1. He sends her a carefully worded to sound casual-but-smart message. 2. She replies with the digital equivalent of a laugh. 3. Encouraged, he does some more of that. 4. She chuckles (digitally, of course). He notices that her smile is crooked and that her teeth don’t quite line up. He wonders whether to…
Myntra shared my contact information after I tweeted about their spam. This callous attitude to private information is a big lapse for a digital business.
Social media is not advertising. Brand agenda forced onto Twitter works against the brand by generating resentment instead of participation.
I wrote earlier about running into issues with Quora because my username did not conform to their policies. This is the same thing that happened with Google Plus. In that case as with this one, I changed my name to ‘Ramya Ideasmith’ and it still didn’t get accepted. I find…
Should an online platform get to decide whether my name is valid or not?
It’s obvious that Quora’s trying to reach a wider audience by giving people a chance to blog. However doing away with the Q-and-A format seems to be a bad move since it dilutes the Quora brand. Why not a blog entirely in a Q-and-A format? The format does make it…
Really? I’d barely have known. Fashion, funnies, pretty women. I didn’t bother checking off the ‘Food’ category which is why I presume, there aren’t any pretentious desserts, close-ups of chocolate rings or fancy-shmancy cupcakes around. Men don’t see the world that much differently. Dudepins ‘Online Pin board for Men’ says…
These are people who should not be allowed on social media.
Facebook bought over Instagram. I took a look at what this could mean.
The image curation platform Pinterest has caught social media users’ interest. What does this mean in terms of copyright laws?