it makes sense to communicate and listen when there is backlash to something.  Also, it’s always smart to listen to dissenting views of your product, company or service.  See Wall Street for examples.  So…..

The posts below are people talking.  Whether you agree or disagree is your choice.  What matters is that people are talking and other people are apparently listening as evidenced by the page view counters of almost 1 million combined.  Time will determine what the validity of sweetafton23 (top) and Seth McFarlane’s (bottom) views are.

And by the way, right now I love using social media to talk about other people using social media to bash social media.