Social Media

If you didn’t post it on social media, did it even happen? Social media is an umbrella term for platforms that enable users to post media (images, text, videos) to the platform and interact with other users. While specific motivations may vary, the general purpose of social media is to publicly share an aspect of your life. On Facebook that may be a misinformed political rant, on Twitter a witty remark about a viral topic, on Instagram a #humblebrag snapshot of your recent vacation, on TikTok a lip-sync video or cringe-y attempt at a new dance trend. Social media is also a major way to get news (accuracy varies wildly) learn about new trends, stay in touch with friends, and read/view apologies by influencers and celebrities who did something stupid on said platform.

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Facebook gives some workers a small raise for staring into the dark heart of the internet
Facebook gives some workers a small raise for staring into the dark heart of the internet

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Harry and Meghan share a new pic of baby Archie for Mother's Day


Co-founder of Facebook now wants it broken up
Co-founder of Facebook now wants it broken up


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Instagram cracks down on anti-vaccine hashtags

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes wants to break up Facebook. Here's why.
Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes wants to break up Facebook. Here's why.

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Facebook gets petulant after co-founder's call to break up the company

Predictive text memes: The rush of a personality quiz with none of the work
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Twitter finally lets you add reaction GIFs to retweets
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Justin Bieber teams up with YouTube for secret project
Justin Bieber teams up with YouTube for secret project

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'Avengers: Endgame' is the most tweeted-about movie ever



FTC split on punishing Mark Zuckerberg in settlement with Facebook
FTC split on punishing Mark Zuckerberg in settlement with Facebook


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YouTube 'conspiracy': Rogue engineer reveals secret plot to kill Internet Explorer


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