Oscar Wilde meets the Blogosphere

Oscar Wilde is supposed to have said The only worse thing than being talked about is not being talked about. I wonder if he would have made that claim if he had lived in a world with blogs. With blogs, there is such a thing as bad publicity. See, for example, this article about how Facebook has kicked off users for undisclosed violations of policy. Now, I don't know whether the claims in this blog post are true. What I do know is that now anyone with a complaint can find a forum for it. Is it worth the time for Facebook to track down all these complaints and address them? I found this one by reading another blog that I read because the content is interesting and eclectic, not because I was looking for content on Facebook specifically.

The difference between a beehive hairdo and dreadlocks

Think about your appearance, and how much someone could conclude about you based on your haircut. What would a buzz cut or crew cut say about your appearance? How about dreadlocks? How about a beehive hairdo?

Anyone can control certain things about his or her appearance, such as a haircut or a facial expression. Similarly, one can decide what appearance a business can present through news releases and media interviews, as well as any communication outside the business. This article talks about how you can decide what face your business presents to the outside world and makes the critical point that if you don't tell your own story, someone else will get to tell it for you, and you may not like the results.