People do a lot of stupid things on the Internet.
Here’s one thing that you need to NOT do:
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Steven Corona is the Chief Tech Officer at Twitpic, according to his website.
So you would think that someone who is that involved with social media — such as the relationship between Twitter and Twitpic, that going even one hour without using any form of social media would be akin to telling a race car driver that he can only walk to work.
So can you do what Steven decided to do? Can you give up all forms of social media for thirty days?
Can you SUMMARIZE YOUR FAVORITE MOVIE in 140 characters or less?
That’s the challenge that the NEW YORKER presented to their readers the other day. More specifically, especially as STAR WARS celebrates its 35th birthday, readers needed to summarize the plot to STAR WARS.
All submitted to Twitter (which is really the only way to run a meme like this), here’s a sampling of what readers came up with:
Face it – everyone can be a little bit of a douchebag once in a while.
It may not always be seen in public, but it can happen.
And it doesn’t really matter if you say “douche”, “douchebag”, “bouchedag” or some other variation. A douche is a douche, no matter what you call it.
If you’re on Facebook or Twitter, take a good look at who your friends and followers are.
Take a look at who you’re following yourself.
Chances are, YOU DON’T KNOW EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PEOPLE IN YOUR CIRCLE OF CONTACTS IN REAL LIFE.
Yup, IRL doesn’t apply to your social network. It’s just a bunch of names of people that you have no idea who they really are.
Should you be surprised about this? Probably not.
This is an open letter to the marketing staff at MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, Sands, and other casino corporations. And if you’re part of the marketing staff at a different type of company, you may want to pay attention to this as well – since the core takeaway here applies to you as well.
So you have your very own Twitter account (like we do, at @webgangsta). And you spend time throughout the day sending out various tweets about whatever is going on in your life.
Some of the things you tweet about are about food you’ve eaten and music you’re listening to. Some of the things you tweet about are work-related, such as telling your followers about some cool new thing that’s up on your company website.
Choices and Consequences: What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs
Social networking website can be addicting. Who knew?
The people at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, that’s who.
They’re the ones who recently came up with a study on teenage drug abuse and addiction entitled NATIONAL SURVEY OF AMERICAN ATTITUDES ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE XVI: TEENS AND PARENTS.