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On this breezy October morn, I walk
in the swift shadows of cloud-cursing rooks,
watching the world wake on the horizon.
Leo Yankevich
in the swift shadows of cloud-cursing rooks,
watching the world wake on the horizon.
Leo Yankevich
All houses wherein men have lived and died
Are haunted houses. Through the open doors
The harmless phantoms on their errands glide,
With feet that make no sound upon the floors.
We meet them at the doorway, on the stair,
Along the passages they come and go,
Impalpable impressions on the air,
A sense of something moving to and fro.
Are haunted houses. Through the open doors
The harmless phantoms on their errands glide,
With feet that make no sound upon the floors.
We meet them at the doorway, on the stair,
Along the passages they come and go,
Impalpable impressions on the air,
A sense of something moving to and fro.
How Facebook makes us dumber
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A new study on users of Facebook aiming to test the question: When people are online, do they encounter opposing views, or do they create the virtual equivalent of gated communities (find people who agree with them)?
Not unexpectedly, the researchers found a lot of communities of like-minded people. More generally, Facebook users tended to choose and share stories containing messages they accept, and to neglect those they reject. (Surely that should be obvious).
What the study does not mention however, is the tendency for people to become more reinforced in their beliefs, which are being confirmed by what they are seeing on Facebook. For example, you think increasing the minimum wage is a good idea, that Obamacare is working well, or Donald Trump would be a good president. Arriving at these judgments by yourself, you might well hold them tentatively and with a fair degree of uncertainty. But once you find lots of people agree with you, you are likely to end up with more certainty.
What do you think? Do you use Facebook? And if so, how do you use it? Do you have 'friends' who ever disagree with what you post there?
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-08/how-facebook-makes-us-dumber?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits
Not unexpectedly, the researchers found a lot of communities of like-minded people. More generally, Facebook users tended to choose and share stories containing messages they accept, and to neglect those they reject. (Surely that should be obvious).
What the study does not mention however, is the tendency for people to become more reinforced in their beliefs, which are being confirmed by what they are seeing on Facebook. For example, you think increasing the minimum wage is a good idea, that Obamacare is working well, or Donald Trump would be a good president. Arriving at these judgments by yourself, you might well hold them tentatively and with a fair degree of uncertainty. But once you find lots of people agree with you, you are likely to end up with more certainty.
What do you think? Do you use Facebook? And if so, how do you use it? Do you have 'friends' who ever disagree with what you post there?
http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2016-01-08/how-facebook-makes-us-dumber?utm_source=pocket&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=pockethits
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When I had a facebook application I used to do the same things and lost a lot of time to do it. Nowadays facebook is addiction. Maybe you should have had for example 1 week without using facebook. It's good option to start some kind of "rehab".
Good luck! ☺
But it is good way to interact with those family members who live away from you. You can share your pictures, updates, day to day activities etc. as well.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/22/facebook-algorithm-change-pieces-people-actually-read?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H&utm_term=168703&subid=11006640&CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2
Agreed. Hope you shared your photos there in your presentation held yesterday.
That's the reason why I'm rarely active in Facebook.
Unfortunately, due to hectic schedules, I can't make extra time for outdoor activities.
A while back I wrote something about a book and my teacher get offenced.but all my classmates backed me.
And yes some of my teacher never agreed with me and sometimes we have argument on Facebook and afterwards it has been seen in my mark sheet.
So Facebook has side effect as well.
But I will keep using it.until my last breath.
Yeah,in this I completely agree with you but sometimes it is funnier. I also never rely on the bogus news of social media.except the trending one.
But nowadays the news I read on social media seems bogus to me and later on I find that that story is true.so both can happen. But generally its fake.I agree.