Help forums . Despite the fact that their function is almost completely redundant to anyone with the ability to use Google properly, they co...

Twiends. It’s a popular and generally well regarded site for people who want to gain Twitter followers fast. It’s free, and it’s easy to use...

I’ve poked fun in the past at ‘ convenience blogging ’, and I’ve never before felt much impetus to try out Storify , with its staggeringly s...

Photo by Francisco Moreno on Unsplash . People tend to associate the most shocking behaviour on Twitter and other social networking si...

If you've missed the first instalment of this two-parter, you can find it via the link below... Ten Ways to Spot Fake and Catfish Twit...

Fake Twitter accounts, also commonly known as ‘catfish’, can be dangerous entities. Before you even examine the motives, the desire to fake...

How do you feel about posting on the Internet?... If you walk away for a month, will you still be in the limelight when you come back? If n...

One popular Google search term I’ve noticed since I began adding Tumblr-related material to this blog is: “ How do I delete all my Tumblr ...

Reputation points , alternatively known as Karma points , or more universally as +1s , are used as a sort of ranking system for members on a...

You know it’s fake . You just know it. If that guy really looked like the dude on his profile pic / avatar , the absolute last thing he’d be...

‘Keyboard warriors’ . Don’t you just love ‘em?… I dare say you’re not completely in the dark about what a keyboard warrior is and does. B...

There are two basic ways to establish a blog : social networking , and search engine optimisation (from here on referred to by its initials...

Actually, they’re not deadly, and they’re not even the worst sins likely to be found on forums and message boards , to be honest. However, t...

There’s little more amusing online than a man posing as a lesbian, chasing round after a ‘hot bisexual babe’, who turns out to be his uncle....

I’m sure you won’t need me to tell you that lots of people make ridiculous comments on forums and message boards . There are, however, seve...