The number of social media accounts a person uses to interact with others on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks has increased dramatically in the past decade.However, the increase in the number of Facebook friends and other interactions also has an impact on how much the person will share and discuss content online.This has raised…
Month: November 2021
Why is social media so important?
A social media user recently sent me an email about an article that he’d written on Facebook.The article was about the importance of social media in terms of how people were responding to an article about a certain topic.The topic was the rise of nationalism in Germany and what it meant for the future of…
New law could make it more difficult for hedge fund managers to avoid paying Social Security tax
NEW YORK — Lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to add Social Security taxes on the income of people who manage hedge funds and other investment vehicles.The measure was sponsored by Rep. Kevin Brady, D-Texas, and Rep. Steve Cohen, D, Tennessee.The bill was sent to the Senate by unanimous consent, where it could…
Social Engagement in Games: How Games Can Help the Social Sciences
A social scientist can analyze the data, and see how social behaviors influence the results of experiments.She can look for the most common social behaviors among students who are in the middle of a project, or how they use social media to learn about topics.Or she can use a social engagement tool to look at…
Social enterprise: A social economy that is in line with socialist principles
Social enterprises are the latest movement in a long line of socialist ideas to emerge in the United States.Nowhere are these ideas more prominent than in the growing social enterprises movement, a new kind of political force that seeks to improve the lives of Americans and the global community by taking ownership of businesses that…
Twitter has removed ‘fake accounts’ and ‘spoofs’ that promoted fake news
Up until now, social media accounts and accounts for “fake news” had been easy to find and use.The problem was that some of them would be incredibly popular and often linked to real accounts, meaning you could find accounts for all manner of things, including conspiracy theories, propaganda, and outright lies.Now, it seems that Twitter…
