Some seemingly fun posts, memes, and games on Facebook are actually used by identity thieves to hack your accounts. Like this. Hey, here’s a cool little game to determine what your mobster name would be. Put you mother’s maiden name together with your favourite teacher and then your first pet. … Read More
Know someone on Facebook who updates their status every half an hour, likes approximately two thousand corporate pages, and won’t stop poking you? It’s okay, they’re probably miserable and depressed. In a study published in Computers and Human Behaviour, researchers Facebook uses who describe themselves as “lonely” are more likely … Read More
The above word clouds are from a new study published in PLOS One, which examines the different word choices men and women use on social media. Researchers examined 700 million words collected from 75,000 American Facebook volunteers. The average age of the respondents was actually twenty-three, although, looking at the … Read More
Do you spend a lot of time on Facebook? Looking up pictures of exes who’ve clearly been hitting the gym, old rivals working on that next promotion, and an endless barrage of amazing vacation pictures from people you hate? And are you unhappy? To the surprise of no one, new … Read More
Problem You’ve just broken up and you’re committed to making this as clean a break as possible. Reality Social media is about to ruin your plans in a big, big way. Method A study published in Information, Communication, and Society surveyed hundreds of young people accustomed to ‘electronic surveillance’ (their … Read More
