What happened when humans stopped managing social media content Algorithmic content moderation allowed dangerous and possibly illegal material to slip through the net | Image via iStock During the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Facebook, Twitter and Google all used automation instead of people to scrub harmful content from their platforms Nobody appreciated the content moderators until […]
Should you uninstall your social media apps and switch to ‘wrappers’? The vast majority of smartphones have some kind of social media app installed, be it Facebook, TikTok, Twitter or a combination of all. And yet these apps are known to spy on our activity while drain the phone’s battery. The alternative is something call […]
Social Media: A Weapon of Recreation or Distraction Isn’t everyone? With the coronavirus posing a threat to our families and us, the decision to stay at home is by far the wisest one. Understandably, being on house quarantine requires certain forms of activities to do for when we are bored and also when we’re not […]
Netflix’s The Social Dilemma highlights the problem with social media, but what’s the solution? Facebook has responded to Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, saying it “buries the substance in sensationalism”. The show is currently in Netflix Australia’s top ten list and has been popular around the globe. Some media pundits suggest it’s “the most important documentary of our times”. The […]
4 Benefits That You Can Get If You Use Twitter For Business In 2020 Twitter is literally one of the best social media platforms which helps us in keeping up with the latest fads in the market. The reach of Twitter is huge- from discovering what TV shows others are watching, to cheering at the […]
