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Dealing With Trolls and Irrelevant Blog Comments

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One of the most powerful elements of a blog is the ability for people to leave, read and respond to comments. Often, the discussion taking place in the comments is more interesting and certainly more dynamic than the original post. I was recently faced with a comment that combined some interesting,

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Please Comment on WOMMA’s Ethics Code

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The Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA ) is seeking public comments on its Ethics Code until January 5. Please take a moment to review these disclosure guidelines at the Living Ethics blog and provide your comments. For some, the business ethics of social media present a quandary.

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6 Tips for Managing Negative Chatter on Social Media

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Negative chatter summaries all the negative comments, reviews, posts, etc., Casual criticism about your product or brand is necessary and can be taken, but negative comments disguised as criticism can harm both your creation and the brand’s name. Do not let unauthorized, malicious comments affect your journey towards your goal.

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Five Easy Steps to Social Media Karma

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Here are just five suggestions for how to do that: Leave a comment on a friend's blog. Commenter identity systems have. It's a tough world out there, and you, as a regular user of social media and social networks, have the chance, every day, to make a difference in someone's life.

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Indiscriminate Social Friending Deliberately Erases Interpersonal Boundaries

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One of my Facebook friends recently posted, "Unfriending the skeevy guy old enough to be my dad* who comments on all my updates." My initial reaction was, "And just how did this person get access to your status updates in the first place?" The offended individual either friended or accepted.

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How Social Is Your Company, Really?

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Is your Twitter account staffed by one or more real people who respond in real time to questions and comments? For true engagement, your blog needs to have comments enabled, and moderated (reviewed by an editor prior to posting). Do your bloggers, or appropriate company spokespeople, respond to comments and post these on the blog?

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Bogus “news” stories feed on confusion and rage

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Why do they continue to comment and share these stories, even after they know them to be bogus? Why do people share their shock and outrage over amazing and incredible "news" stories from questionable sources? The story of the 60-year-old woman who supposedly shot and killed two teenagers who punched her.'

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