At a local Walgreens, a few days before Jan. 19, two store clerks discuss their social media habits. One remarks on the difficulty of understanding other users while using Red Note, a Chinese social media app with short-form content, with majoritively Chinese-speaking users. The other clerk claims that they’ve returned to Instagram, namely, Instagram reels,…
About six months ago, I quit Facebook and Instagram. It was a rash decision brought on by long periods of annoyance and unhappiness – annoyance because I experienced phones continuously preventing genuine connection, and unhappiness because I realized that I was part of the problem. Before I quit social media, I spent about two…
Social media has quickly become one of the most powerful platforms on the planet for marketing, networking and social connection. With billions of users across the planet and several social media websites, it is hard, if not impossible, to mitigate the extreme impact that these internet networks have had on the world. These trends have…