Trust, But Verify: Being Responsible with Social Media

"A lie can run around the world six times while the truth is still trying to put on its pants." Mark Twain said this when news moved at the speed of the telegraph, imagine what he'd clock a lie at now. This weekend a rumor asserting that Apple would require all software to be signed in order to run on Mac OS X 10.7 made its way through Identi.ca and Twitter with astonishing speed. Few bothered to notice that the source of the rumor did not cite any evidence for the assertion. Read more...