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Could this happen to your association?Īnd what’s the best response now? They could ignore the whole situation. The members were not there defending them. Did the staffer who tweeted have to seek approval before saying “the NAD will take action?” Were they authorized to say that? And if so, how did they manage to get approval so quickly? Or were they just reacting? Does NAD have guidelines for social media use? Do NAD members agree with this reaction? Only three tweets out of the 36 appear to support the NAD position. First, unfortunately, there’s the dreaded control issue. This morning I found myself thinking again about their Twitter reaction and some issues it brings up. Their web site has recent updates about their work with the NFL and CBS “to make advertisers who purchase Super Bowl commercials aware of the importance of captioning their content.” They do important work and are good at it. They also have an active Facebook page and a blog (no recent updates). They created their Twitter account last June and have 1064 followers.
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NAD is not a complete social media rookie. Their tweet got a response – about 37 people so far have retweeted or responded to it, most of them with disparaging remarks. I want to concentrate on how the association reacted and what we can learn from that. We will all have different opinions on whether the phrase is offensive or not, whether the context matters or not and, based on that, whether the NAD overreacted or not. Tommy became blind, deaf and mute shortly after World War 2 and most of the opera took place in the twenty or so years that followed. The phrase in question is from Pinball Wizard, a song from The Who’s 1969 rock opera Tommy. After the bliss and a bit of friendly sparring on Twitter about old rockers, I saw a retweet of this tweet from the National Association of the Deaf: But, in my opinion, they can still rock - Pete doing his windmill chords and Roger singing with passion. I didn’t expect a dynamo performance, after all Roger and Pete are well into their 60s, the only survivors of the original four, and can’t quite sing and move like they used to. Last night I was just a normal fan grinning ear to ear (and got a bit misty-eyed, I admit) as they played.
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I have loved The Who since junior high and remained an obsessive fan through high school, college and some years beyond – the type that had all their albums plus bootlegs (yes, this dates me), camped out for tickets and knew all kinds of arcane facts about them. I had a moment of bliss watching The Who perform last night at the Super Bowl halftime.