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Tag Archives: Facebook
Please Leave a Message
In the early nineties answering machines on phones were ubiquitous, which means that nearly everyone had left a message on one and therefore knew what to do upon hearing the greeting. For some reason, that didn’t stop people from leaving … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Internet, Social Media
Tagged answering machines, Facebook, technology, youtube
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Maybe the Algorithms are Working Against Us
Most news, internet search, and social media platforms have optimized their offerings to suit what their viewers most frequently choose to see. That makes sense in terms of ad dollars, for they want to have a targetable demographic, but as … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Internet, Media, News, Politics, Social Media, Teaching
Tagged Corporate responsibility, echo chamber, Education, Facebook, H. G. Wells, mass shootings, media, Religion, right-wing politics, school shootings, Social Media, twitter, white supremacy, World Brain
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Prove How Smart You Are: Or, Are You Dumb Enough to Play?
There are a number of short mental exercises or games on Facebook which ask the casual smartphone user to pause in their scrolling through hundreds of posts about their friends in order to prove something about their intellect to the … Continue reading
Posted in Social Media
Tagged Facebook, gaming, IQ, Richard Linklater, Slacker
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How to Make Facebook Work for You
This is nowhere as easy as it sounds and I am sure that people more media and tech savvy than me have worked out a better way. The problem is that my facebook feed bombards me with cat videos and … Continue reading
Posted in News, Social Media
Tagged Clickbait, Facebook, Science, Science News, Social Media, Subscribing
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