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Open letter from The BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg | The BMJ

Open letter from The BMJ to Mark Zuckerberg | The BMJ Facebook is preventing circulation of a British Medical Journal peer-reviewed article based on a sloppy "fact-check" article from a Facebook contractor: "In September, a former employee of Ventavia, a...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 22, 2021 12:09 PM

The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America - The Verge

The secret lives of Facebook moderators in America - The Verge "The fourth source [of guidance for moderation decisions] is perhaps the most problematic: Facebook's own internal tools for distributing information. While official policy changes typically arrive every other Wednesday,...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 1, 2019 8:13 AM

Sean Parker unloads on Facebook "exploiting" human weakness

Sean Parker unloads on Facebook "exploiting" human weakness Sean Parker, founding president of Facebook, told Axios that he's become "something of a conscientious objector" on social media: "When Facebook was getting going, I had these people who would come up...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 12, 2017 9:04 AM

Former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya: "You don't realize it, but you are being programmed" -- Quartz

Former Facebook executive Chamath Palihapitiya: "You don't realize it, but you are being programmed" -- Quartz 'Former Facebook vice president of user growth Chamath Palihapitiya said that social media is "eroding the core foundations of how people behave" and that he feels...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 12, 2017 8:45 AM

Cleaning Out the Stuff that Bogs Us Down. | elephant journal

Cleaning Out the Stuff that Bogs Us Down. | elephant journal Insights from a 30-day social media cleanse: "I recently took a 30-day cleanse from social media (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) after laying in bed on a lazy Sunday morning...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 26, 2015 10:42 AM

Infographic: Social Media Image Sizes and Tips | 4:15 Communications, LLC

Infographic: Social Media Image Sizes and Tips | 4:15 Communications, LLC A handsome infographic showing layouts and image sizes on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+, and Instagram....

Posted by Michael Bates on June 19, 2013 7:42 AM