For years in the social Internet scene, Facebook has carved out a place of vigorous importance: it is absolutely the junk social media par excellence. From the troglodyte interface to the dispersion of timeline content, to the huge presence of trolls and fake news, Facebook is the social media to be avoided like the plague. I’m quitting Facebook. Not comfortable[…]
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Social Detox. To prevent isolation, loneliness and depression
Fastcompany has published a post, written by a psychologist, that explains a series of tips on how to best use social media to prevent diseases and negative impacts. Several studies have linked the deep use of social media with various levels of social isolation, loneliness and depression. There is a strong body of research linking social media use with depression.[…]
Read moreWhere to go after the Google+ shutdown
In December 2018, Google has announced that they would turn off their Google+ social network due to strange “challenges involved in maintaining a successful product that meets consumers’ expectations”. Google+ account is going away on April 2, 2019 “On April 2nd, your Google+ account and any Google+ pages you created will be shut down and we will begin deleting content[…]
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