We struggle with the “Don’t Suck At Facebook” series on Social News Daily a little, and today’s topic is part of why — by and large, we have a strong position against being a Facebook hater, unfriending, or the practice of hate reads and adversarial interaction as a means of overall social media interaction. Trolling…Continue Reading ›
Today’s Social News Daily installment on how not to suck at Facebook was inspired by a series of articles and posts across the web about (in part) “ghosting,” or the act of pulling a “sudden” disappearing act. Ghosting is not, as one article seems to suggest, a new phenomenon — one many theorize stems from…Continue Reading ›
The “Burger King baby,” a woman abandoned in 1986 after being born in a Burger King bathroom, was first reported upon by Social News Daily in early March. As we previously noted, the Burger King baby’s name is Katheryn Deprill — and now nearly 30, the little girl with a shaky start in life took…Continue Reading ›
The latest installment of Social News Daily‘s “Don’t Suck At Facebook” series is a weighty one, inspired by a post on the popular Facebook page “God,” addressing the issue of death, tragedy, and other bad news in a social media adapted world. You can’t really tell people they suck at Facebook when they’re enduring grief, and…Continue Reading ›
The Hobby Lobby case is trending on Twitter under the hashtag #HobbyLobby, with voices on both sides of the debate weighing in on the landmark case involving birth control, the Affordable Care Act, and whether religious beliefs can be imposed by a corporation on its employees. The ongoing #HobbyLobby argument has been predictably divisive, with…Continue Reading ›
Sellotape selfies, or “sellofies,” have taken over Twitter — and if you couldn’t think of anything but The State, you’re probably seriously old. Everyone is saying the #sellofies Sellotape selfie trend — in which users take pics with tape all over their faces — is weird, but it was totally just a redux of this…Continue Reading ›
Do you remember your first tweet on Twitter, a now ubiquitous social media service that has become sort of a crowd-sourced text messaging app? Twitter’s first tweet tool saves you the scrolling — and what started as a mostly between friends group messaging app now boasts a place in history with events like the Arab…Continue Reading ›
When we saw a recent mommy blogosphere controversy over gift grabs, the already politeness-sticky convention of baby showers, and one pregnant lady’s ultimate rude Facebook messages, we knew there was a “Don’t Suck At Facebook” Social News Daily rant in there somewhere. In case you missed it, the post stemmed from a secondhand Facebook report…Continue Reading ›
An attempted Instagram selfie inside a museum in Italy resulted in what seems to have been an inevitable eventual outcome somewhere — a statue from the 19th century was destroyed. Initial reports on the Instagram selfie resulting in the shattering of “Drunken Satyr” are published in Italian, so it’s a bit hard to discern how…Continue Reading ›
Did you see the shocking story of Gemma Sheridan’s Google Earth rescue spreading on Facebook? The tale of a woman named Gemma Sheridan, Google Earth, and seven years as a castaway has been circulating on social networks, because it sounds so incredibly implausible. (Hint: because this is not a cromulent news story.) SND‘s policy is…Continue Reading ›
