Real-World Consequences of Social Networking Posts

gbulmash sends in a classic Streisand Effect story of a Chicago landlord suing a tenant over a tweet complaining of mold in her apartment. The landlord claims that the tweet caused $50,000 damage to their reputation. If it didn't, then the fallout from their own ill-advised lawsuit surely will. The woman's Twitter account is now gone (possibly on advice of counsel), but the tweet that started it all lives on. And in a similar vein, reader levicivita notes a firing over a political comment on a Facebook page. "Lee Landor, who had been the deputy press secretary to Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer since May, posted comments on her Facebook page criticizing Mr. Gates [Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr.] and the president, whom she referred to at one point as 'O-dumb-a.' ... The borough president has accepted Ms. Landor's resignation, effective immediately."

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I'd like to tell you the long tale of why I'm a

[DRAGONWEEZEL]

Just kidding. I don't even know what political party I truly align w/. I'm either the most conservative D or the most liberal R, or some unknown yet to be defined party... of 1.

Re:Talk about your catch 22

[Dragonslicer]

Hundreds of years ago, black slaves were released due to the civil war.

Which country's civil war was that? The first example of a civil war where slavery was a major issue that comes to my mind is the one in the United States, but that was only 150 years ago.

Re:Talk about your catch 22

[Sj0]

Thanks for ruining a perfectly good post with nitpicking over dates.

Re:it was only a matter of time

[MaskedSlacker]

My Kingdom for a mod point...