Twitter Explains Why #WikiLeaks Isn’t Trending Twitter is basically saying they establish a baseline for topics on the Social network. When a specific topics volume suddenly spikes they get included in the Trending Topics. Therefore sustained growth over a period of time (Ie. Tumblr and wikileaks) would not get included. I think this calls for a fact check but it seems like a reasonable explanation. I may spend a significant amount of time checking this data over the next week or month… but its interesting to say the least. 
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Twitter Explains Why #WikiLeaks Isn’t Trending

Twitter is basically saying they establish a baseline for topics on the Social network. When a specific topics volume suddenly spikes they get included in the Trending Topics. Therefore sustained growth over a period of time (Ie. Tumblr and wikileaks) would not get included. I think this calls for a fact check but it seems like a reasonable explanation. I may spend a significant amount of time checking this data over the next week or month… but its interesting to say the least. 

Source: Mashable

In defense of the State Department…  Below is the memo from the Office of Career Service at Columbia University…  From: “Office of Career Services” Date: November 30, 2010 15:26:53 EST: Hi students, We received a call today from a SIPA alumnus who is working at the State Department. He asked us to pass along the following information to anyone who will be applying for jobs in the federal government, since all would require a background investigation and in some instances a security clearance. The documents released during the past few months through Wikileaks are still considered classified documents. He recommends that you DO NOT post links to these documents nor make comments on social media sites such as Facebook or through Twitter. Engaging in these activities would call into question your ability to deal with confidential information, which is part of most positions with the federal government. Regards,Office of Career Services This announcement was met with Saber rattling about the 1st amendment. In reality this memo has nothing to do with the 1st Amendment.  The State Department isn’t saying you can’t talk about the site. They are just saying to think about the consequences. If you dont want to work for the Government talk about Wikileaks, search it, use it… If you do its probably not a good idea. That is all the memo is saying…  The State Department is basically issuing a warning much that many students would be wise to follow, “BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU POST/ DO ONLINE”! If you think the Government is being a extreme read below. It’s a real letter, about a real status update, that caused real problems…  Mr. Andrews, If I interpret your post correctly, these are your comments about Memphis a few hours after arriving in the global headquarters city of one of your key and lucrative clients, and the home of arguably one of the most important entrepreneurs in the history of business, FedEx founder Fred Smith. Many of my peers and I feel this is inappropriate. We do not know the total millions of dollars FedEx Corporation pays Ketchum annually for the valuable and important work your company does for us around the globe. We are confident however, it is enough to expect a greater level of respect and awareness from someone in your position as a vice president at a major global player in your industry. A hazard of social networking is people will read what you write. Not knowing exactly what prompted your comments, I will admit the area around our airport is a bit of an eyesore, not without crime, prostitution, commercial decay, and a few potholes. But there is a major political, community, religious, and business effort underway, that includes FedEx, to transform that area. We’re hopeful that over time, our city will have a better “face” to present to visitors. James, everyone participating in today’s event, including those in the auditorium with you this morning, just received their first paycheck of 2009 containing a 5% pay cut… which we wholeheartedly support because it continued the tradition established by Mr. Smith of doing whatever it takes to protect jobs. Considering that we just entered the second year of a U.S. recession, and we are experiencing significant business loss due to the global economic downturn, many of my peers and I question the expense of paying Ketchum to produce the video open for today’s event; work that could have been achieved by internal, award-winning professionals with decades of experience in television production. Additionally Mr. Andrews, with all due respect, to continue the context of your post; true confession: many of my peers and I don’t see much relevance between your presentation this morning and the work we do in Employee Communications. In Conclusion: Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should! 
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In defense of the State Department… 

Below is the memo from the Office of Career Service at Columbia University… 

From: “Office of Career Services”

Date: November 30, 2010 15:26:53 EST:

Hi students,

We received a call today from a SIPA alumnus who is working at the State Department. He asked us to pass along the following information to anyone who will be applying for jobs in the federal government, since all would require a background investigation and in some instances a security clearance.

The documents released during the past few months through Wikileaks are still considered classified documents. He recommends that you DO NOT post links to these documents nor make comments on social media sites such as Facebook or through Twitter. Engaging in these activities would call into question your ability to deal with confidential information, which is part of most positions with the federal government.

Regards,
Office of Career Services

This announcement was met with Saber rattling about the 1st amendment. In reality this memo has nothing to do with the 1st Amendment.  The State Department isn’t saying you can’t talk about the site. They are just saying to think about the consequences. If you dont want to work for the Government talk about Wikileaks, search it, use it… If you do its probably not a good idea. That is all the memo is saying… 

The State Department is basically issuing a warning much that many students would be wise to follow, “BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU POST/ DO ONLINE”!

If you think the Government is being a extreme read below. It’s a real letter, about a real status update, that caused real problems… 

Mr. Andrews,

If I interpret your post correctly, these are your comments about Memphis a few hours after arriving in the global headquarters city of one of your key and lucrative clients, and the home of arguably one of the most important entrepreneurs in the history of business, FedEx founder Fred Smith.

Many of my peers and I feel this is inappropriate. We do not know the total millions of dollars FedEx Corporation pays Ketchum annually for the valuable and important work your company does for us around the globe. We are confident however, it is enough to expect a greater level of respect and awareness from someone in your position as a vice president at a major global player in your industry. A hazard of social networking is people will read what you write.

Not knowing exactly what prompted your comments, I will admit the area around our airport is a bit of an eyesore, not without crime, prostitution, commercial decay, and a few potholes. But there is a major political, community, religious, and business effort underway, that includes FedEx, to transform that area. We’re hopeful that over time, our city will have a better “face” to present to visitors.

James, everyone participating in today’s event, including those in the auditorium with you this morning, just received their first paycheck of 2009 containing a 5% pay cut… which we wholeheartedly support because it continued the tradition established by Mr. Smith of doing whatever it takes to protect jobs.

Considering that we just entered the second year of a U.S. recession, and we are experiencing significant business loss due to the global economic downturn, many of my peers and I question the expense of paying Ketchum to produce the video open for today’s event; work that could have been achieved by internal, award-winning professionals with decades of experience in television production.

Additionally Mr. Andrews, with all due respect, to continue the context of your post; true confession: many of my peers and I don’t see much relevance between your presentation this morning and the work we do in Employee Communications.

In Conclusion: Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should! 

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