Social: Frequently shared photos are misleading
A misleading image is shared to indicate that cities used to be beautiful and now they are ugly.
Social: Telling a straight up lie for propaganda
Photos of people sunbathing are presented as an illustration of lazy American workers, cutting work. But that is not what the photos show – in fact, its college students just after the spring semester ended.
Propaganda works by combining believable info into untrue conclusions
An online meme notes that the % of “married”, “homeowners” is low. It is a real decline but they’ve combined 2 independent variables to make it look worse.
Social media is all fake – and its use is dying
Most everything on social media, especially involving influencers, is fake.
Social media propaganda poster has several errors
Another propaganda poster that is sort of embarrassing.
Are you being misled by emotional social media stories?
How fake emotional stories are being used for engagement farming on social media.
Today I deleted the Instagram app from my phone
Social media is dead. I was just late to figure that out. This week I deleted multiple social media accounts or apps.
Social media and stress
How the culture of perpetual outrage causes some to be in a constant state of fear and anger, leading to significant health problems. It is not a healthy way to live.
Social: Doctor fired after online posts
A surprisingly large number of supposedly smart people post things on social media – and end up being fired.
Social media: Female profiles get 3x more views than males
Stunning – female social media profiles get 3x more views than those of males.