Tag Archives: eHarmony

Plenty of Fish in the Sea, But Please Don’t Fugu Me

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Antone Johnson • 0 Comments

California Attorney General Kamala Harris recently announced an agreement with three of the largest online dating sites: eHarmony, Match.com and Spark Networks (parent company of JDate and ChristianMingle, among others). In much the same way Facebook reached an agreement regarding child safety with AG’s nationwide in 2008, it appears the dating sites agreed to some voluntary… Continue Reading

Filed Under: law, public policy, social media

If You Build It, They Will Abuse It

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Antone Johnson • 4 Comments

As a completely made-up statistic, assume that 0.01% of users are sociopaths or predators who cause serious damage to the community and its other members. With 10,000 users, that’s one guy. With a million, it’s a hundred people. With 100 million registered users — the scale at MySpace when I left — it’s ten thousand. That kind of math illustrates why every major consumer Internet company has an abuse team that serves as the first line of defense against all kinds of ugliness.… Continue Reading

Filed Under: digital media, law, social media, startups

Martindale-Hubbell Connects Lawyers, and… More Lawyers

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Antone Johnson • 0 Comments

Martindale-Hubbell is a legendary name in legal circles, synonymous with legal directories dating back more than 140 years. Long before the Internet existed, a ritual among junior associates at law firms was to pull the weighty leatherbound tome off the shelf, find opposing counsel’s M-H profile and hand out copies to everyone on the deal… Continue Reading

Filed Under: law, social media

25 Years of Social Computing: Game Highlights at Halftime

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Antone Johnson • 1 Comment

My goal in publishing Mashtag is to serve as both primary sportscaster and color commentator. As a business lawyer and executive in social media and the broader technology industry, I hope to bring the factual background and analytical tools of the profession to bear to explore some of the most interesting current issues in business, law and public policy. … Continue Reading

Filed Under: social media, startups

Welcome: Introducing Mashtag!

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Antone Johnson • 0 Comments

Introducing Mashtag by Antone Johnson, a California business lawyer and Web 2.0 executive, observing social media, entrepreneurship, and all things at the intersection of people, capital, technology, and creativity. And what a busy intersection it has become!… Continue Reading

Filed Under: entrepreneurship, law