Popularity of Bit.ly is massive in the URL shortening space. It’s touted the most-sought-after option for web users when they use the social networking sites, especially micro-blogging platform Twitter.  As we all know, Twitter doesn’t allow text messages to be more than 140-characters, so many of us turn to Bit.ly which help condense long internet addresses into much shorter strings of random characters. In the last year and a half or so, URL shorteners have gained immense sig...

Social networking sites have become a way of life for many of us. In fact, it won’t sound like a far-fetched exaggeration to even suggest that most of us can’t seem to think of life without social networking. Same seems to be the case with celebrities (be it a movie actor, sportsman, author or a politician) who use the various social networks to connect with their fans, well-wishers among others. For the fans, any kind of information posted by celebrities about their day-to-day hap...

Irrespective of the size, success or popularity of a community, content moderators are, at all times, expected to exercise extreme care and caution to ensure every user-generated-content is reviewed before it goes live on a site. But there could be occasions when inappropriate comment can get posted on your site despite all the care taken by your moderators. Of course it goes without saying that every effort should be undertaken by content moderators to skirt such a scenario, as it can be hugel...