Hispanic Social Media Link Snips

Friday, March 19, 2010

Subtitle: How some Hispanics are screwing up the social media sphere

What’s a ‘Link Haze’ or ‘Link Snip?’  Basically, it’s a collection of links about recent news around the web, usually with a quick bit of commentary, sometimes a bit of satire.


UPDATE:  I’ve received some slack (not surprisingly), for this post a few times already.  This was an attempt at humor, and is not to be taken seriously as I’ve stated above and in the comments.  Social media wears many masks and fits needs unique to others as they see fit.  In no way, I’m suggesting that my way is the right way.  However, I DO feel that some methods are superior over others and would be happy to discuss them on a case by case basis.

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  • http://vistahispano.blogspot.com Jose Huitron

    I feel that it’s great that some of these entities and individuals are joining the social media craze but it’s pretty obvious at times that the human factor seems to be lacking. When the material, method, and delivery becomes louder than the message then it’s time to rethink one’s strategy. Purpose and social capital are important keys.

  • Vanillatino

    I gotta say, Im conflicted about this one. On the one hand they’re witty remarks that are eye-catching and provocative, effectively getting hits. So in that sense, I think its effective marketing.

    BUT…these remarks are talking about a misunderstood and denigrated population. FYI…a couple were offensive. It seems like this douche has fallen into the trap of perpetuating 60 year old stereotypes of Hispanics, the same ones that keep the mainstream from noticing our existence and acknowledging our economic relevance. I personally think, professional latinos who operate within the bowls of the social media matrix have enormous responsibility to accurately portray the Latino-American experience to the BENEFIT OF LATINOS, not the general market you’re pandering to.

    Whatver, Jorge Ramos is probably a cuban defect who grew up in coral gables and voted for McCain & Palin. Louis, thanks for posting this. Finally someone bringing this out to talk about. sorry if i offended jorge ramos, nothing personal!

    sinceramente,
    vanillatino

  • http://louispagan.com Louis Pagan

    @Jose Huitron
    thanks Jose, yes…the human factor is missing in a lot of social media, which then begs the question: is it really social? –>Blogs after all either fall under ‘new’ media – no comment/audience participation or ‘social’ media – comments enabled = an open dialogue.

  • http://louispagan.com Louis Pagan

    @Vanillatino
    Vanillatino, if one is in social media, then one must be able to take a little prodding…more to be said on that later.

    Offensive, or not there is some truth to them all. Jorge Ramos, btw is going to get a dedicated post next week – nothing personal, either.

    Cheers!

  • http://louispagan.com Louis Pagan

    Looks like my server’s clock has not been updated.

  • http://www.1200Dreams.com Inti

    I can’t get past the title of this piece. I read the pieces behind the links and for the most part, they’re informative and bring to light issues/news I wasn’t aware of, but I simply don’t get how the title reflects that. If, Portada deeming themselves the “leader in Latin Marketing and Media” and Telemundo making moves in the web 2.0 sphere is bad, than I want to be on that train. Now, if there was something legitimate that they were doing that is “screwing up social media”, I still don’t think that’s reflective of Hispanics. Plenty of people of different backgrounds contribute to the interwebs and I wouldn’t say it’s reflective of their people. Am I missing something?

  • http://louispagan.com Louis Pagan

    @Inti
    Inti…it’s a satirical piece, my friend. Everything you wrote is just fine, and I agree.

  • Deldelp Medina

    What we need to keep in mind is that Latinos are trying new social media quicker. As a result we sometimes fail. More importantly we are creating new rules, and shifting paradigms. I can think of half a dozen well known Latinos that have recently have tweeted only to have to reframe their comments via traditional media forums.
    And for the record Jorge Ramos is an old-school Mexican journalist. As they used to say he has ink in his veins. Maybe that above else is what creates his online persona.

  • Vanillatino

    hello all,
    i just want to clarify my reasoning in what i wrote above. I can be a loose cannon sometimes, unable to filter my emotions. the issue of latin representation in media was not explicitly brought up in Louis’ post, but i addressed it cuz i feel strongly that not enough of US consider the real implications of what we do and what our roles are: ambassadors of our people. this is echoed throughout any topic discussed on latin media; social, print, tv, online. Up until G. Lopez came, whose presence is improving this, mainstream has type-casted latinos. hollywood usually hires latinos for roles as maids, gardeners mariachis, and gangsters.

    also, I’m not implying that any of you are representing latinos badly. its just that i think that there should be some form of understanding or a standard set of basic values. i work in a company comprised of old-school journalists, they have shed the light on what I think is a crisis: misrepresentation of latinos.

    jorge, if ur out there, sorry brother. i hope that from the above things, you’ll understand why i reacted the way i did. thanks for listening to my ranting everyone. have a good weekend!

    V

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