43 quotes found
“Come on guys, let's be serious. If you really want to do something, don't just 'like' this post. Write that you are ready, and we can try to start something" [Mustafa Nayyem quoted in Chrystia Free...”
“Online life is about premeditation.”
“With the persistence of data, there is, too, the persistence of people. If you friend someone as a ten-year-old, it takes positive action to unfriend that person. In principle, everyone wants to st...”
“Imogen sometimes wondered if people weren't letting social media dictate their entire lives. Did they choose to go to one party over another because it would look better on Instagram? Did they deci...”
“Loving others means being willing to do things for their benefit more than your own. And sometimes that looks like a Facebook account!”
“The world was different before the war,' he said. 'We didn't have this instantaneous access to information that your generation has. The world was a bigger, more mysterious place - we still dreamed...”
“Social media has helped make the world flatter and reduced the degrees of separation, leading to the situation where many can interact with people who, but for this platform, they may never have ha...”
“Social media is teaching us that everyone fucks up, everyone is stupid sometimes, and that this is probably part of being a thinking human. The one exception are those who participate in the self-r...”
“Social media is your platform to build a unique fan base while you express yourself exactly how you see yourself. Build wisely.”
“Twitter is more than just a collection of fleeting observations about everyday life. Twitter can connect people to events, information and each other in ways that have never been experienced before.”
“Tweets about the mundane aspects of your life contain something that is vitally important to gaining followers and taking part in discussions: Authenticity.”
“All the things I've ever wanted to say suddenly I've been bold enough to say them on Social Media.”
“As an umbrella term, we should think about social media and mobile behavior as its related to psychology, anthropology, communication, economics, human geography, ethnography, et al. After all, eve...”
“What's the point of doing anything if nobody's watching?”
“Social media is addictive precisely because it gives us something which the real world lacks: it gives us immediacy, direction, a sense of clarity and value as an individual.”
“Twitter," said Manny, waving his hand. "You know what that is? Termites with microphones.”
“Technology proposes itself as the architect of our intimacies.”
“Listening is one of the most important things a brand can do online. If your brand is just broadcasting its own agenda, it isnt truly engaging in a conversation.”
“Just like using drugs and alcohol to numb the pain can -- and does -- lead to addiction, using social media to fill the void of relationships, or other needs, often leads to addiction, as well.”
“Social media inflames our already inflated view of self.”
