The Best Discussions on Mashable This Week

Lets Face it: Most Social Media Marketing Is a Waste of Time

An op-ed from Mashable Business Editor Todd Wasserman inspired an insightful debate from the community. Reader Laurenette thought that the size of the brand is important when measuring the impact of social media.

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This week in Mashable's top comments, we saw just how many different kinds of stories can go viral. A baby with an #unfortunate name, a terrifying elevator ride in Brazil and a kind-hearted cop in New York all made the rounds on the social web. Our readers were, as always, ready to comment on the traction of these stories with various levels of disgust and admiration.

We also saw that not all viral stories are worth sharing -- or true. Our Facebook feeds clogged up with a supposed threat to user privacy which turned out to be bogus, and Mashable also pointed out that all the hype over the Mars Curiosity Rover discovery was just that: hype. You also may have heard that Google was acquiring…
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