“The beauty of UGC is that anyone can come and make what they want. Sell it. Distribute it. Whatever. So it keeps going without anyone needing to maintain it. The UGC becomes the appeal” – A consumer of UGC.       User generated content – or to put it in layman’s terms, stuff that’s contributed by the public – is constantly being hailed as a fantastic, all inclusive, undeniably positive force for good. Praise is heaped upon it […]

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