Reading time: 2 mins When was the last time you had a catch-up with all of your close friends? I mean—a real catch-up, which doesn’t involve checking their social media profile for updates, giving their odd post a like, or direct messaging them via Instagram with a ‘💯’ in response to their Instagram Story? According to a survey commissioned …
Reading time: 3 mins The scenario. You’ve posted a picture or status update online, and up pops a compliment in the comment section. Or is it an insult? You read the comment to yourself and it doesn’t matter which way you phrase it, all roads lead to the carefully-crafted, passive-aggressive, backhanded compliment. So what’s a backhanded compliment? According to …
Reading time: 3 mins After a quick scroll of my social media feed this morning I could not help but think younger people do not have it easy. There is so much bombarding them every second of the day, that if they are not steadfast in who they are as people, they could easily start to think that somehow …
Reading time: 3 mins ‘Trolls’. We’ve all seen them. They infiltrate social media in a bid to pull people off topic. They seek to cause infighting and mayhem. Once achieved, they disappear into the background, sit back, put their feet up and enjoy the confusion that unfolds – ever so often reappearing with fuel to add to the fire …