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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It seems that everyone has been talking about Cookie Monster this week. On Twitter, the other day, our blue furry friend from Sesame Street announced something that caught some off guard. He has a first name, and it’s not Cookie. Now I’m not sure why so many have been talking about this. It’s something we…
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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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Everyone knows, what you can say can be used against you in a court of law. But over the last decade, plus what you type could be just as dangerous. And now that everyone is using social media, the things you wrote could hang over your head forever…
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Many people are saying that the current political climate feels much like Watergate did back in the 70’s. And of course the first thing that I think of, is what would Nixon have been like on social media…
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Before the era of social media most people never needed to share their life story in a few sentences. But now, thanks to sites like Facebook and Twitter your bio has become much more important. A brief bio has become one of the key ways people learn more about you…
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Hack is my word of the day. That’s because I’m hacked off about…
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As with many things in life, it all depends at how you look at things. Take for example…
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Even though I make my living using social media tools, I often can’t find the time to be social…
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While I’m personally acquainted with many of the people who regularly listen to my Mason Minute podcast, I also know that there are many people who listen that I’ve never met. To those people I say…
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