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Questions tagged [social-media]

websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.

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Is one not able to tweet "Get Better." because it's something Dorsey's father used to say?

I've tried to tweet "Get Better." (without the quotes) a dozen times now, and it keeps not showing. A friend of mine told me that, while in high school, Jack Dorsey's (the creator of Twitter) father used to spur him to work harder with that exact…
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Can employers check your facebook?

I've seen a million articles that say basically, "Be very careful what you put on Facebook because employers check that before they hire you... would you want them seeing pictures of your drunken party?" These advice articles never address the…
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Does Instagram withhold likes to increase usage?

Matt Mayberry, who works at a California startup called Dopamine Labs, says it's common knowledge in the industry that Instagram exploits this craving by strategically withholding "likes" from certain users. If the photo-sharing app decides you…
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What role did Facebook/Twitter play in the "Arab Spring"?

Many media reports say that Twitter and Facebook played critical roles in the so-called Arab Spring. However, I find it hard to believe this, and I really haven't seen any concrete examples of how Facebook/Twitter started/caused/significantly…
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Is this story about someone taking revenge on his cheating ex-girlfriend by tattooing excrement on her back true?

This one is making the rounds on the Internet currently and I'm having trouble finding any reliable source. Most people seem to be citing the following unsourced tumblr post Tattoo artist Ryan Fitzgerald from Dayton, OH was hit with a $100,000…
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Is the new "Livr" social network a hoax?

This website claims to be launching a new app in Spring 2014. It is said to be a social network that will only open up if your blood alcohol level is over a certain limit. Inside the app you then have a number of features like drunk dialling people…
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