• You Can Now Lose Your Twitter Verification for Your Real Life Actions

    You Can Now Lose Your Twitter Verification for Your Real Life Actions

    A couple of weeks ago, we brought you a story about how Twitter had verified Jason Kessler.  Kessler is the white supremacist who helped organize the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia this past August.  This, rightfully so, made a lot of people angry.  To the public, it was like Twitter was endorsing Kessler…

  • Will a Social Media Cleanse Make You Feel Better?

    Will a Social Media Cleanse Make You Feel Better?

    In my previous post, I talked about my reasons for deactivating Facebook.  It’s been a year, and I haven’t looked back.  I mentioned some of the negativity I felt about being online.  But are there bigger affects that social media can be having on our lives?  In order to answer that question, I think we…

  • Does Social Media Have a Negative Impact On Your Life?

    Does Social Media Have a Negative Impact On Your Life?

    A couple of years ago, I deactivated my Facebook account.  First for a couple of weeks or months, and then I would inevitably get sucked back in.  A few months would pass and I would deactivate yet again.  I repeated this cycle over and over again until last September I decided I was done with…