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Re: understanding "trending" social media advertising

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 11:04 am
by DutchV
There's another factor at work in social media: the selective editing, banning or shadowbanning of accounts by the media sites themselves. If they don't like you, you're gone. And usually there's no avenue for complaints. Some anonymous blue-haired Trigglypuff at Facebook can just decide that she doesn't like your conservative views, and your page is gone.

Re: understanding "trending" social media advertising

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:27 pm
by plant.one
hardcase wrote:Another scary detail about young folks is 70% or so get their daily news from social media. Thinking about it, TV news is probably biased too. Fox conservative, MSNBC liberal or the latest liberals calling themselves progressive. At least with traditional news sources you can get different points of view from different channels.

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even fox news gets sucked into the "trending on twitter" scam on a very regular basis...

Re: understanding "trending" social media advertising

Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2018 1:29 pm
by plant.one
for those who dont use social media much, its still hard to avoid dealing with social media. as noted above all the news outlets cover "trending" stuff in their coverage


and if nothing else - its good knowledge to have for those folks in your life who DO spend time on social media.


its not like this stuff is conspiracy theory type of an article... no tinfoil needed. These "like factories" are all over the world.

this video shows what a "click farm" can look like - often times 10,000 phones or more are linked up and controlled by a single operator on a computer running a script to make them do stuff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXvzhYnlTU0


i showed this to my cousins kids - who of course as young teenagers are all over social media. it blew their minds when i told them i could buy 10,000 followers on instagram for around $75.

Re: understanding "trending" social media advertising

Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:24 am
by eirecool
I apologize for bringing up this old topic, but I couldn't help but make a point. Social media can be wild with all the trending topics and "viral" content that seems to come out of nowhere. It's annoying when things go "viral" just because someone bought their way to the top. I will definitely read this article and share it with my friends. However, I support aspiring bloggers, and they could get tiktok views free to get noticed, to begin with. In any case, everyone does as they please because, in the end, popularity depends on it.

Re: understanding "trending" social media advertising

Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:43 am
by mckipley
Let's keep spreading the word and making social media more honest and enjoyable for everyone!

Re: understanding "trending" social media advertising

Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 5:59 pm
by HealthyLeo
eirecool wrote: Wed Oct 19, 2022 9:24 am I apologize for bringing up this old topic, but I couldn't help but make a point. Social media can be wild with all the trending topics and "viral" content that seems to come out of nowhere. It's annoying when things go "viral" just because someone bought their way to the top. I will definitely read this phentermine over the counter article and share it with my friends. However, I support aspiring bloggers, and they could get to get noticed, to begin with. In any case, everyone does as they please because, in the end, popularity depends on it.
Good article!
I agreed with your point Social media trending are bringing negative effects.
However, social media use can also negatively affect teens, distracting them, disrupting their sleep, and exposing them to bullying, rumor spreading, unrealistic views of other people's lives and peer pressure. The risks might be related to how much social media teens use.