Social Media
Social media is the interaction among people in which they create, share or exchange information and ideas in virtual communities and networks
“I feel tremendous guilt… I think in the back deep, deep recesses of our minds, we kind of knew something bad could happen… It literally is a point now where I think we have created tools that are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works… The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops we’ve created are destroying how society works” ~ Chamath Palihapitiya, former vice-president of user growth for Facebook.
Former child star Corey Feldman is crowdsourcing $10 million for a film that promises to out a network of Hollywood pedophiles, a sick ring that the 46-year-old insists “thousands” of industry insiders are well aware of. In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein revelations, there’s been a push to bring what The Daily Beast’s Ira Madison called “Hollywood’s other ‘open secret’” to light, and Feldman is leading the charge.
Have you ever fallen into the social media energy vampire trap? You may have been preyed upon by an energy vampire and have not been aware as it was happening as others are feeding off of your energy. This can and does often occur as a direct result from your emotional reactions.
Could there be some greater meaning to the handful of hurricanes threatening and attacking in the Gulf of Mexico? Jacob Israel, an internet commentator seems to think so. You will probably find his interpretations of these weather phenomena at least interesting if not compelling.
In the last week, we’ve witnessed a massive crackdown on alternative media — the likes of which are unprecedented. Quite literally overnight, YouTube issued a sweeping update and demonetized thousands of video in accounts across all political spectrums.
Male suicide has gone up 40%(!!) in the U.K. since 2008. Russell Brand says some smart things about what needs to change. Watch this video!
Many of you are stretching the social media boundaries to stand out online and in the process losing sight of your common sense and in the process damaging your reputation. Stop doing these 6 things…
Are you using social media or is it using you? Here are the signs you’re in too deep.
The path our lives take and how we think, and ultimately act changes the environment around us.
The existence of God has been fiercely debated for centuries. But regardless of what you think or feel is true, can we use math, the universal unbiased language to know if God exists?
The “Real Appeal” service is priced at $70 a pop, and for that, you get a warm body for your selfies for a whole two hours. Customers using the Real Appeal service are supplied with a catalog of fake friends to select from and are free to pick based on sex, gender, or, presumably, any other criteria.
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has criticized the collection and obsession with “likes” on social media networks as a “real disease”, and warned that for some, it has become the only goal in life.
Finally, some good news about cops responding to a “false alarm” involving African-Americans! There may be hope.
New Year’s resolution # 1: Avoid use of headlines and writing of tweets that misrepresent and/or oversimplify the content of linked-to articles. Headlines matter as they frame the stories for users.
Why aren’t major media now highlighting Hillary’s ill-health as a “vicious fake news item” that was spread around by many sites, including the loathsome and ever-popular Drudge, during the presidential campaign?
