If you're a regular visitor, you're probably well aware of the controversy surrounding Public Safety Minister Vic Toews and his "Lawful Access" Bill, otherwise known as Bill C-30 or the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act. Along with protests from a wide ...Read More »

This being Valentine's Day and all, I thought it would be a good opportunity to discuss why exactly I love what we do here at Grassroots Online. It might seem obvious that everyone in this industry would love everything about social media, ...Read More »

Read Write Web, a regular read here at Grassroots Online, has an interesting article on a new poll from Pew Research Center that tells us that voters still are not getting their election information from social media sources: "[T]he poll ...Read More »

Last week at a conference in Munich, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey confirmed what many have been saying for quite some time: Twitter is more valuable for monitoring and collecting information than a social conversation platform: “We definitely see social as just one ...Read More »

At the risk of offending many of my friends, colleagues and even clients, I'd like to go on a bit of a rant. Please stop auto-posting your thoughts, comments and links to all of your social media accounts. Please. Stop it ...Read More »

If you have any kind of a presence on Facebook, you likely have a Facebook Page rather than a Facebook profile. It is our view around these parts that it is important to go where the fish are - and there are lots ...Read More »