Do you and me need another social networking site?

Another social networking site goes live on April 14 with ambitions to become the largest in the UK.
Youmeo.com is being developed out of the Coventry-based PPLparty site set up by 19 year-old Calum Brannan and aims to prove to companies and large organisations that social networking can be their friend too.
The new site is looking to challenge [...]

The kids aren’t alright

I cannot help but feel pity for today’s youngsters, even the skateboarders.
We continue to fail them over everything from their diet to their schooling, put all kinds of pressure on them to grow up too quickly and demonise them at almost every opportunity.
In many ways it is the lot of the teenager to be picked on [...]

MP calls for Facebook lessons

Schools should set aside time each week to give pupils lessons on the responsible use of Facebook, other social networking sites and the internet in general.
That is the view of Madeleine Moon, the MP for Bridgend who was so quick to indulge in some bandwagon jumping when news first started to break about a number of [...]

Media fuelling teenage suicides

News of the 17th suspected suicide in South Wales has been quickly followed by a plea for the media to adopt a more measured approach to the story.
Both the Assistant Chief Constable of South Wales Police, Dave Morris, and the parents of one of the teenagers who took his own life believe the glare of the [...]

Not many positives to eBay’s ban on negativity

The decision of eBay to ban sellers from leaving negative feedback about buyers has opened up a can of worms*.
The move is designed to speed up the trading process and bring an end to spurious tit-for-tat comments that occasionally cop up between disgruntled individuals on the site.
But it has prompted some to argue that taking away [...]