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Brands aren’t your friends, they’re the idiots at the social media party

Jul06
by on July 6, 2015 at 7:31 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, brands, idiots, Opinion, Social Media

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Do you know who aren’t your friends? Brands. Repeat it slowly: “Brands are not my friends.” Brands are psychopathic constructs, infesting your social media timelines with carefully-constructed babble, a hollow echo of a real human voice. Brands want to make you think they know what “on fleek” means. Brands want you to think they’re just another lonely joke writer who happens to be really obsessed with chicken, excessively long pizzas or how Coca Cola is the magic elixir that will wash away all of life’s problems. It’s the real thing! Choose to be brave when taking that big next step! #choosehappiness pic.twitter.com/GcM8cFJFnc —…

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Twitter wants to know your birthday so it can give you e-balloons and show you more ‘relevant content’

Jul06
by on July 6, 2015 at 6:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Have a birthday coming up? Twitter wants to help you celebrate. If you edit your Twitter profile to include your birth date, your profile will look slightly different on cake day. There will be balloons, and only on the Web version of Twitter. To get a better idea of what we’re talking about, check the image above or visit Kevin Hart’s Twitter profile (it’s his birthday today). The balloons only drift upward on your first visit or when you refresh the page. To add a birthday, click “Edit Profile” and you’ll see a new option for birthday. Click on that, and you’ll…

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Twitter wants to know your birthday so it can give you e-balloons and show you more ‘relevant content’

Jul06
by on July 6, 2015 at 6:59 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

kevin hart twitter bday
Have a birthday coming up? Twitter wants to help you celebrate. If you edit your Twitter profile to include your birth date, your profile will look slightly different on cake day. There will be balloons, and only on the Web version of Twitter. To get a better idea of what we’re talking about, check the image above or visit Kevin Hart’s Twitter profile (it’s his birthday today). The balloons only drift upward on your first visit or when you refresh the page. To add a birthday, click “Edit Profile” and you’ll see a new option for birthday. Click on that, and you’ll…

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Ellen Pao offers apology to Reddit moderators and users, says solutions are coming

Jul06
by on July 6, 2015 at 6:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Ellen Pao has apologized to the Reddit community at large. In a Reddit post, the CEO openly admits the site has failed moderators in a big way, and promises improvements for tools, communication and search to help make life easier. Pao wrote “we have apologized and made promises to you, the moderators and the community, over many years, but time and again, we haven’t delivered on them.” Sadly, she didn’t quite mention what Reddit will do to make things better. A fix for tools is promised (though not detailed), and Pao mentioned a new “moderator advocate” role. There will also be…

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a couple of laughzillas on a blue diamond background

Ellen Pao offers apology to Reddit moderators and users, says solutions are coming

Jul06
by on July 6, 2015 at 6:33 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

redditlogo2-645x250
Ellen Pao has apologized to the Reddit community at large. In a Reddit post, the CEO openly admits the site has failed moderators in a big way, and promises improvements for tools, communication and search to help make life easier. Pao wrote “we have apologized and made promises to you, the moderators and the community, over many years, but time and again, we haven’t delivered on them.” Sadly, she didn’t quite mention what Reddit will do to make things better. A fix for tools is promised (though not detailed), and Pao mentioned a new “moderator advocate” role. There will also be…

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