Is Facebook making you sad? Research evaluating social media use and impacts on mental well-being inconclusive

There are more than 500 million people interacting with Facebook from countries all over the world every single day, and that number is growing. On August 24, 2015 Facebook reached a milestone when, for the first time, one billion users … Continue reading »

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Unfollow

20130530-105056.jpgTwitter has a reputation for occasionally “unfollowing” people for you without your permission. I don’t know if this is true. Maybe I don’t keep close enough tabs on my “followed” list. I do know that it this “bug” (or the rumor of it) is a brilliant feature.

It gives us an out in the awkward social situation when we called out for unfollowing someone. We can blame it on Twitter. Twitter don’t care.

Personally, I think phenomenon exists. The best way to get the social dynamic established is to have an actual “bug” in the system. I just doen’t think it is a mistake.


“Real” Scientist? The lady doth protest too much, methinks…

Last week, Michele Banks took on the mantle of the RealScientists twitter account. In case you missed it, they have compiled her tweets here:
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Yet, I have been around Michele. I can testify that she applies the scientific thinking and knowledge to her everyday life. Is she a professional scientist? No. Neither am I, anymore. But, are we real scientists?