How Social Media Misinformation Could Impact 2020 Election : NPR
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China shuts down WeChat social media account claiming ‘US making dead bodies into hamburgers’ | South China Morning Post
Those were some tasty hamburgers I had over Memorial Day Weekend. Now I understand what made them so good - Coronavirus!
Why social media censorship is worse than useless
Why I post less and less on social media
Why I post less and less on social media 👺
There are a few reasons why I don’t post much on social media any more:
- Social media encourages comments and discussions in which people post strong opinions about one and other
- Social media encourages political bullying not free thoughts
- Social media forces you to stick your posts between endless streams of political content, advertising and propaganda
- Social media is very limited in formatting, styling and positioning of content
- Social media makes it hard to be truly creative
- Social media is easy for corporations, advertisers and governments to track you and your emotions in an automated way
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Michael Bloomberg's presidential campaign will reportedly pay hundreds of people $2,500 a month to promote the candidate via text message and their personal social media feeds.
I was thinking I really shouldn’t flip through Facebook on the bus ride home
I was thinking I really shouldn’t flip through Facebook on the bus ride home. 🚍 It’s such a terrible waste of time, with so many terrible posts that I disagree with 👎 but I know it’s not worth the effort to argue about.
27 smartphone apps you should delete before 2020
The modern smartphone app has existed for almost a dozen years now—ever since Apple launched the App Store back in 2008. In that time, apps have become a part of our daily lives, and some of them have even become essential for communication and work-related tasks. According to Variety, the average American checks their phone 52 times a day. App analytics and market data firm App Annie says that amounts to three hours a day of smartphone usage per person. And what’s taking up all the smartphone time? The apps, of course. Matter of fact, the average smartphone user uses 30 different apps a month and nine different apps a day.
And as we enter the third decade of the 21st century, apps are sure to become an ever-increasingly important part of our lives. Still, that means there are certain apps that you should probably cut out of your life for good—for the benefit of your finances, mental health, privacy, and time. As we kick off the 2020’s, here are the apps you should consider kicking off your smartphone.