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Ad Break (MM #4824)

If you spend a lot of time on social media, you’ve likely encountered a feed filled with ads. Even though everything you do online is tracked, and the sites make money from your data, they want more. That’s why you see more of them every day. So what more can they do to annoy you?…

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Willing To Pay (MM #4354)

For years, many social media companies have wondered whether you’d be willing to pay for extra services. We’re about to find out as Twitter and Meta (Facebook and Instagram) are about to offer paid verification for their sites. Having a blue check mark next to your name on any of these platforms has been a…

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Close Friends (MM #3963)

Friendship is much different today than before the debut of social media. Who are our close friends today? Do we have to know these people outside of social media? Many platforms have been so focused on helping you reach large numbers of people they’ve forgotten about those who are close to you. A couple of…

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Taking App-lications (MM #400)

Lately everybody seems to be talking about smartphone apps.  And I think I have figured out why…

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