- Teenage social media use linked to less life-satisfaction for some https://www.bbc.com/news/health-60875884 3 comments science
- Social media influencers left adrift after Russia Instagram ban: ‘My life is being taken away from me’ https://globalnews.ca/news/8681047/russian-social-media-influencers-instagram-banned/ 142 comments worldnews
- Fake animal news abounds on social media as coronavirus upends life https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/03/coronavirus-pandemic-fake-animal-viral-social-media-posts/ 4 comments worldnews
- Girl, 10, is taken off life support two weeks after she hanged herself because a classmate posted a video of her being bullied on social media http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5135405/bullied-girl-hanged-removed-life-support.html 9 comments worldnews
- "I've always been a social media guy. The fans want me. Other than that, I'm not actively seeking to get back into the league ...I'm on to bigger and better things in my life" - TO https://oddshot.tv/shot/uzruwtixuwrhtqnhnqe_33s0 11 comments nfl
- Su’a Cravens safe after alarming social media posts where he implied he was considering taking his own life https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/18/su-cravens-safe-after-alarming-social-media-posts/ 6 comments nfl
- Brother gets life for 'honour killing' of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/brother-gets-life-for-honour-killing-of-pakistani-social-media-star-qandeel-baloch-1.1569571573735 8 comments worldnews
- Outside the Red Hen, fire and ire on social media come to life https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/outside-the-red-hen-america-vents/2018/06/26/81a991a6-7998-11e8-80be-6d32e182a3bc_story.html 7 comments politics
- The end of privacy: How social media invaded Vajpayee’s personal life http://www.firstpost.com/living/the-end-of-privacy-how-social-media-invaded-vajpayees-personal-life-1514059.html 5 comments india
- Real life examples of business owners using social media http://www.smallbiztrends.com/2008/07/real-life-examples-of-business-owners-using-social-media.html/ 5 comments business
- Longitudinal study (N=1419) finds no association between intensity of social media use and life satisfaction. https://sapienjournal.org/study-finds-no-connection-between-intensity-of-social-media-use-and-wellbeing/ 8 comments science
- West Ham statement: "West Ham United are disgusted by video footage circulating on social media tonight. We are taking immediate action to try and identify the offenders who's details will be handed to police and they will be banned from for life from London Stadium" https://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2019/april/13-april/west-ham-united-statement 70 comments soccer
- Castaway, 79, who shunned society to live alone on an Italian island earns a legion of social media fans from his photos documenting solitary life http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5528139/castaway-79-shunned-society-live-italian-island.html 14 comments worldnews
- 'Space was too good not to share it' - Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield has said his life in space had to be shared on social media http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22558062 5 comments worldnews
- The breakout star of Pete Buttigieg’s 2020 campaign? His husband Chasten: Chasten Buttigieg has gained a sizable following – and boosted his husband’s campaign – with his candid social media posts about life on the trail https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/12/pete-buttigieg-husband-chasten-2020-presidential-campaign 22 comments politics
- Call drops cost 16-year-old girl's life? Delhi resident's social media post sparks controversy http://firstpost.com/politics/call-drops-cost-16-year-old-girls-life-delhi-residents-social-media-post-sparks-controversy-2471460.html 15 comments india
- How I Faked My Life Using AI (2022) - Look past the thumbnail, this is a fascinating short doc about AI, social media, and our relationship with it [00:10:15] https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=3s&v=FRClNMC_z-s 46 comments documentaries
- A life-size model of Adolf Hitler used for "selfies" by visitors to an Indonesian museum has been removed. Pictures shared on social media show people grinning as they pose with the Nazi leader in front of an image of the gates of Auschwitz concentration camp. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41953468 32 comments worldnews
- A graphic designer in Ottawa asked people on social media to title their life story. Then he made book jackets for each one. http://www.jacketeveryday.com/ 50 comments books
- Stanford doctor explains how social media is hijacking our minds: "My patients derive little pleasure from these activities yet are unable to stop. Everything else in their life has gone gray. They're in a dopamine deficit state, and they’ve lost the ability to choose not to use." https://www.pairagraph.com/dialogue/efa31e60b1e2498588ddc10d074b494c?525 135 comments privacy
- Why are NFL/Soccer/Baseball more popular than the NBA in real life, but the NBA is the most popular of them on social media by far? https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/93lg10/why_are_nflsoccerbaseball_more_popular_than_the/ 49 comments nba
- The US establishment swoons over the royal birth: The media’s insistence on the significance of the event, in the face of the public’s general lack of interest, is an expression of the social, political and moral divide in American life. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/07/23/roya-j23.html 48 comments politics
- A growing number of people are finding love, soulmates and life partners on social media. But this is a love story with an unusual twist. A Danish woman travelled over 6,000 kilometres to marry a drug addict from India, who she met on the internet in January 2019. https://www.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/punjabi/en/article/2019/07/11/denmark-india-love-extraordinary-story-love-and-commitment?language=en 6 comments india
- A Saudi mother seeking asylum in Greece has appealed for help on social media, claiming her life is in danger and she will be separated from her husband and children if she is forced to return to Saudi Arabia. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-mother-greece-twitter-help-danger-woman-children-ghada-allfadl-a8922576.html 27 comments worldnews
- Sheamus on Twitter: "A few weeks back, Drew achieved the biggest moment of his career, nay life! He was awarded the Slammy for having higher screen time on social media than your average teenage girl.. he also wears a skirt 👍🏻 #myhero" https://twitter.com/WWESheamus/status/1783505186872254850 35 comments squaredcircle
- Research suggests pandas are active posters on ‘social media’: they use scent marking to keep track of both family members and friends, leave updates about life events and check out the dating scene https://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2023/msu-research-suggests-pandas-are-active-posters-on-social-media 47 comments science
- RB Leipzig coach Julian Nagelsmann slams Angelino over social media use: "We're all happy that he's back. Nevertheless, there are things in life that he needs to learn. For example, to deal with injuries properly or to channel things, his emotions, properly" https://bulinews.com/news/8023/angelino-warned-nagelsmann-over-social-media-posts 53 comments soccer
- Life amid the ruins of QAnon: ‘I wanted my family back.’ An epidemic of conspiracy theories, fanned by social media and self-serving politicians, is tearing families apart. http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/conspiracy-theories-qanon-family-members/ 3 comments politics
- 'Players accept my style and personality': Mike Dean opens up on life as a Premier League referee - and being a hit on social media - as he gets set to take charge of his 500th game https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-7900451/mike-dean-opens-life-premier-league-referee-hit-social-media.html 31 comments soccer
- [COPE] Barça imposes "anti-Piqué" clauses in the new contracts; Players cannot match their life as a footballer with another professional activity. They are also prohibited from using social media in trainings and other scheduled activity. https://twitter.com/partidazocope/status/1215716175121874944 103 comments soccer
- Memories and nostalgia are now a significant part of our use of social media. Social media users now actively seek out content that evokes feelings of nostalgia. Going back and remembering what has happened earlier in life becomes a bigger part of social media over time than posting new content. https://www.gu.se/en/news/nostalgia-and-memories-after-ten-years-of-social-media 9 comments science
- Dalit guest lecturer at university in Varanasi has been removed, prohibited from entering premises for post on social media on how women’s life will be liberated from slavery if they read Indian Constitution for 9 days rather than fast during Navratri. https://twitter.com/the_hindu/status/1575898281657393152 67 comments india
- “I don’t know what they do in their own life but they feel the need to slaughter everybody and anybody that they can think of to make themselves feel a little better." Preston North End boss Alex Neil advises his players to stay OFF social media https://www.lep.co.uk/sport/football/preston-north-end/preston-north-end-boss-alex-neil-advises-his-players-to-stay-off-social-media-3139436 7 comments soccer
- People who are obsessed with celebrities are more likely to engage in addictive use of social media, according to new research. Some fans might embed their favorite celebrity in their virtual social network in an attempt to bridge the gap between the desired fame, celebrity life and their own lives https://www.psypost.org/2020/04/new-study-links-celebrity-worship-to-addictive-and-problematic-social-media-use-56576 71 comments science
- "I don’t speak on these things publicly anymore because being abused on social media has somehow become the norm nowadays and I don’t see anyone actively trying to change it but seeing someone take their life because of it really shows how badly something needs to be done." W. Zaha on twitter. https://twitter.com/wilfriedzaha/status/1228865739798581250?s=09 160 comments soccer
- Undercover reporter reveals life in a Polish troll farm - Katarzyna Pruszkiewicz spent six months running fake social media accounts at self-described ‘ePR firm’ in Wrocław https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/01/undercover-reporter-reveals-life-in-a-polish-troll-farm 42 comments worldnews
- Woman shot point-blank in J&K, video posted on social media. The video, which shows the victim, Ishrat Muneer, pleading for her life with folded hands, had been downloaded by hundreds of social media accounts across Jammu and Kashmir. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/woman-shot-point-blank-in-jk-video-posted-on-social-media/article26154673.ece 3 comments worldnews
- Pornstar Saha Grey denies proRussian militant reports of her death as volunteer nurse in Ukraine "The propaganda war has gone too far" | The posting on the social media group also said that Grey "was able to bring to life even to the most hopeless of cases" http://uatoday.tv/society/porn-star-denies-militant-reports-of-her-death-as-volunteer-nurse-in-ukraine-410191.html 14 comments worldnews
- How do highly recognizable international figures like Malala Yousafzai manage to maintain a strict private life even from the papparazis, the general public and social media? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/amcf8l/how_do_highly_recognizable_international_figures/ 7 comments privacy
- You won’t find another place that makes it as easy to compare yourself with others as social media. Social media provides people with a materialistic mindset with ideal opportunities to compare themselves with others, which stresses them out and, ultimately, leads to low life satisfaction. https://news.rub.de/english/press-releases/2024-01-19-psychology-how-does-materialism-social-media-trigger-stress-and-unhappiness 20 comments science