social media

Social Media for modern lovers in the digital age.

Dead Facebook Friends?
I have a lot of dead Facebook friends. It seems like a shocking sentence, but you probably do as well, even if you’re fairly young. I have at least six on my small friends list of 300 or so. These people have passed on, moved into another realm—but they’re still hanging around their social media accounts, and mine. I've deleted some in the past but I'm not quite sure what the dead social media friends etiquette is. Do you? I don’t know if I should have done that. I’m assuming that when someone in my close family or circle dies, it will be like a punch in the gut to see them on social media. It seems that this is another the world and our old ways cannot keep up with the age of the internet. This, to me, is clearly one of those situations. Maybe it's the new normal. It will take time for me to adjust to this part of the internet.
By LittleFish BigPond8 years ago in Humans
Maslow Would Be Pissed
Lets take a trip back to the 1940s. A lot of ideas were being thrown around, and theories of psychology were in full bloom. In the wake of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud's death, as well as the rise of John B. Watson and behaviorism, a new theory was making its break on history. Carl Rodgers and Abraham Maslow introduced a new theory know today as the humanistic perceptive. This is the belief that all humans are unique and should be treated as such. Additionally, it emphasized self-worth and primarily viewed actions as a result of personal-gain. Basically, if something brings you personal pleasure you will continue to do it as well as if something makes you feel bad, you will not continue to do it.
By Who8 years ago in Humans
Why Does a Particular Group of Society Take to Social Media to Target People and Believe It to Be Acceptable?
18/07/2018, I was browsing through Facebook and then I came across a viral video of two teenagers that had bumped a taxi driver in Birmingham. The taxi driver was recording them. He shouted after the girls "That he should throw them to the floor and keep them detained till the police arrive." My first thought was that is a threat. If someone had said that to me over the sake of £20 I would be scared.
By Trina Tuthill8 years ago in Humans
Does Social Media and Technology Conduct Isolation Within Users?
Cell phones, robotic pets, technology and all the advances that have come in the past twenty years—the past five years alone. The irony of everything is social media platforms. They're created to allow users to embrace the concept of making friends and keeping in touch with those who've been lost, but in the darkness of it all, establish a longing for actual human interaction. Countless studies have been completed to state the ideas of how social media makes users feel lonely and creates distractions. Instead of using various sites, the internet, and texting to connect between one another, they all make it easier to live within a virtual world.
By Natalie Santana8 years ago in Humans
Loneliness Among People
"And so it happened that on a warm windy evening I drove over to East Egg to see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all."
By Laura Simons8 years ago in Humans
Annoying Traits We See On Social Media
Everyone is on social media these days, so it's not a surprise that some annoying traits have been started—and continue—to grow. Of course this is subjective to the type of person you are, but here are some of the traits on social media that annoy me.
By Mason Palmer8 years ago in Humans
The Savage World of Social Media
The Savage World of Social Media: How is it affecting you? By: Mj Angel There is a new phobia out there, and it has a great deal to do with social media. Social phobias are becoming more and more complex as we continue to integrate our world with our phones and their multitude of apps. But how is it affecting you? In this report, I will talk about:
By SM Fitzgerald8 years ago in Humans
Technology
Every day there’s either some new article, 13 things nostalgic listicle, or the same circulated article your parents and their friends and their friend’s friends keep sharing in solidarity of those ancient 1980s—that cries for a better time when we weren’t immersed in technology. When the internet was still a special box in the back room of the school library. When, in order to make a phone call away from home, you actually had to search and find one and pay for it. When the only way we connected was to connect.
By Bones Hamilton8 years ago in Humans
How Often Do We Use Technology to Avoid People?
Type of Observation: Participation Observation Hypothesis: People will turn to their cellphones or laptops in situations they find awkward or uncomfortable.
By Paranneting/Anne Reboa8 years ago in Humans
How 'Tinder for Seniors' Would Help Senior Singles in Dating Over 50
What you want out of a relationship tends to change as you get older. In your 20’s, it’s often all about hooking up and having some fun before settling down. The need for a lasting relationship and a family often comes during your 30’s and 40’s, after which many people believe that their days of navigating the waters of single life are over for good. It doesn’t always work out that way, though, with divorce just one of the reasons why people in their 50’s and 60’s may once again find themselves single. Very few of us like to be alone, which may help explain why dating sites for seniors are now in high demand.
By Cathy8 years ago in Humans
Dating App Like Tinder for Couples - There is a Tinder for Everything
Today’s dating crowd know all about Tinder and using your finger to swipe right on profile after profile. There are countless dating sites and apps out there, but few have captured the imagination of the dating world in the way that Tinder has. Perhaps it’s because the app is to easy to download and use that makes it such a big hit, or perhaps it’s the ability to hook-up with someone in your area at any time of the day. Where some people want love and marriage, others want a night of fun with no strings attached. Tinder delivers that over and over again.
By Cathy8 years ago in Humans
Courtship and Camera Angles
Tinder is now a huge part of our romantic imagination. “Swiping right” is a sign of approval and sex appeal, while our pictures stand in for the ever-so-important first impression. We’ve eliminated that chance meeting, the sign of fate, the story of how we met. Looking for a date now is no longer about approaching someone, reading body-language, and judging chemistry through conversation. It is about decoding pictures.
By Kendra Brea Cooper8 years ago in Humans