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TED Talk by Eli Pariser

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What obligation do social media platforms have to the greater good?

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Social media has become our new home. Can we build it better? Taking design cues from urban planners and social scientists, technologist Eli Pariser shows how the problems we’re encountering on digital platforms aren’t all that new -- and shares how, by following the model of thriving towns and cities, we can create trustworthy online communities.

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The Big Read: Dangers Lurk in Youth's Chase for Social Media 'Likes'

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Article: Social Media for Older Adults
Article: Mission: Digital Training for 100,000 Seniors

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Definition of Social Media

What is social media? A good textbook definition might come from Wikipedia:

Social media are interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.

Think of social media platforms as web sites where you engage and connect with other people, communities, organizations and businesses. On the web sites you can share, create, learn, discuss and promote content, ideas, opportunities and more. All of the social media platforms are web-based and are accessed via the web or through apps that you install on your iPhones and iPads. And the most common names that come to mind with referencing social media are Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and more. Let's identify what Seniors are more likely to use.

Social Media Use by Seniors

What social media platforms do Seniors use? The simple answer is Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter. Although the rankings are not equal. According to the Pew Institute in a study published in 2018, Facebook and Youtube are the top platforms used by older adults by a wide margin. The other four platforms of note are nearly equal in popularity. Here are the Pew data.

Why is this data important? When you choose a social media platform, you want to select a platform that are used by friends and family and that is popular in your age group.

How do you Access Social Media?

For all of the primary platforms we discuss, there are two approaches that are used to access the social media platforms.Media

1. Web sites accessed from your web browser. Launch Safari or any other web browser and enter the URL for the site. For example: ◦ www.facebook.com ◦ www.twitter.com ◦ www.pinterest.com

2. Apps installed on your devices. There are iPhone & iPad apps for all of the major social media platform. They are installed from the App Store. All of the apps are free to install and use.

Is Social Media Free?

All of the platforms that we discuss in this recipe can be accessed without fees. But we think it is important to recognize that there is an exchange that occurs when you use most of the social media platforms. There are two components to the value exchange.

1. When you register with the social media platforms, they learn who you are and also learn about you. They may know your email address, your age and perhaps your general location. As you use the platform they may learn more about you. They may learn that you use an iPhone or iPad. They may learn what you like or the opinions that you have. Your information and your access to the platform is an asset with significant value.

2. The Social Media companies will sell advertising or data to companies that want to target you. And because the targeting is enhanced with your data, it is valued by advertisers.

Having an awareness of how the Social Media companies make money is important so that you can be on the lookout for paid or promoted posts and activity. It is a Social Media fact of life.

Benefits of Social Media - Stay Engaged with Life

When you think about the benefits of social media, one can immediately picture the positive element of staying engaged with life and maintaining relationships with other people. Successful aging is clearly associated with high levels of physical and cognitive health and social engagement. Social networks provide multiple sources of social support. It seems like common sense but it is clearly identified in a number of research articles.

Challenges of Social Media

The use of social media can have positive results. But make no mistake, there are also pitfalls. The most prominent of which is privacy and safety. The use of social media in the 2016 election is a good example of how the platform can be used to spread false information and potentially share private information. The Senior Tech Club recommends that you understand the privacy implications of social media use and take the necessary step to prevent against misuse. We will make recommendations about security and data privacy in our overview of the social media platforms.

Privacy Tips for Social Media

Here are six general tips that will help you manage the data and privacy concerns with Social Media.

1. Choose your Level of Engagement. When you sign up for a social media platform, you can choose your level of engagement. Please know that you do not have to share anything on the platform and you can simply consume the posts and updates made by your friends and family. This is up to you.

2. Guard your Personal Information. Never share information like your address, full birth date phone number, driver's license number or social security number.

3. Keep your Circle of Friends Close. Do not accept friend requests from people that you do not know. Know when you share or post if you are sharing with friends or with the public.

4. Don't Overshare - That post about your vacation plans may be an invitation for a burglar to visit your house. Comment carefully.

5. Don't Share your Location. For example, Twitter can automatically attach location information to public tweets. Turn of any location information.

6. Be aware of Scams and Frauds. Be aware that scams and frauds exist, and remember that if something sounds too good to be true, it is.

7. Talk to your children if you intend to post pictures of your grandchildren to ensure that their privacy concerns are understood.

Getting Started with Social Media

At SeniorTechClub.com, we look to help you with information, tips and learning for each of the top social media platforms. In our getting started guides for each of the platforms you will learn about:

What is the core purpose of the platform. What do you share and to whom do you share it?

Key Terms for use. Every platform has it own language.

Engagement Options - How do you engage and what are the options.

Privacy & Sharing Tips - What information is shared and what are the risks.

Practical applications for Seniors - How can you use the platforms in a practical and age appropriate way.

Recipe for Getting Started - What are the steps to getting started.

Access to lessons specifically curated for Senior Tech Club memers.

Other Recipes for Specific Social Media Platforms

Click on the links below to access Recipes for the platform.
Getting Started with Facebook
Getting Started with Twitter
Coming soon:

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What is social media? A good textbook definition might come from Wikipedia: Social media are interactive computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks. Think of social media platforms as web sites where you engage and connect with other people, communities, organizations and businesses.

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Youtube video: How false news can spread
Article: Law to curb deliberate online falsehoods takes effect

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gorup d; how did the term 'social media' come about

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gorup d; how did the term 'social media' come about

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from 1660s social media meant "characterized by friendliness or geniality". in the 1720s it meant "living or liking to live with others; companionable, disposed to friendly intercourse".  In 1695 it meant "of or pertaining to society as a natural condition of human life". sense of "pertaining to fashionable society" is from 1873.

source says: "word-forming element meaning "social, of society; social and," also "having to do with sociology," from combining form of Latin socius "companion, ally, associate, fellow, sharer," from PIE *sokw-yo-, suffixed form of root *sekw- (1) "to follow." Common in compounds since c. 1880."

IN SUMMARY, the word 'social' was generally seen as something that involves human interaction.
hence, social media (media;the main means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the internet) regarded collectively) is called social media because of how we interact with other people through media.
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Although social media has helped people open up and step out of their shell thanks to the likes they get increasing their confidence, it can also cause an obsession where these likes start to dictate how one thinks of themselves, where they start to compare themselves to others (mostly their friends) and will spend hours trying to earn as many likes as possible, trying to show the best possible version of themselves online for everyone to see. It is a double-edged sword that can be used to build confidence or knock it down and cause self-esteem issues, as well as obsessive comparison.

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"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." 

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"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes." 

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Our desires for quick answers may overpower the desire to be certain of their validity and when this bias can be multiplied by billions of people around the world, more caution is in order. The truth can get more time to put on its shoes by us avoiding sensationalist media, searching for criticisms of suspicious information and tracing the original source of the report.

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in the articles, it shows how introducing social media to adults would benefit them and allow them to stay in contact with friends and family during the current Covid-19 situation. the articles write about how the elderly are learning and adapting to using the phone and learning about different social media apps, as well as how excited and eager they are to learn more about it. the article written by Senior Tech Club also touches on how to stay engage on social media, challenges of social media and privacy tips to help the elderly learn more about social media adn help them along the way.

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no. while platforms like instagram and tiktok give us a space to put out good and positive stuff, it also gives us a place to put out negative and hurtful stuff as anyone can put out anything at any time

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For the elderly, learning how to use social media or even technology in itself is hard for them. The younger generation can help them by being patient with them and by going through a regime of steps. By equipping the elderly with the technological skills, we hope that they would be more well versed on how to use items like these help them go about their daily lives. We can start by introducing the different uses of technology, as well as the benefits and disadvantages. Moreover, as the elderly had not lived in a generation full of technology based items, they may not be familiar with how to use it like us. Separating the 2 generations. Additionally, many of the resources these days are placed online instead. For example, bank accounts, 'online wallets',. I believe that the elderly should be familiar with how to use items like these in order to avoid any mishaps when commuting in daily life

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I learned that fake news travel a lot faster than I thought. This is because some people may not bother checking its source as they "do not have the time" for that. The fake news then spread on even more and it becomes a cycle. There was one example that struck me. The one about a false scientific paper that has been published. Even though scientists have already debunked it multiple times, people are still constantly believing that it is true. It shocked me. I guess fake news spreads easily and doesn't go away as quickly as we thought. Misinformation is really bad for us so I've learnt to check my information to see if it is true.

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social media-

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

social (n.)"friendly gathering," 1870, from social (adj.). In late 17c. it meant "a companion, associate."
social (adj.)

c. 1400, "devoted to or relating to home life;" 1560s as "living with others," from French social (14c.) and directly from Latin socialis "of companionship, of allies; united, living with others; of marriage, conjugal," from socius "companion, ally," probably originally "follower," from PIE *sokw-yo-, suffixed form of root *sekw- (1) "to follow." Compare Old English secg, Old Norse seggr "companion," which seem to have been formed on the same notion). Related: Socially.

Sense of "characterized by friendliness or geniality" is from 1660s. Meaning "living or liking to live with others; companionable, disposed to friendly intercourse" is from 1720s. Meaning "of or pertaining to society as a natural condition of human life" first attested 1695, in Locke. Sense of "pertaining to fashionable society" is from 1873.

Social climber is from 1893; social work is 1890; social worker 1886. Social drinking first attested 1807. Social studies as an inclusive term for history, geography, economics, etc., is attested from 1916. Social security "system of state support for needy citizens" is attested from 1907 (the Social Security Act was passed by U.S. Congress in 1935). Social butterfly is from 1867, in figurative reference to "flitting."

Social contract (1763) is from translations of Rousseau. Social Darwinism attested from 1887. Social engineering attested from 1899. Social science is from 1785. In late 19c. newspapers, social evil is "prostitution." Social network is attested by 1971; social networking by 1984; social media by 2008. Social justice is attested by 1718.

I must introduce a parenthetical protest against the abuse of the current term 'social justice'. From meaning 'justice in relations between groups or classes' it may slip into meaning a particular assumption as to what these relations should be; and a course of action might be supported because it represented the aim of 'social justice', which from the point of view of 'justice' was not just. The term 'social justice' is in danger of losing its rational content—which would be replaced by a powerful emotional charge. I believe that I have used the term myself: it should never be employed unless the user is prepared to define clearly what social justice means to him, and why he thinks it just. [T.S. Eliot, footnote in "Notes Towards the Definition of Culture," 1948]

*sekw- (1)

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to follow."

It forms all or part of: associate; association; consequence; consequent; dissociate; ensue; execute; extrinsic; intrinsic; obsequious; persecute; persecution; prosecute; pursue; second (adj.) "next after first;" second (n.) "one-sixtieth of a minute;" sect; secundine; segue; sequacious; sequel; sequence; sequester; sociable; social; society; socio-; subsequent; sue; suit; suite; suitor; tocsin.

It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit sacate "accompanies, follows;" Avestan hacaiti, Greek hepesthai "to follow;" Latin sequi "to follow, come after," secundus "second, the following;" Lithuanian seku, sekti "to follow;" Old Irish sechim "I follow."

This shows me that social media consist of a society/ organisation/ community involving people interacting with one another through a website or an application.

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-The most used social media app based on a study in 2018 shows that 65% of people who are older, use facebook compared to 21% using instagram and Tiktok which was not even in the top 5. Tiktok and Instagram is what youngsters nowadays mainly use, however the older generation mainly not onboard . Furthermore, most elderly people have deteriorating eyesight which makes reading captions on social media platforms difficult. Additionally,they find social media confusing 'it’s all Greek to me and I still feel like I don’t know much' said Mdm Khoo.
However, on a good note,digital technology will allow them to stay in contact with friends and family members, buy products, even do exercise and Tai Chi and so on.

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In the past , since there were a lot of fake news spreading through the papers , there are bound to be false news right now . Especially since we have access to social media and the web, there will be people putting up false information and claiming it to be true . It is up to the people , however, to beware of anything we see online and not trust it so easily. We should always see what the source is and whether it could be trusted.

I'm also glad that the government is taking action to reduce the spread of fake news

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Social media is enhancing at rates which make it difficult for the elderly to keep up. Since technology has been enhancing, it would be convenient for the elderly to start learning about the various social medias and top platforms. The elderly are more familiar with the platform ' Facebook ' even then less than 50% of the population of senior citizens use Facebook in their daily lives. Some senior citizens may be against the usage of social media platforms as it is commonly used to spread false information and may even share private information.  However, they fail to realise that social media allows them to be engaged with other people and even lets them maintain their relationships with people. The elderly might even look past the fact that social media provides social support and that they are able to learn to use it safely in order to avoid issues on misuse of privacy implications. The elderly may even find using social media a hassle as they are unsure of how this technology works. Despite the fact that it may come across as difficult and inconvenient to use, there are many helping guidelines to help these specific elderly to face this problem. Moreover , in Singapore the government has organised many events to help the elderly get used to social networks. Exposing the elderly to mobile phones helps them to adjust to the new generation, which revolves around technology. Since this is new to the elderly it is worth taking the time to learn, they may be slow when it comes to understanding these things but it is all worth it when they are finally able to connect with their relatives. Many senior citizens are unable to contact their family as they struggle to understand this new mode of interaction. Helping them learn about the mobile phone makes them feel included in the society and gives them a sense of joy as they are finally able to contact their relatives. It also enables them to create new friendships and to understand the way the newer generation works. Lastly, it also helps them avoid being lonely as they being socially connected to society improves their mental health.

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Many senior citizens are trying to keep up with the use of social media so that they do not feel detached from the world.
Organisations such as the Senior Tech Club organise programmes for senior citizens such as 'Seniors Go Digital Programme' in order to conduct digital training for senior citizens.

During digital training, senior citizens can visit their local community centres to be taught by digital ambassadors.
However, seniors take a while to learn how to use their mobile devices, much less social media. They also encounter many challenges such as: the inability to read what is typed out due to the font size or language.

At the end of the digital training, senior citizens would learn more about how to use their phone and social media. Studies have shown that seniors frequent Facebook and YouTube as most of the people in their age group use those applications.

Social media has helped them be more engaged in society and maintaining their relationships, especially during these trying times when they have to stay in their homes. However, being on social media has given them the lack of privacy and safety due to the information shared about them. People have encouraged senior citizens to connect and ask help from their children if they do encounter issues.

Social media has transformed our lives. Through social media, senior citizens can stay connected to many around the world. They can even learn more about what is happening around them, rather than staying in isolation and left out from society.

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wow....i understand why adults are so scared of social media now, children nowadays are scary...

I think that posting on social media should not be something you do because you want to reach fame but instead something that helps you to express yourself. Although you may be insecure about the fact that many people people may not like you in real life getting likes and views on social media will help you get the satisfaction you are looking for and boost your esteem. This obviously isn't necessarily a bad thing but spending too much time on it and only using social media to help with your insecurity is not the best idea. You could then possibly have a mindset that "Hey, I am only getting attention online maybe I should only focus on making my online profile perfect and forget about the life I live in real life." This will eventually lead to addiction and could possibly decrease one's self esteem even more due to being disconnected from the real world.

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I learnt about how fake news can spread. Writers may cite false information from misleading articles when writing their own articles without realising it. This is because many publications may reprint or report on the same piece of fake news, thus giving the false impression that the news is verified. Hence, spreading fake news. Tracing the original source of information can help to reduce the spread of fake news. I also learnt about POFMA, which was passed in parliament in order to curb the spread of such news.

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Platform like Instagram and Tiktok are obliged to do good only when there is a healthy public space. A healthy public space shapes behaviour. So if the public space on Instagram is judgemental or hateful, the behaviour of the user wouldn't be pleasant. However if the public space created is accepting, the behaviour of the use would also be pleasant. Additionally, healthy public spaces is a way for us to relate to each other. We need better public online spaces to build up different friendships even if people were totally different in personality and build up new experiences.

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How Singapore tries to deal with this problem

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How Singapore tries to deal with this problem

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There is new legislation which gives ministers the power to decide whether something is a falsehood and, if it is in the public interest to do so, order a “competent authority” to take action. This includes issuing corrections to be run next to the false content or take-down orders in extreme cases.  A minister will also have to explain why something is determined to be a falsehood as part of the requirements before directions, such as running a correction, can be issued.Additionally, under POFMA, companies identified as Internet and digital advertising intermediaries will have to abide by codes of practice to prevent their platforms from being used to spread falsehoods.

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There's a link between the number of likes one gets and the self-esteem one builts. Because of the affirmation culture present on these social media platforms, it makes people feel like they are getting popular with the increasing number of views and likes they get.Hence, building their self esteem. It was also highlighted that even though people know its an unhealthy obsession,it makes them feel good.

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"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes."

Often, false information gets published. Hence, multiple sources will base their articles on the wrong information, which will quickly spread before people realise the fault in the information. People blindly believe information without checking them as they want an immediate answer. Hence, when they spread these pieces of information and do not bother to verify them, more people will know about the false than the truth. Before the truth can be told, the false statement would already be believed by multiple people and it would be hard to change their minds.

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All these terms are related to the word social and its meaning. They are what social media is made of.

Social: c. 1400, "devoted to or relating to home life;" 1560s as "living with others," from French social (14c.) and directly from Latin socialis "of companionship, of allies; united, living with others; of marriage, conjugal," from socius "companion, ally," probably originally "follower," from PIE *sokw-yo-, suffixed form of root *sekw- (1) "to follow." Compare Old English secg, Old Norse seggr "companion," which seem to have been formed on the same notion). Related: Socially.

Sense of "characterized by friendliness or geniality" is from 1660s. Meaning "living or liking to live with others; companionable, disposed to friendly intercourse" is from 1720s. Meaning "of or pertaining to society as a natural condition of human life" first attested 1695, in Locke. Sense of "pertaining to fashionable society" is from 1873.

Social climber is from 1893; social work is 1890; social worker 1886. Social drinking first attested 1807. Social studies as an inclusive term for history, geography, economics, etc., is attested from 1916. Social security "system of state support for needy citizens" is attested from 1907 (the Social Security Act was passed by U.S. Congress in 1935). Social butterfly is from 1867, in figurative reference to "flitting."

Social contract (1763) is from translations of Rousseau. Social Darwinism attested from 1887. Social engineering attested from 1899. Social science is from 1785. In late 19c. newspapers, social evil is "prostitution." Social network is attested by 1971; social networking by 1984; social media by 2008. Social justice is attested by 1718.
I must introduce a parenthetical protest against the abuse of the current term 'social justice'. From meaning 'justice in relations between groups or classes' it may slip into meaning a particular assumption as to what these relations should be; and a course of action might be supported because it represented the aim of 'social justice', which from the point of view of 'justice' was not just. The term 'social justice' is in danger of losing its rational content—which would be replaced by a powerful emotional charge. I believe that I have used the term myself: it should never be employed unless the user is prepared to define clearly what social justice means to him, and why he thinks it just. [T.S. Eliot, footnote in "Notes Towards the Definition of Culture," 1948]

Network: From 1940 as "to broadcast over a (radio) network;" 1972 in reference to computers; by 1982 in reference to persons, "to interact with others to exchange information and develop contacts." Related: Networked; networking.

Influence: late 14c., an astrological term, "streaming ethereal power from the stars when in certain positions, acting upon character or destiny of men," from Old French influence "emanation from the stars that acts upon one's character and destiny" (13c.), also "a flow of water, a flowing in," from Medieval Latin influentia "a flowing in" (also used in the astrological sense), from Latin influentem (nominative influens), present participle of influere "to flow into, stream in, pour in," from in- "into, in, on, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + fluere "to flow" (see fluent).

The range of senses in Middle English was non-personal, in reference to any outflowing of energy that produces effect, of fluid or vaporous substance as well as immaterial or unobservable forces. Meaning "exertion of unseen influence by persons" is from 1580s (a sense already in Medieval Latin, for instance Aquinas); meaning "capacity for producing effects by insensible or invisible means" is from 1650s. Under the influence (of alcohol, etc.) "drunk" first attested 1866.

Meme:an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture," 1976, introduced by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in "The Selfish Gene," coined by him from Greek sources, such as mimeisthai "to imitate" (see mime (n.)), and intended to echo gene.
We need a name for the new replicator, a noun that conveys the
idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation. 'Mimeme' comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like 'gene'. I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme. If it is any consolation, it could alternatively be thought of as being related to 'memory', or to the French word même. It should be pronounced to rhyme with 'cream'. [Richard Dawkins, "The Selfish Gene," 1976]

Digital Age sense of "an image or snippet of video or text considered witty or incisive that is spread widely and rapidly by internet users" is by 1997.

Trend: In the 1590s, "to run or bend in a certain direction" (of rivers, coasts, etc.), from Middle English trenden "to roll about, turn, revolve," from Old English trendan "turn round, revolve, roll," from Proto-Germanic *trandijan (source also of Old English trinde "round lump, ball," Old Frisian trind, Middle Low German trint "round," Middle Low German trent "ring, boundary," Dutch trent "circumference," Danish trind "round"); origin and connections outside Germanic uncertain. Sense of "have a general tendency" (used of events, opinions, etc.) is first recorded 1863, from the nautical sense. Related: Trended; trending.
Summary: I had watched a movie about how the action of lying started before. It is about how the world started without lies and one day a man found that he could lie as everyone would believe in him as people did not know that lying existed. However, people he lied to got influenced by his lying actions and found out the benefits of lying. Thus, this lying trend spread out throughout the world and build out our present world filled with lies. This story shows how things are spread out to humans through all types of ways and how fast it spreads. Social media is the fastest way to spread something, example trends. It is made up of network between people, subscribers who are people that follow your newest happenings so frequently and trends people bring about that influence others.

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What do we need social media to do for us?
- We need a safe, comfortable public space
Instead of big conflicts, big reactions, we can have soft negative social feedback.

The platform people is a people problem-> how "spaces" are structured affect human behavior (Spaces have norms and structures, e.g. LinkedIn is a workplace environment, while Twitter is chaotic)
Loose vs Tight cultures in countries, Japan is often described as a rule-conforming while to US, it is less important
Why is structure important? When things are too loose, people will crave structure and order and norms-> People might feel overwhelmed. Thus, people might turn to support political powers, and respond to authorative powers more.

How are structures in cities and social media related?
-Racial divide that was meant to lessen friction and provide a way to connect
-Massive growth
-New business models

What are successful public environments?
1) Environment-code
2) Programming-program
3) Leaders-moderators

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i do not post often on social media, but if i do, a like does not really mean much to me. although it is nice to know that my friends like my posts, i don't take it to heart because the action of liking something is so easy to do nowadays, it has kind of lost its meaning. many people just end up scrolling down their feed, automatically liking posts that show up, at times not even reading the captions that come along with the posts.
some of the points that were raised in the article which i agree with include "We want people to worry a little bit less about how many ‘likes’ they’re getting on Instagram and spend a bit more time connecting with the people they care about.” i feel that likes have definitely become the core to some of the key issues we face on social media platforms, like people getting unhealthily obsessed with their like count and comparing it to others, the jealousy when others have more likes than them, and the competitiveness that likes have caused. this makes social media platforms more toxic and sometimes not as fun to be on.
i would encourage my friends and family to use social media but at the same time remind them that likes are not the 'end of the world' and while there are some benefits to the like system like using it to show someone their support, they don't need to depend on the likes to completely fulfil their self esteem validity. instead, they can use other ways to maintain good self esteem. such ways include surrounding yourself with a supportive group of friends and family, doing the things you truly enjoy and taking social media detoxes when you need to.

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The word "social" means related to society, of companionship, of allies. The word first appeared in the 1400s.

The word "subscribers" means a person who receives publication regularly by paying in advance. It stems from the word "subscribe", which was around since the early 15c. It comes from the Latin word "subscribere", which means to give consent or sign at the bottom of the document.

The word "network" means a group or system of interconnected things or people. It first appeared in 1887 but started to be used as the word to broadcast over the radio in the 1940s, it started to cover computers in 1972 and started to refer to persons in 1982. The 1982 version means to interact with others to exchange information and develop contracts.

The word "influencer" means someone in your niche or industry with sway over your target audience. It comes from the word "influence" which appeared in the late 14c. It referred to any out flowing energy that produced effects.

The word "meme" means an image, video, piece of text, ect, typically humerous in nature that is copied and spread rapidly by internet users, often with slight variations. It first appeared in 1997.

The word "trend" means (of a topic) be the subject of many post on a social media platform within a short period of time. It first appeared in 1962.

Claire

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no, these platforms are not obliged to do good to our society. these platforms are open to people of all walks of life, strangers on the internet coming onto one common application to share their views and opinions doesn't guarantee that all shared is positive and will do good to society. due to the fact that everyone is allowed on these platforms, it is common to see keyboard warriors, as well as trolls. these two groups of people in particular often have many nasty things to say, ranging from one's appearance to upright brutal bullying. instagram and tiktok are indeed useful when it comes to catching up with friends, providing entertainment and replenishing one's creative juices when needed. however, the downside of these social media platforms is the trolls and their nasty words that come with it, they obviously have big and bad impacts on people and unfortunately, there is no way to banish these types of people off the internet completely. thus, we have no choice but to co-exist with these people online, leading me to conclude that once again, platforms like tiktok and instagram are not obliged to do good.

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social (adj.)

c. 1400, "devoted to or relating to home life;" 1560s as "living with others," from French social(14c.) and directly from Latin socialis "of companionship, of allies; united, living with others; of marriage, conjugal," from socius "companion, ally," probably originally "follower," from PIE *sokw-yo-, suffixed form of root *sekw- (1) "to follow." Compare Old English secg, Old Norse seggr"companion," which seem to have been formed on the same notion). Related: Socially Sense of "characterized by friendliness or geniality" is from 1660s. Meaning "living or liking to live with others; companionable, disposed to friendly intercourse" is from 1720s. Meaning "of or pertaining to society as a natural condition of human life" first attested 1695, in Locke. Sense of "pertaining to fashionable society" is from 1873.

Social climber is from 1893; social work is 1890; social worker 1886. Social drinking first attested 1807. Social studies as an inclusive term for history, geography, economics, etc., is attested from 1916. Social security "system of state support for needy citizens" is attested from 1907 (the Social Security Act was passed by U.S. Congress in 1935). Social butterfly is from 1867, in figurative reference to "flitting."

Social contract (1763) is from translations of Rousseau. Social Darwinism attested from 1887. Social engineering attested from 1899. Social science is from 1785. In late 19c. newspapers, social evil is "prostitution." Social network is attested by 1971; social networking by 1984; social media by 2008. Social justice is attested by 1718.

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"an idea, behavior, or style that spreads from person to person within a culture," 1976, introduced by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in "The Selfish Gene," coined by him from Greek sources, such as mimeisthai "to imitate" (see mime (n.)), and intended to echo gene

We need a name for the new replicator, a noun that conveys the idea of a unit of cultural transmission, or a unit of imitation. 'Mimeme' comes from a suitable Greek root, but I want a monosyllable that sounds a bit like 'gene'. I hope my classicist friends will forgive me if I abbreviate mimeme to meme. If it is any consolation, it could alternatively be thought of as being related to 'memory', or to the French word même. It should be pronounced to rhyme with 'cream'. [Richard Dawkins, "The Selfish Gene," 1976]

Digital Age sense of "an image or snippet of video or text considered witty or incisive that is spread widely and rapidly by internet users" is by 1997.