I Am Not Being Derogatory

In light of the frequent mass shootings happening in America, the way the right wing has handed the idea of “free speech” to the masses as a license to “do and say what you like and damned anyone who tries to stop you” is worrying. In other words, communication, which describes a two-way discussion involving […]

Why are We Letting Irresponsible People Control Communication?

An actress who had only been made a permanent cast member of Emmerdale has been fired over Tweets she posted in 2013 aged 19. Although Shila Iqbal apologised, she was still axed from the show. Meanwhile, a man was reported recently when he said that an Asian colleague “brought colour to his life”. The colleague […]

How an Inflated Ego Deceives You

During the Australian election campaign, Australian businessman and politician responded to a TV presenter’s questions. This man is so removed from reality by the biggest buffer there is: ego. When challenged over his $60 million election advertising campaign he replied: “my wealth is four thousand million dollars — do you think I give a stuff […]

The Internet Goes Quiet Leaving Trolls in the Dark

On 14th March 2019, Facebook and its family of apps including Instagram took a hit and users experienced the effects of a 24-hour outage. Findings have shown that engagement on all social media platforms has been decreasing and analytics companies have been looking into why. Twitter has become the chosen platform to publicly address service […]

Goodreads Trolls getting you down? my personal story, but also a solution!

Originally posted on Read the Bloody Book:
So, I have a self-published book, well two actually. A friend and I wrote them together, self-published them, and eagerly frequented the Goodreads page to see what people thought. To our surprise, we received mainly 5-star reviews. We weren’t expecting them, as I really don’t think our book…