After closely following the news this week, two stories have been rolling around in my head, and although I'm not sure how they intersect, I believe somehow they do. Like that fun game of “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” there seems to be a connection between the stories, but I can't quite make out what it is yet.
The impetus for my thinking started with this week's slow-motion public self-immolation of Rep. Anthony Weiner. When I blogged last week on the subject, I still actually believed that someone had hacked Weiner's Twitter account. After all, a young, smart professional who was so obviously in the public eye, surrounded by savvy media handlers and PR advisors, would never be dumb enough to send questionable photos over a social media site like some drunken frat boy.
Because when it comes to social media, Weiner was doing everything right. He was a charismatic public speaker whose sound bites were terrific for YouTube. He had a sense of humor. He was engaging his constituency on Twitter and Facebook. He made social media communication with his followers a two-way street (although we're still finding out just how well he did this). Unfortunately, all this intelligence was brought down by his own hubris.
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