Comments on: Will your blog get you fired? CNN thinks so! http://imod.co.za/index.php/2008/02/20/will-your-blog-get-you-fired-cnn-thinks-so/ Cape Town blog by Chris M Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris M http://imod.co.za/index.php/2008/02/20/will-your-blog-get-you-fired-cnn-thinks-so/#comment-3926 Chris M Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:59:24 +0000 http://imod.co.za/index.php/2008/02/20/will-your-blog-get-you-fired-cnn-thinks-so/#comment-3926 It's a great pity yes :( I hope he manages to find a new job, which I'm sure he will, where he can have the freedom to blog how ever he likes! I agree, companies need to give their employees some freedom, because at the end of the day, it's the employees that are in control! Thanks for popping past Gino! It’s a great pity yes :( I hope he manages to find a new job, which I’m sure he will, where he can have the freedom to blog how ever he likes!

I agree, companies need to give their employees some freedom, because at the end of the day, it’s the employees that are in control!

Thanks for popping past Gino!

]]> By: Gino Cosme http://imod.co.za/index.php/2008/02/20/will-your-blog-get-you-fired-cnn-thinks-so/#comment-3922 Gino Cosme Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:46:44 +0000 http://imod.co.za/index.php/2008/02/20/will-your-blog-get-you-fired-cnn-thinks-so/#comment-3922 It's unfortunate that companies like CNN and others don't recognise that people have a right to engage in communication, and that nowadays blogging is just another form of comms, especially for gifted writers like Chez. That said, I think Chez (and many others) often realise that incidents like these lead to new opportunities. Let's hope he goes for them! The question remains; when will companies realise that hanging on to control - of their company, their customers and/or employees - is just not the answer? It’s unfortunate that companies like CNN and others don’t recognise that people have a right to engage in communication, and that nowadays blogging is just another form of comms, especially for gifted writers like Chez. That said, I think Chez (and many others) often realise that incidents like these lead to new opportunities. Let’s hope he goes for them!

The question remains; when will companies realise that hanging on to control – of their company, their customers and/or employees – is just not the answer?

]]> By: Rox http://imod.co.za/index.php/2008/02/20/will-your-blog-get-you-fired-cnn-thinks-so/#comment-3921 Rox Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:36:08 +0000 http://imod.co.za/index.php/2008/02/20/will-your-blog-get-you-fired-cnn-thinks-so/#comment-3921 There was also a girl in the magazine world about 2 years back, a beauty editor or something, who got fired for giving away industry scoops... but she had become so notorious she was offered an Mtv gig, which was then canned, but she also managed to get some publishing deals to get her dream of writing a book underway. Another one I remember hearing about was a Chinese blogger girl who was forced to stop by the government... freedom of speech is a really touchy subject there, especially when you're female! That dude writes well by the way, sjoe. There was also a girl in the magazine world about 2 years back, a beauty editor or something, who got fired for giving away industry scoops… but she had become so notorious she was offered an Mtv gig, which was then canned, but she also managed to get some publishing deals to get her dream of writing a book underway.

Another one I remember hearing about was a Chinese blogger girl who was forced to stop by the government… freedom of speech is a really touchy subject there, especially when you’re female!

That dude writes well by the way, sjoe.

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