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Facebook’s Safety Check Feature and Paris Attacks

Our thoughts, prayers, and condolences go out to the victims and families of last Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris. We stand with you. May peace prevail and may your hearts be healed. After several moments of shock and silence on Friday evening, it finally registered within my consciousness, a nightmare in reality – the City…
Tweet Longer! Twitter Will Increase Character Limit for Direct Messages

Have you heard? Twitter has made a big announcement regarding character limit in DMs: the 140 character limit will be increased, starting in July 2015. This month, Twitter staff recommends that application developers take a few actions in preparation for the longer DM text, although no one will be able to send longer DMs officially until…
The Evolution of Social Media: A Positive Experience for the Anxious

Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are great outlets for the socially anxious, shy, and introverted. A look at how the Internet and Social Media have evolved to become an outlet for the socially anxious.
Unfriended on Facebook? It’s Not the End of the World

The danger of social media’s impact is that it can easily start replacing self-worth, self-esteem, and sense of reality. It’s possible to engage in social media and have it enhance our personal and business relationships. What it should not, and was never intended to do, is replace the real elements of societal constructs.

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