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Science & Technology | Social Media
X (Twitter) to begin charging new users for basic features
It’s been a while since X (formerly Twitter) introduced X Premium (formerly known as Twitter Blue) to let users unlock...
Science & Technology | Social Media
11 Social Media Platforms You Probably Forgot Existed (And Why They Failed)
An ode to all the discontinued social media networks that flew a little too close to the sun.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Relay for Reddit and Now for Reddit will switch to a subscription model
The developer of Relay for Reddit announced Friday that the app would continue to be available after July 1st, while the developer of Now and Nara for Reddit said those apps will continue on, too. Other apps are shutting down due to Reddit’s API changes.
Business & Finance | Business & Finance
10+ Top Social Media Profile Tactics to Stand Out Online in 2023
Boost your online presence with 12 powerful tactics for creating an engaging social media profile. Plus, misconceptions to avoid!
Science & Technology | Social Media
7 Misconceptions About Social Media
In this episode of Misconceptions, we're debunking some commonly held beliefs about social media, from who owns what you post to what happens to your data.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Ask These Questions Instead of 'How Are You?'
That is, if you actually want a more genuine response.
News | News
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Feb. 26, 2023
This Week’s Sanity Report from Israel Feb. 26, 2023 The title “Now it’s personal” is so appropriate to Israeli innovations. Many were initiated because of an Israeli entrepreneur’s personal experience. In this newsletter, see
Science & Technology | Social Media
How TikTok’s algorithm made it a success: ‘It pushes the boundaries’
The company’s secret sauce is what populates its For You Page, which predicts the videos that will pique a viewer’s interest
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
Life in the Time of COVID-19 | Psychology Today
6 ways to ensure social distancing isn't social isolation.
Science & Technology | Science & Technology
Facebook 'Hate Speech' Algorithm Found 90% of Hate Speech Directed at White People
The Washington Post reported that an April 2020 examination of Facebook’s anti-racism algorithm found that roughly 90 percent of the...
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Recognizing When a Friendship Is Lopsided | Psychology Today
What happens you're the only one to initiate contact or share your feelings?
News | News
Jonathan Sacks z”l – The Fewest of All Peoples Va’etchanan 5781
Jonathan Sacks z”l – The Fewest of All Peoples Va’etchanan 5781 Buried inconspicuously in this week’s parsha is a short sentence with explosive potential, causing us to think again about both the nature of Jewish history and the Jewish tas
Psychology | Personality
Here's How To Tell if You're an Outgoing Introvert | Well Good
You may be an outgoing introvert if you thrive in social settings, but tend to feel depleted once they're over—and crave alone time.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter is letting anyone apply for verification for the first time since 2017 - The Verge
Twitter has relaunched its public verification program, allowing anyone to once again apply to have a blue badge on their profile. You can apply from the Account Settings page on the web, as well as from within Twitter’s app.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Here’s how many social media followers you need to make $100,000
This Lickd.co calculator shows you how many social media followers you need on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram to make money.
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Facebook services restored after global outage
Facebook Inc has fixed a technical issue that caused a global outage of its services after more than a million people reported problems with its photo-sharing app Instagram.
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3 social media trends to watch in 2021
Here are the changes to keep your eye on when it comes to social media engagement and outreach in the coming months. 2020 is finally over, and for most that calls for a giant sigh of relief. Digital marketers hardly have had time to relax, though, as they
Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous
3 Things Good Listeners Consistently Do | Psychology Today
If you want to improve the quality of relationships with your friends, significant others, and colleagues, find out what good listeners do.
Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help
Cold Days Can Make Us Long For Social Contact — But Warming Up Our Bodies Eliminates This Desire – Research Digest
By Emma Young. Finding highlights need to consider ambient temperature in studies of warmth and social judgements.
Psychology | Psychology
The Coronavirus Made Us Socially Awkward
Deprive people of interactions with peers, and their social skills will atrophy. This is yet another side effect of the pandemic.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Facebook tests linking your FB account to your news subscriptions | TechCrunch
Facebook is testing a new feature that could help news publishers create a better experience for paying subscribers on the social network. The idea is that when Facebook identifies a subscriber from one of its publisher partners, that subscriber will be i
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter says it's looking at subscription options as ad revenue drops sharply
Twitter is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including by considering a subscription model, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday. The move comes as Twitter suffers a sharp decline in its core advertising business.
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Instagram is Making it Easier to Kickstart your Small Business
Instagram Shops, IGTV, and Pinned Comments are just a few recent updates to help small businesses market their products and services.
Psychology | Personality
Beyond Wealth and Fame: 9 Things That Boost Social Status | Psychology Today
New research identifies a checklist of universal character traits that can increase (or diminish) someone's social status.
Science & Technology | Social Media
How do Twitter lists work?
A look at how Twitter lists work and how marketers can use them to their advantage. How to follow people via lists and how to get on lists.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter is working on a way for people to request a blue checkmark, again
Twitter is bringing back a feature it had to kill after it was misapplied to a neo-Nazi.
Business & Finance | Business
Just putting it out there: It's embarrassing to exist on LinkedIn
I've never been big on social media, but there's one platform I absolutely can't stomach the courage to exist on: LinkedIn.
Science & Technology | Social Media
There’s an actual science to good Instagram photos
Social media managers, aspiring influencers, and individual users are all seeking that winning combination of composition, lighting, color, and subject matter that will drive up likes, followers, and click-through rates on Instagram. But what is it that g
Psychology | Personality
Best Way To Offer Support During Hard Times? Use Messages Of Validation, Study Suggests
A new study finds that messages of support which validated a person's feelings were more helpful overall than the ones that were critical or that diminished emotions.
Psychology | Personality
Separation Stings: Study Finds Social Isolation May Cause Physical Inflammation
Researchers at the University of Surrey and Brunel University London say that social isolation may lead to increased bodily inflammation.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Facebook will pay users for submitting their voice recordings - TechSpot
It seems pretty much every big company, including Amazon, Apple, Google, and Microsoft, has been listening to and transcribing users’ voice recordings without their consent. It’s a way to improve speech recognition systems, but many customers were ang
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Twitter rolling out new 'Continue thread' option for connecting multiple tweets together
Twitter is rolling out a new feature that makes it easier to thread multiple tweets together. With this change, you can now link tweets together while you compose them. The company announced the new feature this afternoon. When you’re composing a new twee
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All users can now access Facebook’s tool for controlling which apps and sites can share data for ad-targeting
Facebook is making available to all users worldwide its “Off-Facebook Activity” tool, which allows users to manage and delete the data that third-party websites and apps share with Facebook. The feature was first introduced in 2018 at Facebook’s annual de
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Five Social Media Marketing Mistakes You Must Avoid
Are you making any of the following mistakes?
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12 social media trends to watch in 2020
As we close this decade down, there’s no doubt that social media will play a growing role in our lives for the foreseeable future.
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How social media has changed in the past decade, according to its influencers
From Jake Paul to iJustine and Nerd City, NBC News spoke with more than half a dozen content creators about how the last decade of internet culture has evolved.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter pauses plan to delete inactive accounts
The move comes amid concerns it would delete accounts from those who had died.
Business & Finance | Advertising/Marketing
Six Essential Pillars To Establishing A Social Media Strategy
Navigating the ever-changing social media landscape can be a daunting task.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Facebook lets you get rid of those annoying notification dots
On iOS you can customize Facebook's shortcut bar to remove sections you don't use.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter exec teases possible major changes coming in 2020
The floated ideas could fundamentally change how retweets work on Twitter, and that's not all.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Instagram test helps you choose people to unfollow
Groups would help you cut users you rarely see in your feed.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Instagram launches Create mode with On This Day throwbacks | TechCrunch
Instagram has finally turned Throwback Thursday into an official feature. It’s part of the new Instagram “Create” mode that launches today in Stories, bringing the app beyond the camera. Create makes Instagram a more omni-purpose social network with
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter now lets all iPhone users pin favorited lists to the timeline - 9to5Mac
After opening up access for the home timeline Lists feature to let users more easily follow their interests earlier this summer, Twitter is rolling out access for all iOS users today. Twitter shared the news in a press release: On iOS starting September 2
Science & Technology | Social Media
Facebook will shut down Group Stories on September 26th
If you didn't find yourself using Facebook's Group Stories, you're not the only one. The social network has confirmed a report from commentator Matt Navarra th...
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
What Makes People Charismatic, and How You Can Be, Too
Simple tips to break through your social anxieties and make real, genuine connections with others.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Make Facebook useful by turning off all its annoying features | Popular Science
Between data privacy scandals and the psychological toll social media can take on your brain, quitting Facebook can be an alluring prospect. But it’s not always practical to delete your account.
Science & Technology | Social Media
How to Reach Your Target Audience on Social Media More Effectively | Inc.
Billions of people around the world use social media, so it's an effective way to reach your target market wherever they may be.
Psychology | Personality
7 Things that Empathy Research Shows About Relationships
Empathy might be your ticket to connection and, ultimately, success.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Instagram: Here’s How to See Everyone You’ve Blocked – Adweek
You have the option to unblock them.
Science & Technology | Social Media
You Mean You're Still on Facebook? | Inc.
Zombies are populating my FB account. This can't be good for Zuckerberg and Co.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter's experiments pay off as user numbers grow - CNET
More people are flocking to the site on a daily basis.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Instagram is working on new rules for banning accounts
Less than a week after banning Alex Jones and other far-right extremists, Instagram has revealed that it is working on a new policy for account removals. These...
Science & Technology | Social Media
If Instagram Gets Rid Of Like Counts, What Will It Mean For Influencers?
Instagram is testing out hiding like counts on profiles. How could this affect influencers and creators, who rely on metrics like these for business?
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Instagram officially tests hiding Like counts | TechCrunch
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Science & Technology | Social Media
The Most Active 10% of Twitter Users Are Responsible for 80% of Tweets Overall – Adweek
It turns out that Twitter users are younger and are more likely to be Democrats than the general public, according to a new Pew Research Center report.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Reddit’s Subreddits Are Getting Collections, Events Posts
The site tested the new feature with the "Game of Thrones" Subreddit first.
Science & Technology | Social Media
The chat feature may soon return to Facebook’s mobile app
Facebook upset millions upon millions of users five years ago when it removed chat from its core mobile app and forced them to download Messenger to communicate privately with friends. Now it looks like it might be able to restore the option inside the Fa
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter drops the number of people you can follow in a day
The change is aimed at cracking down on spammers.
Science & Technology | Social Media
New Facebook tool answers the question “Why am I seeing this post?”
Facebook announced today that it is adding a feature called “Why am I seeing this post?” to News Feeds. Similar to “Why am I seeing this ad?,” which has appeared next to advertisements since 2014, the new tool has a dropdown menu that gives users
Business & Finance | Advertising/Marketing
10 Instagram Marketing Tools to Help Grow Your Brand on Instagram in 2019
Instagram marketing can help you scale your brand quickly, and these tools can help you do that.
Science & Technology | Social Media
MySpace Probably Lost Everything Uploaded To Its Servers Before 2015
In what can only be good news for future political candidates — but is definitely bad news for technology company MySpace — it seems the predecessor to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram lost most of what users uploaded to its social media platform befo
Science & Technology | Social Media
Council Post: How To Apply Social Selling To A Social Media Marketing Campaign
Today, salespeople are increasingly connecting with prospects on social networks.
Science & Technology | Technology
Twitter is testing a method for users to hide replies to tweets
Twitter has been hiding replies from what it deems to be suspect or troll accounts for a little while now.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter may let us 'clarify' (but not edit) our old tweets
Twitter 2025 could be a non-stop line of 'No, that's not what I meant.'
Science & Technology | Social Media
5 new features Twitter is testing in its iOS app
Twitter has been quietly testing improvements to night mode, encrypted direct messages, and new ways to use GIFs, according to new screenshots.
Advice & Self-Help | Meditation and Other Practices
Avoid Choking Under Pressure: Imagine Having Prize & Performing To Keep It – Re
By Christian Jarrett. The mental technique is called "incentive reappraisal" and it's reflected in changed activity in a key brain structure.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Instagram outage forces millions to look directly at the world for nearly half an hour
Photo-sharing app and social network Instagram was briefly taken offline on Monday afternoon, causing nothing of consequence to occur other than a brief respite from one source of the constant deluge of inconsequential information to which we all voluntar
Science & Technology | Social Media
A 23 Step Social Media Marketing Checklist for 2019 [Infographic]
Looking to make sure you stay on track with your social media marketing efforts in 2019? This checklist will help.
Psychology | Personality
Survey: Average Person Forms A First Impression In Just 27 Seconds! - Study Finds
You better have your introduction down to a speedy art on that next blind date or job interview. A recent survey finds you only have about 27 seconds to make a good first impression on someone new.
Psychology | Personality
The Bias of Thinking You Can Nonverbally Decode | Psychology Today
It’s easy to read people’s nonverbal cues, tell what they’re feeling, and know if they’re flirting, right? Not really. Verbal communication is a better choice.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Confronting Facebook's Growing Pains
It is not that Facebook wants to promote poisonous material, but its system is designed in a manner that is allowing it to happen.
Science & Technology | Tech
How To Start, Manage and Grow Your Social Network Without a Huge Time Commitment
Owning or managing all marketing for a small business is hard! Without a large staff (or, let’s be honest, any staff) you probably find yourself pulling long days and fulfilling a variety of roles…
Business & Finance | Advertising/Marketing
8 Old School Marketing Tactics That Work for Social Media
Okay, so it’s hard to imagine Don Draper meeting with Bethlehem Steel execs in Sterling Cooper’s top floor Madison Avenue […]
Science & Technology | Social Media
How to Become the Social Media Manager Every Company Dreams Of
As more brands realize the need to reach their audience online, the demand for social media managers to help grow their business through social is rapidly increasing. As social media marketing recrui…
Science & Technology | Technology
Pinterest Just Made It Easier To Sell More Stuff...And Other Small Business Tech News This Week
Here are five things in technology that happened this past week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them?
Science & Technology | Tech
Twitter now shows if a tweet was deleted for policy violations
Twitter recently announced it’s rolling out a feature to provide context around deleted tweets – including who deleted them and why. It’s a small change, but it’s the latest in a series of moves Twitter is making in an effort to bolster transpare
Science & Technology | Social Media
Here’s how to find out if your Facebook was hacked in the breach | TechCrunch
Are you one of the 30 million users hit by Facebook’s access token breach announced two weeks ago? Here’s how to find out. Facebook breach saw 15M users’ names & contact info accessed, 14M’s bios too Visit this Facebook Help center link while
Science & Technology | Social Media
I Get Paid $6,000 a Day to Write Inspirational Quotes for Instagram. Here's How I Perfected This Dream Job | Money
And here's how you can get started, too.
Business & Finance | Marketing
How to Get Sponsored on Instagram (Even if You Currently Have 0 Followers)
Find out everything you need to do to get sponsored on Instagram, even if you currently have zero followers.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter brings Bookmarks to the web with a new design, now in testing | TechCrunch
Twitter is testing a new experience for web users, the company announced in a tweet on Thursday. A small number of Twitter users will see the updated version of Twitter for web, which will include access to Twitter’s Bookmarks feature, and scrolling thr
Business & Finance | Marketing
23 Social Media And Digital Marketing Best Practices That Are Actually MYTHS - balance
23 Social Media And Digital Marketing Best Practices That Are Actually MYTHS
Advice & Self-Help | Products with Integrity
Heartfelt Connections - Sharing Meals with the Homeless
Jan Shepherd making the world a better place one person at a time. Document your own efforts using the hashtag #dosomethingheartfelt
Health & Fitness | Sleep
A Lack of Sleep Triggers Viral Loneliness | Thrive Global
A recent study found a direct link between poor sleep and social isolation. Here's what the researchers want you to know about their findings.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Facebook bug randomly unblocked some users from people’s block lists
Concerning for those who use their block list to prevent harassment and abuse
Science & Technology | Tech News
Meet the people who still use Myspace: 'It's given me so much joy'
Once it was the biggest social network; now it’s a ghost town. But for a handful of hardcore users, Myspace remains essential
Psychology | Personality
Americans Are More Socially Isolated, but Less Lonely
What's the difference between social isolation and loneliness? And why is one rising while the other one is declining over time?
Psychology | Personality
Loneliness Rivals Obesity, Smoking as Health Risk
A new survey finds nearly half of Americans reporting they feel alone, isolated, or left out at least some of the time.
Psychology | Personality
Why You Need to Be Good at Reading Your Emotions | Psychology Today
Being able to read other people’s emotions is important for your relationships, but according to new research, it’s just as important to read your own with clarity.
Science & Technology | Social Media
News outlets object to how Facebook will label political ads | VentureBeat
In the wake of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Facebook made sweeping changes on what information it gives to users about political ads. But the changes will have consequences for more than just political groups — and not all organizations are happ
Science & Technology | Social Media
The No. 1 Way To Get Attention On LinkedIn
Employers or business prospects are searching on LinkedIn for someone like you. Having the right keywords on your profile is the single best way to improve the odds that your profile is the one they will find, click on and message. Here's how to find the
Science & Technology | Social Media
Four New LinkedIn Features You Shouldn't Ignore
Stay on top of the latest LinkedIn features so you can stand out and expand your success. Here are four features that you need to try for yourself.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter has an unlaunched ‘Secret’ encrypted messages feature
Buried inside Twitter’s Android app is a “Secret conversation” option that if launched would allow users to send encrypted direct messages. The feature could make Twitter a better home for sensitive communications that often end up on en
Science & Technology | Social Media
Instagram Looks Like Facebook’s Best Hope - Bloomberg
With lawmakers and users on the warpath, the photo-sharing app could be Mark Zuckerberg’s way out of the latest data scandal.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Instagram traps data without a Download Your Information tool | TechCrunch
It’s hard to #DeleteFacebook with no viable alternative, but at least you can export all your data. There’s no such option on Instagram . That lack of data portability puts users at the mercy of Instagram’s product and policy decisions. And it could
Science & Technology | Social Media
How Reggie Brown invented Snapchat
Why sexting and a Stanford class led a group of former fraternity brothers to create Snapchat.
Science & Technology | Social Media
5 Reasons Why Nobody is Engaging With Your Social Posts (and How to Fix it)
Is nobody engaging with your social media posts on Twitter or Instagram? Here's 5 reasons why, and how to fix it to make sure you get attention on your social media.
Psychology | Hypnosis Information
How I use hypnosis to cope with Asperger's Syndrome
In many ways I was an easy child.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter Is Developing a Subscription Plan That Promotes Your Tweets Automatically | Fortune
Twitter is testing a subscription plan that automatically promotes tweets in order reach to more users and grow follower bases
Science & Technology | Social Media
Mark Zuckerberg says he disagrees strongly with Bosworth death memo, calls executive provocative - Business Insider
Facebook is back on defense as Mark Zuckerberg spoke against a controversial memo by VP Andrew Bosworth, while defending the executive.
Science & Technology | Social Media
LinkedIn Prospecting: How to Find and Connect With Future Customers : Social Media Examiner
Social Media Marketing Podcast 295. In this episode, explore how to use LinkedIn to find leads and turn them into customers with John Nemo.
News | The News
#QuitFacebook: Are people fleeing the social network? | Fox News
Facebook is in danger of losing its most precious currency.
Science & Technology | Social Media
The 7 Biggest Secrets Of Social Media Influencers
Obviously, they put in extra work and have more experience than the average Joe. But beyond that, there are a few secrets that most influencers don't make public.
Science & Technology | Tech
What Happens In 60 Seconds Online
What Happens In 60 Seconds Online - 03/07/2018
Science & Technology | Social Media
Inside Facebook's Two Years of Hell
How a confused, defensive social media giant steered itself into a disaster, and how Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix it all.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Facebook looks to be testing comment downvotes
Not liking your friends' posts might soon be a whole lot easier.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter’s 280 character limit increased engagement without increasing the average tweet length – BGR
After some initial testing, Twitter late last year officially upped the character limit on tweets from 140 characters to 280. In one fell swoop, Twitter changed the most defining feature of the service: brevity.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Facebook is making a major change to the News Feed that will show you more content from friends and family and less from
Facebook said Thursday that it will start to show users more posts from their friends and family in the News Feed, a move that means people will see fewer posts from publishers and brands.
Science & Technology | Social Media
How to Write Posts That Actually Get Read and Shared
I had a call the other day with an entrepreneur who told me that his blog articles are like an echo chamber; it feels like he is talking to himself. He's investing a ton of time and effort into creating posts, but they are not getting any engagement. I
Science & Technology | Social Media
When Instagram Influencing Isn't So Glamorous | WIRED
Instagram fame can be enviable—but it comes at a cost. Excerpted from Brooke Erin Duffy's (Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Ditch the Comments Section For Social Media? - The Gate
Should media companies — perhaps even weblogs — ditch the Comments section for social media; or should they keep the Comments section and...
Science & Technology | Social Media
Snapchat Is Taking a Page From Facebook’s Playbook to Grow Into a Bona Fide Social Media Platform – Adweek
Will an algorithm help grow new users?
Science & Technology | Social Media
These Are the Biggest Social Media Fails of 2017 | Inc.com
It's been a banner year for corporate facepalms.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Facebook expands AI-based suicide prevention tools
Facebook's suicide prevention AI has advanced to the point where it can proactively intervene when it detects that someone may be at risk of suicide.
Business & Finance | Business
How to make millions on Instagram
Over the past decade, there has been a dramatic shift in the way companies execute marketing campaigns. Today, marketers are using social media platforms and influencers to spread awareness of their products and services. Instagram is one of the most popu
Science & Technology | Social Media
An Updated List of Facebook's Algorithm Changes
If you do Facebook marketing, one thing that you might want to understand is the Facebook algorithm.
Business & Finance | Business
Tai Lopez Reveals the Secrets He Used to Make Millions From Social Media
It's easier than you think to transform your social media profile into a lucrative business.
Business & Finance | Business
How To Get More Real Instagram Followers: The Definitive Guide
Struggling to get any followers on Instagram? We hear you! This definitive guide will show you how to grow your Instagram following faster...
Science & Technology | Social Media
7 Ways Facebook Keeps You Addicted
The intersection of 2 obsessive technologies sees us checking our social apps on mobiles many times a day. Here is how Facebook creates addiction.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Anxiety Makes It Harder to Listen to Your Intuition
New research shows that people who are feeling anxious have a harder time making decisions than people who are feeling optimistic.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
How to Connect Better With New People, According to Science
To make it easier to meet people, go for extraordinary, outside-the-box experiences.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Twitter is doubling the length of tweets to 280 characters for some people
The famous Twitter character limit is being expanded from 140 characters to 280 characters.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Your Social Media Strategy Isn't Complete Without These 21 Tactics
You’re ready to take social media to the next level. But if you aren’t building the traction you hoped for, there’s usually a reason. Just like any industry, there are a set of crucially important tactics every successful social media strategy needs
Miscellaneous | Interesting & Helpful Information
The Best Way to Manage Your Social Anxiety Is to Accept It
Some studies are suggesting that a better way to deal with it is by exposing yourself to anxiety-inducing situations.
Science & Technology | Social Media
10 Social Media Mistakes We've Made (And How to Avoid Them)
We've committed many social media mistakes that have cost us reach, engagement, fans, and customers! Here's what we've learned and how you can avoid them.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
Social Interaction Is Critical for Mental and Physical Health
Having friends is a critically important contributor to good health and longevity.
Science & Technology | Social Media
You can now add a location to your Reddit post
Thanks to a new partnership with Foursquare—yes, the check-in app you may have used in the late 2000s—Reddit posts, published via the mobile app, can include a geotag that's particular to a specific venue or as broad as a country.
Business & Finance | Business
A Daily Social Media Checklist That Will Double Engagement
Looking to increase your social media engagement? You need a plan! Here's your daily social media checklist with exact steps you need to take.
Business & Finance | Business
Why CEOs Need to Embrace Social Media (and How to Do it)
A beginner's guide to connecting with an online audience.
Business & Finance | Business
7 Things You Must Do to Grow a Fanatical Following Online
Even with technology at their fingertips, your audience members want to hear real stories and connect in meaningful ways. Give them that, and they'll become loyal followers.
Science & Technology | Social Media
Facebook’s new features like Messenger Day are distracting and obtrusive - Recode
Facebook is breaking the user experience to promote a feature it cares about more than its users.
Science & Technology | Social Media
User Demographics of the Top 7 Social Networks | Marketing Infographic
Social media audience demographics can vary widely by social platform. Check out this highly useful infographic to see which user groups spend time on which social networks and do what there.
Science & Technology | Virtual Reality
Virtual Reality’s Potential for Magic Gets Real
The Void, a Utah-based start-up, bets that by making V.R. both social and spontaneous, it can draw throngs and make a mint. Some big names are taking notice.
Miscellaneous | The Hometown
14 must-follow Instagram accounts for LA lovers
Follow these accounts if you love shots of the Los Angeles skyline, glowing sunsets, stunning architecture, and inspiring design.
Business & Finance | Business
How To Do Twitter Marketing in 10 Minutes a Day
If you’re low on time, here’s a plan for getting all your tweeting done in 10 minutes a day.
Science & Technology | Social Media
10% of digital news consumers say 'Facebook' is a news outlet
At least only 10 percent of readers think it came from Facebook?
Politics | Free Speech
How Facebook’s Fact-Checking Partnership Will Work
A team of about six people will draw on the resources of ABC News to get to the bottom of questionable articles, said James Goldston, the president of ABC News.
Science & Technology | Tech
Facebook (FB) approved an ad violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in 15 minutes, a ProPublica investigation found —
The world's largest social network is being accused of pandering to racist advertising. An investigation into Facebook's advertising branch by the New York-based non-profit news organization ProPublica found that advertisers can not only filter target
Science & Technology | Tech
Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, Verizon are all eyeing up a Twitter bid | TechCrunch
Twitter continues to inch its way to a sale process, and the latest developments come in the form of alleged bids from potential buyers. Today CNBC is..
Miscellaneous | Interesting Links
Babies Watching People Eat
Even 1-year-olds know that our food choices depend on our social or cultural group.
Business & Finance | Business
How departments that aren’t marketing can use social media
Not in marketing? No problem. Social media belongs to everyone: From CEOs to employees. Here are eight departments and how they run social media accounts.
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
The Challenges of Male Friendships
Consciously or otherwise, many men believe that talking about personal matters with other men is not manly.
Psychology | Health & Wellbeing
How I Finally Found Friends That Get My Spiritual Side
I had just started my journey into spirituality when I was at dinner, and I heard a woman talking about Doreen Virtue's angel cards. I immediately got up to introduce myself, and she was beyond excited to talk to me. We’re still friends today.
Science & Technology | Tech
Spending a lot of time on Facebook and Instagram could be making you depressed, study finds
A U.S. study recently found a strong and significant association between social media use and depression.
Business & Finance | Business
Here's A Toolkit for Creating a Loyal Instagram Following
These brands were built on Instagram. They share their strategies for creating a loyal following and driving sales on the platform.
Science & Technology | Tech
Facebook might finally kill clickbait with new algorithm tweaks
In June of last year, Facebook announced that it would start showing more content that mattered to you by factoring in the time you spent viewing a post --
Business & Finance | Advertising/Marketing
How to Manage Multiple Social Media Profiles : Social Media Examiner
Does your business have profiles on multiple social networks? Discover how to monitor and manage multiple social media profiles from a customized dashboard.
Business & Finance | Business
6 Social Media Platforms Your Business Should Be Using
There is currently a plethora of social media platforms currently out these, it’s mind-blowing! From networking, to hooking a spouse, writing blogs to comparing businesses, the list is exhausti…
Advice & Self-Help | Couples and Relationship Support
Friendship Advice: When Your Best Friend Brings a Crowd
Some people prefer one-on-one time with a friend. They are ‘focusers’ and gravitate toward intimacy. ‘Diffusers’ like to socialize in a group and don’t feel the need for as much time alone.
