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RIP Instagram
Chances are if you are reading this, you have a slight interest in deleting your account too. Instagram commenced by the innocent idea of having your gallery in which you could showcase precious moments, edit photos, and share with friends. Instagram was meant to be a community app for photography and now has turned into a "lifestyle" app. Today, Instagram is everything it wasn’t expected to be, another successfully damaged experiment. It has become a mass market social media app that twists reality. People have created personas to those they are, to live a life that is only unauthentic. Filters, literally mask fact. Likes, determine value and popularity. Comments are usually posted in hopes of getting one back.
By virtual Spec8 years ago in 01
Why Facebook Hates (Some) Viral Videos
I recently heard one of my new favorite YouTubers, Drew Gooden, talking about a video his girlfriend tried to post on Facebook. She did post it, and it was quickly taken down, not by her, but by Facebook because the video had copyrighted music on it. The video showed her and her boyfriend on a racket ball court making ridiculously bad hits with aggressive rap playing in the background. The video wasn't making any money; it was just for their friends' amusement. Drew points out that, while his girlfriend's video got taken down, other accounts, monetized accounts, with millions of followers, put copyrighted music on their videos, and they don't get taken down.
By Alexander Ender8 years ago in 01
Why Social Media Within Our Future Generations Will Doom Us All
In a world filled with iPhones, Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook, we no longer have to call the house phone of our friends and have that awkward conversation with the parents, nor do we have to email or write to each other. I can ask my friend how their day was in a two second time period. Yes, it’s amazing, and yes, it just saves so much more time...but we’re now in 2018 and I feel that social constructs really depict our lives. I’m a 20-year-old musical theatre student and even my course tutors let us know what room we’re in for the day via a private Facebook group.
By Doug Hawkins8 years ago in 01
How We Stalk Ourselves
I'm going to make a confession here. Every time I post something to my Instagram account, I jump on to Snapchat and send my friends an extreme close up of my face, double chin and all, with the caption "pic on the 'gram, get on it, pls like and comment," or something of that ilk. It's a bit of an in-joke now, and I do it to be funny. But I find myself pulling down on my feed to see if those friends did actually heed my announcement and liked my photo.
By Brittany Bib8 years ago in 01
Why Social Media Is Having Such an Impact Upon Today’s Journalism
The World Wide Web, the interactive brick in our hands and the social media platform have a profound impact on how we receive and share information. The alterations made to how journalism is perceived nowadays are constantly changing the media landscape and are gradually reshaping print journalism into an unusual and unreliable news gathering source for daily news. They do, however, give greater opportunities for journalism to explore, concentrate and expand on different and untouchable for so far fields.
By Michelle Sarkisyan8 years ago in 01
Social Networks
Facebook was one of the first social networking sites that I had heard about. I only recently made an account for myself. Everyone had it for so long but I found that type of stuff boring. They had so many friends on it and how many shares and likes their content got. It was a way to connect with those around you, without you leaving your house.
By nailinthewall writes8 years ago in 01
Hiding in Plain Sight
As a young "millennial" who just entered the work force, a big trend I see is people my age changing their name on various social media platforms. The main purpose behind this is to make it more difficult to be found when people (let's call them "potential employers") search for them. It spans from changing your surname to your middle name on Facebook, to creating "Finsta" accounts to showcase your artistic or foodie nature. I believe in self-expression, but to me when you have to create a fake alias or screen who can see your content, it means one of two things: You are afraid to be judged for it, or you know it is inappropriate to post on the internet. In the case of the former, you are censoring your own self-expression and limiting your audience. In the case of the latter, you probably just shouldn't post it.
By Brian Tessler8 years ago in 01
Out-Tweet the Void
The biggest step of my transition from awkward young human to confident person was to learn when to stop trying to say something. To remain silent. I'm the geeky kid that felt that he could say something in class and be rewarded for it. I was the textbook definition of a trained monkey who couldn't get enough of vocal rewards.
By Public Mistake8 years ago in 01
Will Social Media be the End of Us?
I grew up in what adults refer to as “the privileged generation,” “the technology generation,” or more specificized as “Generation Z.” We are the generation that started social media. There is no denying it in any way. Social media is any website or application that enables users to interact with each other. Ways of interaction include pictures, videos, texting, and calling. Through these interactions, users are able to become closer and get to know each other better. Social media is accessible almost anywhere in the world through technology and its massive advancement. This means that people from teenagers, young adults, and moreover to older adults are all able to use social media. Those at a very young age have also started using social media. Those users have been using websites and applications like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and many other networking sites. These sites allow for quick and easy interaction with just about anyone, from family members to even complete strangers. A 2016 study by Pew Research Center found that 69% of Americans use some type of social media, compared to 5% in 2005 (Greenwood, 2016). Social media has changed society’s ways of sharing information and communicating with others. Though social media has led to positive changes in interaction, it also has its downsides.
By Leah Thomas8 years ago in 01
