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Donald Trump on Social Media:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Donald Trump is notorious for abusing his twitter account. His constant presence, <\/span>tweeting over 17,000 times in the past 2 and a half years, has been thought to help him win the election. Although the majority of people think he tweets too much, he caught America’s attention. <\/span>In January 2016, a review by <\/span>The New York Times<\/span><\/i> found that one in every eight posts by Trump on Twitter “was a personal insult of some kind”. If someone does not agree with him, he attacks them and \u201cpunches them back 10 times harder\u201d. As of January 2019, Trump had insulted 551 people (including private citizens), places, and things on Twitter, ranging from politicians to journalists and news outlets to entire countries. MSNBC stated, “It’s a sad day for America when the president spends his time bullying, lying and spewing petty personal attacks instead of doing his job.” Trump has also had some deleted tweets, some reported for racism, and accidentally tweeting at the wrong people. Trump loves attention, and it is reflected in his Twitter account.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cOur minds can be hijacked\u201d Nate Reid<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This article makes a lot of great points on the overall use of social media but also a lot of concerning points.\u00a0 Each and every social media has its own way of sucking people in and getting users addicted in some way. For Facebook, they have the like button, along with Instagram and Twitter.\u00a0 And Snapchat has the \u201cstreaks\u201d feature that for whatever reason people are addicted to. Using these social media apps can have that \u201cslot machine effect\u201d where people keep on scrolling and scrolling not knowing what they are going to see next which is like pulling the lever on a slot machine.\u00a0 People just become addicted to seeing new things whether it might be a cool picture or something funny, social media users can\u2019t help themselves. Also, all of this social media use is causing people to become distracted from the real world. From students in the classroom to teens and adults texting and driving these distractions are becoming a serious issue.\u00a0 People will see a notification pop up on their phone out of the corner of their eye and instantly become distracted from whatever they are doing. Notifications weren\u2019t initially created to be such an addictive feature but smartphone users are constantly looking at their phones for new updates and messages. And it\u2019s becoming a problem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cShould we build a publicly-funded social media platform?\u201d Than<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In this article, the author talks about how a non-profit platform would create better social media as it would be no incentives to allow fake accounts. This would work out well when people start to fund publicly. However, the system will only allow users with real-world identity, and accountability to get in. So, if there are any flaws happening in the platform then it would be fast to detect and catch the illegal practices from the users. However, this is something that the users willingly to give all their identities, locations, and etc. to the platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Reddit and the God-Emperor of the Internet:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The article \u201cReddit and the God-Emperor of the Internet\u201d refers to the subreddit \u201cThe_Donald\u201d and the impact it has on Trump\u2019s campaign but also how he\u2019s viewed. The_Donald has around 300,000 members. \u201cSome are conservative stalwarts, others are meme-making teenagers\u201d. This makes for a very \u201cinteresting\u201d audience behind an already controversial and loud leader. This accumulation of demographics has led to a community that is home to \u201cIslamophobia, trolling of liberals and near-constant bashing of Hillary Clinton.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt has evolved a dialect decipherable only to insiders, which includes acronyms like \u201cMAGA\u201d (Make America Great Again); epithets like \u201cGod Emperor\u201d (for Mr. Trump); insults like \u201ccuck\u201d (short for cuckold and often deployed against feminists); memes featuring a cartoon frog associated with racism; and nicknames like \u2019Pedes. (Centipedes, a term for Trump supporters adopted from a YouTube mash-up of the song \u201cCentipede\u201d by the band Knife Party and clips of Mr. Trump\u2019s speeches. It might also be a penis joke. Seriously.)\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe community\u2019s power soon reached beyond Reddit. Mr. Trump tweeted out memes and videos that originated on The_Donald and in July he participated in a popular Reddit \u201cAsk Me Anything\u201d discussion, after his team communicated with the moderators.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhatever The_Donald\u2019s moderators say, the community\u2019s future is uncertain without a controversial, underdog candidate to rally behind. It\u2019s hard to imagine that the allure of insider-only memes and perverse laughs will be enough to sustain it over the next four years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Silicon Valley parents are raising their kids tech-free \u2014 and it should be a red flag -Jake Perry<\/strong><\/p>\n

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