Tag: twitter

  • Social Media and its Densensitization of Serious Issues

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    To say that Kehlani has had a difficult past 72 hours would be an understatement. On Monday, March 28, PartyNextDoor, a Canadian rapper and ex-boyfriend of Grammy nominated R&B singer-songwriter Kehlani, 20, posted a photo of the two apparently holding hands in his bed. Neither of their faces were shown. However, the tattoo on one…

  • What the Heck Does that Hashtag Mean?!

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    I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve been on Twitter and came across a hashtag that I have no idea what it means. I click the hashtag in order to pull some context clues from different tweets, but sometimes that still doesn’t give me enough information. Luckily, there’s #tagdef. www.tagdef.com lets you look…

  • Unplug Yourself Sometimes!

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    I love social media. I love the way it instantly links me to what’s going on in the world as soon as it happens. Breaking news? It’s delivered to my phone in seconds. Whether I can be in front a television or not has no effect on my knowledge of current events. One simple check…

  • AIDS Activist Reprimanded for Tweets

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    Yesterday Rae Lewis-Thornton posted a blog post about having her honorary membership with her sorority rescinded because of tweets she posted about a year ago. Now just in case you don’t know who Rae  Lewis-Thorton is… Rae was diagnosed as HIV positive in 1986 when she was 23 years old. Nine years later, Rae had full blown…

  • You Can’t Twitpic Everything

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    Peyton Manning, former quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, had dinner at Angus Barn in Raleigh, NC on March 2. At the end of the night he was charged $739.58, which included an 18% gratuity. He also left an additional tip of $200. How do we know? His server twitpic’d the receipt.  Here’s the kicker… the server was fired…

  • Top 10 Tweeting Commandments! (Thanks Glamour!)

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    To some people, social networking and media sites are nothing but a space to vent and a way to keep up with friends. Truth is… with most companies now having accounts on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Tumblr, there’s a certain social network etiquette that we should keep in mind. Social networking…