Fake News Thought Police

Fake News Thought Police

“Fake news” is currently a hot topic in, well, the news. We Tracked Down A Fake-News Creator In The Suburbs (NPR) Fake News and the Internet Shell Game (NYT) Trump’s fake-news presidency (WaPo) At the same time as fake news is suddenly the cause du jour,...
You’re Being Played By Twitter

You’re Being Played By Twitter

There doesn’t seem to be much available out there about Social Media from a gamification perspective that is accessible to regular users as opposed to designers or math-types. Gamification is the use of game play mechanics for non-game applications, particularly...
Lawyer Destroys “Facebook Legal Notice” Meme

Lawyer Destroys “Facebook Legal Notice” Meme

At some point, you’ve likely seen someone post some variation of the below from someone you’re friends with on Facebook: I do not give Facebook or any entities associated with Facebook permission to use my pictures, information, messages or posts, both...
Tag Someone On Facebook? Go To Jail

Tag Someone On Facebook? Go To Jail

What constitutes communication now that social media has consumed the world? @ mentioning someone on Twitter? Posting a link to a story about someone on Reddit? Connecting to someone on LinkedIn? Tagging someone in a post on Facebook? The last one of those constitutes...