Social media Definition and 28 Threads

I see these posts several times a week on Facebook. "Our [somebody] is missing." It always seems to be some teen or 20-something girl, and the attached picture is invariably a professional portrait of a beautiful young woman. I hate to be a cynic, and I would never say anything negative, but I...

Is see this frequently on Facebook (which is the only social media I frequent). To be clear, what we are seeing here is a Facebook post, but it is a post that is a graphical image - a capture of a block of text (which could have just as easily been just textual content). Nothing untoward so...

Its easy to look at any social media behavior and facetiously think its developed by idiots, but I wonder if there is a purpose to it that is not so idiotic. I speak mostly of Facebook baiting - articles that promise all the funniest cartoons, or all the best wardrobe malfunctions or all the...

I've collected a few starting points (below) but would love to hear from anyone who has their own account! I know TikTok is super popular so any advice on that, in particular, would be greatly appreciated! Thank you. https://www.iop.org/strategy/limit-less/social-media/good-practice-guide...

In my opinion social media sites that are creating destruction at schools, etc. should be shut down. I know, I know ... Free speech is the problem for not shutting them down, but still, we don't need what these sites are doing with our youth. Any thoughts or comments? see, for example...

News just in: Australia will introduce legislation requiring social media companies to reveal anonymous users who post defamatory comments. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46751 has generally allowed US-based internet companies to avoid consequences for user posted content, and...

This idea makes me curious based on the topic, https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/security-clearance-required-when-applying-for-jobs-related-to-math-and-physics.991084/ , post number 9. (No, not that one. See below!) How could an employer view any candidate who either claims to have no...

First of all I apologize if this kind of questions are not allowed here. I sometimes get some thoughts, ideas on some social issues around me and I discuss those ideas with people whom I know personally. Then I thought of spreading it more so I started making my own Youtube videos and started...

Destin Sandlin of Smarter Every Day just finished his 3 part series about social media manipulation, and efforts to combat it. Videos below. Part 1: Manipulating the YouTube! algorithm Part 2: Manipulating the Twitter platform Part 3: Manipulating you on Facebook

Please vote what social media accounts you have and use in my poll. I was always interested in what social media is the most popular, and want to experiment in the small community of PF. You can choose multiple from: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Whatsapp, Youtube, Google+, Pinterest...

Hi, So this person on social media harasses people with the ad hominem personal attacks. I am one of many of this person's victims. I already have multiple screenshots of this person's unethical and illegal behavior and I already made him lose his internship position at a company. I want to...

I am taking an online course on Analytics Modeling from Georgia Tech. The introductory section included a link to a list of core Netiquette Rules, which I find pretty useful.

I looked for an answer to this question other places but found none. There is a puzzle going around that people are getting the answer wrong to. No surprise there. According to the proofs I found for it on the internet, my assumptions were true and I did arrive at the right answer (38...

It affects job prospects these days I would have though though it'd have a much less impact on phd prospects? Can it make someone reject you? thanks

I am currently doing some research on the impact of social media bots. I am looking into the social and cultural aspects of bot use in social media. The technology I have under wraps but I do not have much information on the social aspect and impact of bot use. I also like to find some...

You know someone's a crackpot when you're at an undergraduate level and you can still see how wrong they are. Like, using basic terminology incorrectly and everything. The whole works. It's facepalm-worthy. How do you deal with that? I mean, I can't just ignore it when this person is...

It was when I first used Facebook that I realized how out of step I was with normal human psychology. People like this? When I found out Facebook was colluding with the government in spying I deleted my account. Facebook made this so difficult to do that I had to read a New York Times...

Hey guys, I was given a task which is to present how social media works. After hours of preparing materials, I realized that the materials I've prepared are on how social networks work. Then I started to Google to understand the difference between Social Media and Social Network. However...

How Twitter shapes public opinion http://phys.org/news/2014-03-twitter-opinion.html This is a big problem with misinformation especially in politics and sciences. People with agendas and money can be damaging.

As always, you should be careful of what you post online. This is a good article about how an increasing number of colleges as well as employers are searching social media of students and prospective employees...

Which do you use the most? Multiple choice, pick your top three.

Given the rather unimpressive public debut of Facebook, and the negative attitude towards Facebook that was evident in some of investment experts I heard, another story in the news, brought to my attention by George Will, on This Week, suggests a potentially serious problem for social media: GM...

We discussed this yesterday in chat. http://news.yahoo.com/london-rioters-battle-police-shooting-protest-054921704.html It seems the riot was fueled by social media, people that had no interest in what happened came in from other areas. Looks like a new trend in mobs and riots caused or...

US spy operation that manipulates social media Critics are likely to complain that it will allow the US military to create a false consensus in online conversations, crowd out unwelcome opinions and smother commentaries or reports that do not correspond with its own objectives...

Gratuitous self-promotion alert! *I was quoted in this Sunday’s Minneapolis Star-Tribune for an article about the changing nature of communication in the social media era. *As I’ve discussed here before, I do think that the nature of discourse has changed and ever-present social media are one of...

I love Sundays. *I sleep in, listen to NPR’s Weekend Edition while making breakfast and catch up on my Facebook news feed from the weekend exploits of my friends. *Pretty relaxing, that is until Liane began a story about a burglar who stole someone’s computer and then posted a picture of himself...