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Why Should You Comment On A Blog Post?

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I was reading an article today titled, Behind the Wheels: An all-too-real Cinderella story it had 12 comments. Which got me to wondering: How come useless throw away blog posts and articles have tons and tons of comments and the good stuff gets next to nothing? Do you share it, save it, or comment? Why should you comment?

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Anti-Social Media-The Anonymous Comment

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I find it amazing that adults view the ability to freely and anonymously comment on any story, as a green light for stupidity and hate. You’re weak because you hide behind a computer to make your anonymous comments. And they do the same-To allow anonymous comments or not? The commenter has revealed themselves.

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What Social Media Lesson Did Gap Learn?

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Gap North America president Marka Hansen,&# ‘The outpouring of comments’ shows ‘we did not go about this in the right way&# … So for those of you who missed this from last week. The comments and reactions were, to say the least, quite emotional in a negative sort of way. They went off.

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How to Navigate Social Media in an Era of Misinformation and Disinformation

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Here’s more of what Chat GPT supplied in italics with my running comments baked in. That being said, throwing caution to the wind starts with that first click within any social platform. Does it not? Let’s continue. Verify Information : Always verify the information you come across, especially if it seems too sensational or questionable.

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Social Media Specialists Are No Longer Needed

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When you get comment spam from people who insist on hyperlinking their generic, lame, weak, comment to a no-follow keyword based signature, you know… and you ask “Did they really just do that&# ? There was a time where I hated hearing the comment, “Yea but there is no ROI in social&# ; Now? Case in point.

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Is Being Too Social Ruining Social Media?

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It’s not going to happen yet, but as I was made aware in a comment on a post I wrote about social media bubbles -&# there is a bubble, it’s just different&#. So with that assumptive comment in hand, which in hindsight I now agree with. I actually think so.

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The Secret Sauce of Social Networks

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“How can media organization encourage more readers to post and more thoughtful comments? Alternatively, what determines when you will take a few minutes to post a comment to a story online?&#. Over the weekend, I was asked the following question on Formspring. Great questions, don’t you think?