Once again, it's demonstrated that sitting around a table drafting
policy fails the common sense test. Chronicle of Higher Education
reports that Sam Houson State University decided to ask all members
of their social media portal for username and passwords. Their
published policy still does. My favorite part:
Do not change any passwords issued with the accounts. If there is a problem
or compromise of the accounts security, contact the Marketing and Communications
Social Media Representatives. They will issue you a new password. Do not share
login and password information with unauthorized individuals.
Most social media sites support OAuth, which allows apps to read and write
to your feed without sharing an underlying username/password. Moreover, if all
you're doing is mere aggregation, there's no need to ask for this information.
You automate censors, you implement a blacklist, and you move on. There's no need
to edit posts directly, there's no need to spam thunderstorm warnings on every twitter
feed you can find.