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Fine then, block me. See if I care.

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By alluding to our problems, but not stating them outright, we give our Facebook friends the opportunity to self-select as bad news recipients.

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A survey by the Pew Research Center in conjunction with Rutgers University has found that social media doesn’t encourage discussion on controversial subjects. It may, in fact, cause people to stay quiet.

The survey, conducted among 1,801 U.S. adults, asked people about their willingness to discuss the Edward Snowden leaks on social media and in person. Social media users demonstrated a particular hesitance to discuss the topic — 86% of those surveyed said they wold be willing to have an offline discussion on Snowden, while only 42% of Facebook and Twitter users said they would post about it online.

You can learn more about the study here.

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State of Social media usage in USA 2012

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Friendly Reminder: Anything you post can and will be used against you, especially by trolls.

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In November 2010, 8% of online adults used the platform. As of January 2014, 19% of online adults were using Twitter.

Judging whether Twitter can survive in a Facebook-dominated world might not be the right predictor of its staying power in the market because of the niche it occupies. Put simply: Twitter is different; not only in who it attracts, but also in how it is used and how messages spread on the platform.

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Day 8

I'm trying to get through the entire month of June without creeping on people, specifically the group of people I typically creep on daily. The habit isn't healthy.

So far I haven't had any overwhelming urges to check their social media. Normally when I try to avoid creeping, I don't last long. I believe the longest I've gone without was 10 days.

I'm worried now that I'm working less and school is out the urge to creep will get to me. I find myself most tempted when I'm bored. Time to find a distraction.

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S,

I still don't understand your appeal to me. I don't even understand you. The glimpses into your life have mostly been through the eyes of others. If I've learned anything it is to be suspicious when someones life looks perfect.

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You can mute your TV. You can mute Gmail threads. And as of Monday, you can mute Twitter accounts if you don’t want to see their activity. These three points define a spectrum of muting that moves from logical to bizarre. Muting your TV, speakers, YouTube videos, etc., makes sense....

This is interesting. I've found the turn off retweets option the most helpful if  I want to follow someone or a verified account of a popular person/show but found the amount of their retweets so high that they were the only thing I saw on my timeline. I doubt I will be using the mute button.

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Confession #1

Sometimes I creep on peoples profiles because it makes me feel better. Not because I want to see who got fat since high school ended or who is currently pregnant. I creep because it gives me information that I can use to create a fantasy world in my head. You ever been so overwhelmed by life that you needed an escape? My imagination is my escape. It's just that my fantasies involve real people who I want to have a deeper connection to than I actually have.

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There is danger in being drawn to something that's not real, in giving yourself to something you can never be a part of, instead of making your life where you are. But those infinite worlds, with their infinite potential, beckoned irresistibly.

Erica O'Roarke

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My only safe place to post what I’m really thinking is here.

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Here’s What Facebook Is Doing to Your Brain. It’s Kind of Shocking