Media Bullseye

Clearly, someone at AMC reads Media Bullseye! Okay, not really. But it was only yesterday afternoon that I penned a long lament that AMC had issued take-down notices to the fans behind the "Mad Men" Twitter characters, and today that decision has been reversed. Hurrah!

Last week I noticed I had several new followers from some familiar names. Don Draper? Peggy Olson? Paul Kinsey? Where have I heard them before? Oh yes, they are all characters from one of the best shows on television right now, AMC's "Mad Men." Unfortunately, however, their accounts may not be long for the world, as AMC was not behind them.

I attended a farewell breakfast Tweetup for Bryan Person this morning, which was fitting, as Bryan is the pioneer of the Social Media Breakfast. Bryan is leaving Boston for a new job in Texas, and while we'll certainly miss him at all the Boston-area events we attend, we at CustomScoop are thrilled for him and wish him luck!

There is an episode of "Family Guy" where the evil Baby Stewie takes over the world, and one of his first orders of business is to threaten to send anyone who uses the phrases "irregardless," "a whole nother" and "all of a sudden" to a work camp. I agree, and I have some additions.

Hasbro, the company responsible for Scrabble, clearly the inspiration for Scrabulous, decided to launch its own Facebook game, and filed suit against the makers of Scrabulous. The result? No more of Facebook's top game. I'm with Hasbro.

Well, I continue my trend of using questions as headlines for my Media Bullseye posts, but this question is actually relevant and important! Should we not complain so much about Twitter's frequent outages considering we don't pay for the service?

It will be interesting to see the results after Twitter hits the ABC Evening News this week, in a story detailing how frustrated consumers are turning to Twitter to find customer service. Will we see an influx of consumers flocking to Twitter with service complaints?

Chip Griffin has developed a short video on Digital Advocacy--including a brief history of use of the medium.

Why does slang have to be in the dictionary? Doesn't it receive a certain level of validation by that inclusion, resulting in it no longer even qualifying as slang? Media Bullseye editor Sarah Wurrey argues against including nonsense words in the dictionary.

FriendFeed is the most-mentioned potential replacement for Twitter, which continues to be plagued with technical issues. I spent some time today trying to figure out how that might work. I am unconvinced.