Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Ed Westwick and sexual assault

I thought the whole sexual assault thing was kept under the radar and not in the news anymore? As someone who's experienced a similar situation, I would rather have the problem be dealt with quietly. As long as the entire process stays within the law everything should be fine. I have been told that if something like this is televised, there's a chance it will happen again and again until it is no longer televised. I would [refer it to not be televised, if I really wanted to know about it I would look it up online to find out for myself.

Ed Westwick deletes denials of sexual assault allegations from social media

Friday, March 23, 2018

More regulations on social media

There are still on going meetings about social media and what exactly they should be regulating on each of their platforms. I just hope the people asking them to do these things know that what they're asking is a very hard task to do. I'm just thinking out loud here, but if people want social media to be regulated, there'll be a lot more job openings of people going on the internet and looking for accounts that are not trustworthy. There's more than 320 million people living in the US alone, social media covers the entire world. Well like a whole lot of things, there's always something that can be done.

Singapore questions social media giants over 'online falsehoods'

The younger she is on Snapchat, the more unhappy she is

I can see this being true, but I don't think children should be exposed to social media at that age. I can understand having a cellphone for contacting family, but not social media. Regardless of what their reason would be, I don't think they should be on social media at that age. I am no exception, I don't remember if I was on social media that young, I don't think so. I hope not. If there's one thing I'm curious to see, it would be the same survey taken on a larger scale, not just the UK. I'm not saying the study could have been done better, I'm just really interested in seeing what it would look like on a larger scale if that was just in the UK.

Friday, March 16, 2018

Present day best social media stock

I'm not surprised that the stocks for both Facebook and Snapchat went down, I kind of saw that coming. With Snapchat's new update, a lot of people decided not to use the app. Facebook also has some user problems with fake news being spread and just being out dated (in some people's opinions). What I find funny about this is what the last paragraph talks about. There have been a lot of speculation with the freedom given to people on social media, except when there are restrictions finally being applied people start to become less interested in the platform. That, to me, is very interesting.

The best social media stock by far this year is not Facebook or Snap — it's Twitter

Windsor High School social media threat

I still don't understand why the rate of these shootings and threats keeps increasing. It makes me sad thinking about all of it, why would ALL these kids, students, people, why would they choose to do this? I mean from what I've heard the motives have been anger. I can't imagine what would happen if anyone I cared about would be placed in those kind of situations. I don't want to, I don't want them to be in that situation. I don't like thinking about these things because I get scared and anxious for others. What if they don't make it? I just really hope whatever this is will die down soon.

Increased police presence at Windsor High School following social media threat

Friday, March 9, 2018

Russians take personal information

I did not know this was a thing. It actually concerns me that this happened. I am also concerned about why the Russians decided to target that specific type of audience. This article makes me think about a lot of things, like when Trump swore there was no Russian meddling with the election. This makes me question him even more now. How can I be certain he tells the truth? I mean I can't do anything about it but it makes him look bad. I mean Facebook tried to help with that tool, A for effort in my book at least.

Russians collected Americans’ personal data through social media

Cryptocurrencies no longer in China

I don't know exactly how many cryptocurrencies there are in the stock market nor just how popular it has become, but I do know its popularity increased majorly over the past few months. I know someone who has invested in stocks for one and I've heard about the troubles with it. I do feel like that type of currency will go down just as fast as it went up, and will be an even riskier stock type to be involved in than others. Then again, I'm not an expert in the stock market. Maybe I'll get into it later in life.

Caixin: China Blocking Crypto Exchanges on Social Media

Friday, March 2, 2018

Social media and being 'social'

People don't believe me when I tell them that social media can actually help someone become more social, here's an article that gives evidence it does. If a person is very open to be begin with, social media is a perfect for them to make more friends and laugh about funny videos online. I know it makes me more social because it allows me to have conversations with people I didn't know went to the same school as me. I think social media can help make better relationships with people from resolving issues to breaking the ice to finding old friends.

Social media doesn’t hurt your face-to-face socializing

John Legend reacts to dad shaming



I love couples who defend each other, especially when they're roasting someone. John Legend posted a picture of him carrying his daughter and someone commented "So tired of seeing them carrying her. She needs no legs then." I laughed so hard while reading this article. I don't know who that person was but they either don't have kids or their kids must be disciplined like crazy, or that person was probably a parent who pushes their kids to do things on their own. Either way I don't think that was an appropriate comment to make. If it bothers you so much unfollow him. Commenting about it won't stop Legend from doing it.

John Legend Reacts to Dad-Shaming on Social Media: 'Let Parents Be Parents' (Exclusive)