[Lnc-business] Twitter/Social media - again

[Steven Nekhaila]

I believe that the correct course of action on these incidents is to 
respond to the individual situation. I don't think there is a one size 
fits all solution for approving all posts at this time, bar hiring a 
full-time social media director whose main purpose is to do so. Our 
social media team often reflects the "shotgun" strategy of doing things. 
There is a lot of content, often directed at multiple subjects and 
themes. As such, some of that spray invariably ends up not being our 
best work. Since it is a numbers game, its my opinion that we ought to 
address it as such and take an acceptable number of gaffes. It pains me 
to type that, but it seems to be the reality unless we severely reign in 
our social media teams, and I believe doing so would present more harm 
than good. A thorough look by the LNC of our social media practices and 
speaking to staff about setting guidelines and training team members 
with continued oversight is our best way forward to avoid such 
incidents. I am certain that without our current level of involvement, 
our rate of incidences would likely be much higher.

In Liberty,

Steven Nekhaila
Region 2 Representative
Libertarian National Committee

Impotentes defendere libertatum non possunt
"Those without power cannot defend freedom"

On 2019-09-25 10:25 AM, Elizabeth Van Horn via Lnc-business wrote:
> Agree.  This is a party asset, and should represent the LP
> professionally.
> 
> (I'm not usually on Twitter, so didn't see it, but thanks for the
> head-up John.)
> 
> ---
> Elizabeth Van Horn
> LNC Region 3 Representative (IN, MI, OH, KY)
> Chair-Libertarian Party of Madison Co, Indiana
> Vice-Chair Libertarian Pragmatist Caucus
> http://www.lpcaucus.org/
> 
> On 2019-09-25 10:20, John Phillips via Lnc-business wrote:
> 
>> Dear colleagues,
>> 
>> While perhaps not as heinous as the last couple faux pas, I have to 
>> question the professionalism of our Twitter page using the hashtag 
>> #ImpeachTheMF even if I agree with the sentiment.
>> 
>> I am aware of all the arguments about micromanaging and all the rest 
>> people threw out last time.  However, at what point is enough enough? 
>> When our members are expressing deep displeasure at the repeated 
>> issues seems to be one answer to me.
>> 
>> I am also aware that sometimes crap just happens.  The difference is 
>> whether and how well you handle it after it does.
>> 
>> Now I'm not suggesting going for someone's throat on this, but perhaps 
>> a refresher on professional standards for the team is in order since 
>> there seems to be ongoing issues.  I am assuming that there are 
>> training and guidelines for our social media team.
>> 
>> John Phillips
>> Libertarian National Committee Region 6 Representative
>> Cell 217-412-5973