Links of Interest, 13 August: Social Media, User Manuals, Advocacy, and More

What’s the Golden Rule of social media? MediaSnackers gives one explanation.

How can you balance user advocacy and corporate responsibilities? Sarah O’Keefe and Scriptorium tell you.

Mashable discusses how to prevent a social media disaster.

Forbes published a very interesting article on the evolution of user manuals.  

Managing Writers evaluates if a manager needs to be “an SOB” in order to survive.

Rich Maggiani points out the many ways the work of a technical communicator is seen each day in proclaiming, “You can’t live without them.”

And finally, the comic strip Pearls Before Swine gives its take on social media versus social interaction.