In order to build meaningful relationships, he recommends that people apply the Golden Rule – treat others the way that they want to be treated.

“People want to be treated like they’re human,” said O’Keefe.

Although he uses the example of the relationship between a musical artist and a fan, these principles can be applied to any social media relationship. He suggests that people be considerate by taking time to respond to others and by retweeting other people.

In terms of keeping the relationships and turning them into communities, O’Keefe says that people must offer something of value. This value could be in the form of content, the environment, or just something unique.

Are you building and keeping meaningful relationships?

From there, the hacker, who calls himself, “Hacker Croll,” also accessed other accounts including PayPal and Amazon. As a result, the hacker stole confidential documents from Twitter, which include business ideas, financial projections, executive notes, and more. To make matters even worse, “Hacker Croll” then sent this information to TechCrunch, Mashable, and a French technology blog called Korben.

Mashable said it will not publish any of the documents, but despite the loud opposition from the online community, both TechCrunch and Korben have. Yesterday, TechCrunch published a series of executive meeting notes and promises to publish even more of the documents.

This incident has raised both security and ethical alarms. Are you now questioning if your private and corporate information is safe and secure? Should TechCrunch and Korben have published these documents? Do physical and digital ethics differ? How will this event impact Twitter going forward?