When it comes to our own work, brand and opinions we tend to be a little more sensitive. Criticism can be a wonderful tool for improvement; however with the millions of voices that travel in real-time to a brand’s Facebook fan page, those criticisms can be a little overwhelming and perhaps better left in the hands of someone not emotionally connected to the issue. (more…)

The content monster is kind of like Cookie Monster in that he always wants more. However it isn’t so much the filling of content that keeps the writers spirit’s low - it’s the lack of comments.

As participants in the social space everyone’s aim is to encourage sharing and explore discussion. Think of the content as the hunger and the comments as the cookie. Whether you write something every day or every week or every hour - without the comments you just don’t get the same satisfaction. (more…)

The web magazine covering everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics, Engadget, turned off its commenting feature this past Tuesday due to an influx of trolls and spammers leaving ugly, pointless and sometimes threatening messages. (more…)