A meme in popular culture is typically known as an image that is remixed and widely shared online. Meme reflect how how our society operates where those that people enjoy become more visible, some evolve through edits, while others fade away without much attention. They became images that holds trends, values, and humor of digital culture.

A pyramid scheme is a business model that is generally considered to be a scam and is often illegal. It involves organization recruiting people and promising them in return some sort of payment or services in exchange for them recruiting new members in. However, people who join this scheme rarely gain any profit. The organization would typically gain profit from this cycle and it's usually the people in the top would gain all the profit.

I have helped a content to go viral by liking, sharing, and reposting it. People often also would post their videos with hashtags in the description to increase visibility and attract more audience. I've also seen others duet the video, which can help it gain more attention.

Doxing is the act of publicly sharing someone’s personal information which could be things ling home address or other identifiable details without the person's consent. This may led to serious consequences where the people who are doxed often would receive harassment and threats from online and offline. People's safety and well being would be at risk since their personal information have been exposed to everyone.

I witnessed my friend receiving hateful messages and comments from a spam account. That experience has been really stressful for them especially since the harassment came out of nowhere. I think that messages like that can be damaging to someone’s mental health. I would suggest social media platforms doing a better job at detecting and blocking harmful content before it gets posted publicly. There should be stronger system that helps to protect users from this kind of targeted harassment.

This link would take us to wikipedia which is a website that provides descriptions and information on every topic. It is a site that relies on crowdsourcing where people could contribute or edit content on the site. Since the site can be edited by anyone, the accuracy of the information can vary. It’s important for people to double check the facts when they are using it.

I think they should have responsibility in creating a respectful environment where they should provide a clear community guideline on what is appropriate and inappropriate to say. In addition, they should actively take actions to take down content that may be harmful or that spreads misinformation. I think that the social media companies just need to maintain their basic guidelines they set up so the platform doesn’t become harmful to others. It’a about finding a balance between free speech and keeping a safe space for everyone.

The author of the article argues that by avoiding reading online comment might actually make toxic behavior more normalized. It fosters a community that people won’t have to take accountability in their use of harmful language and not be addressed that how their actions may have consequences. He mentioned how the comment section is made for people to have interactions so rather than avoiding the comments platforms should reevaluation have they create a safer space and guideline for all users.

No I have never posted a comment that violates social media platform’s guidelines. However, I have seen celebrities and public figures having their comment taken down from platforms. I think the consequences of violating these guidelines can be serious as they can range from having a comment deleted to having your entire account banned.

This article summaries the harmful effects of photo editing on people’s perception of body image. Today, many people have been constantly trying to edit their faces into a “perfect” photo. This trend has contributed to the rise of new beauty standard as people are trying to bring their edited images to their real appearance. While photo editing can sometimes help people to gain confidence, it often leads to creating unrealistic beauty standards for people. The study suggest that taking breaks from social media is important for have a realistic view of oneself.

Social media have both positive and negative effects on mental health. It is a great tool to use for spreading awareness about mental health issues. It allows people to connect with others, even anonymously, and share their experiences through a digital platform. It also offers a wide range of resources and communities that promotes mental well-being. On the other hand, social media can also be bad for mental health as it exposes people to judgment and unrealistic societal standards. This might effect a person to feel and have anxiety and lower self esteem.

I think that when someone uses another person’s words or information word for word, they should properly cite it. The sources should be referenced especially when the content or the creator is gaining profit from it. The original source can be acknowledged through being mentioned in a post, video, or any other format.

The article discusses the backlash that Fackbook faced for making users to provide their phone number for two factor authentication. Users complained about this as they have found out that their phone numbers were not only visible to their followers but to the public as well. Anybody could just look up a person’s profile simply by searching up their phone number on facebook. This puts people’s privacy at risk as if failed to consider to protect users’ information and did not clearly communicate how the phone numbers would be used for authentication purposes.

I think when I'm searching up for a specific content the social media platforms it would start to show me more videos or post that are related to the content that I wanted to see. It's great at providing a immediate feedback of what I like or don't like. For example, the platforms have options for us to choose if we like or dislike the content that's been shown to us.

Color blindness is a visual disability that affects a person’s ability of being able of see color or distinguish the difference between them. The most common cause is a genetic condition inherited to them and the most common form of it is the red-green color blindness. Unfortunately, there is currently no cure for color blindness. This condition can bring difficulties in peoples’ lives as they have difficulties in reading traffic lights, distinguishing colors in academic activities, and selecting color in their clothings.

I think that many products are still being developed in ways that create barriers for people with disabilities. A lot of technology today still remains centered on visual interaction, offend lacking audio navigation. This design would excludes individuals with visual impairments as they would have problems using these devices independently. I’m just wondering are there any products that are true accessible to everyone?

A private message is a form of communication online that is sent and received between a user and the chosen participants. There are two main types of private message. The first type is primarily found on apps as it focuses on public posting such as Twitter and Instagram. The second type would be apps that focuses on instant messaging between users. During COVID-19, private messaging became the main tool for people to communicate virtually where it helped the world to stay connected during a pandemic.

I think the my biggest concern is that knowing that there isn't privacy on social media where your digital footprints can be tracked in various ways. This is why I believe it's important to read through the social media platform's privacy policies. I think that people should be mindful of the messages they send out as anything they put out could be traced back to them and potentially made public.

Web tracking is the practice of collecting information from people’s activities in the word wide web and it is generally used by the operators of the websites. By collecting these information, it helps the operator of the website to know what people’s preferences are when visiting their sites. Web tracking could be used by any operator and is especially used by advertising companies to keep track about their users. By using web tracking, people’s IP address, interest and browsing behavior are revealed to the operators of the website. As a result, many people have started using protection tools to prevent their data being collected.

My ad profile was pretty accurate except for that it thinks I'm in a relationship yet I'm currently not. I went to the page about my recent ad topics and this part is more inaccurate. It has been providing me with ads about gaming yet I don't usually game. I'm just curious how the system would assume that I'm in a relationship and how it thinks that I'm into gaming. I would hope that google could provide more information to what data they have collected to reach this conclusion.

This article was about Jaboukie Young-White who is a comedian that posted a controversial quote on Twitter. He impersonated his own account as the official FBI and he tweeted, “Just because we killed MLK doesn’t mean we can’t miss him.” This quote was deleted by twitter immediately and Jaboukie’s account was suspended. People reacted differently to the suspension, some believed it was justified as they see that these type of jokes should not be made lightly. However, there are others that think that the joke was clearly satire and it isn’t that serious.

I think the best way to deal with trolling is to first not respond and not take them seriously as they are looking for an emotional reaction. People could try to mute and restrict comments to avoid trolling. If the trolling starts to become serious where it involves threats or other kinds of misuse of language the best way would be to report it.

This source was about a science fiction thriller web series called lonelygirl15. It was a series released on Youtube from 2006 to 2008. The story was about a 16 year old girl, Bree Avery, who escapes from her parents' with her friend Daniel. The series was presented through vlogs where Bree would record the story from her bedroom. It gained popularity due to the fact that it made people believed that Bree was an actual person sharing this unique experience online. However, the viewers of the show found out that the whole show was fictional as they found her IP address was at the offices of Creative Artists Agency when they were trying to message Bree on Myspace.

I think that it does matter whether a human typed the tweet or a bot, especially for a public figure. By letting a bot post on their behalf it just makes the message loss its authenticity and emotional impact. I think that people who follows these tweets are interested to see what messages Trump personally tweeted. Learning the fact that it's bot generated tweet can make people feel like they have been deceived and it takes away the emotional connection they might have felt with the message. I think that the messages that contained "anger" would still lose it's authenticity as people have already know that half of the tweets are made by bots.

The Bulletin board system was one of the precursors of modern social networks. The main functions are allowing users to upload and download software and data, providing public message boards for people to interact with each other, and offering online games. BBS became on of the major platforms for people to engage online. However, after 1995 the BBS software providers went bankrupt which led to the disappearance of the platform.

I like how we are given examples of the good and bad parts of friction. Friction that are used on advertisements usually interferes with people's engagement online where it annoys people where they have to take extra steps to close up the ad. I often wonder what's the intent of adding this feature as wouldn't it discourage users from furthering engaging with the platform as it disrupted their experience with its content. On the other hand, friction that are used in twitter helps users to become more aware of the articles they are reading. It can act as a reminder for people to double check if their sources are reliable. In this context, it actually helps people to become more responsible with what they are engaging online. I was wondering if removing infinite scroll could reduce friction, why don't platforms offer users the option of turning it off.

This article is about twitter where it’s one of the largest social media platforms in the world. The platform is well known for it’s features where it allows users to share short post and engage with eachother. These post are generally called “tweets” where people could like, comment, and reply to each individual thread. In 2023, the app was rebranded and it is now known as X. The rebranding has sparked major controversy after Elon Musk acquired the app.

I find it interesting that even though data needs to be simplified, shouldn't it be easy to add the country option selection (as shown in the example). Without it, wouldn't it actually make it harder and more confusing to collect these data when users are not from the U.S? I think this reflects on how people are designing these websites in their own view of the world onto the options they provide.

This article was about how click farms operates which is a corporation that's created to boost popularity in a content and manipulate algorithms in people's social media pages. I thought this article was very insightful as I get to learn that a popular content isn't always generally popular and it could be boosted in different ways. It helped me to understand that I should be mindful of my perceptions to a post where the amount of likes and views shouldn't be the deciding characteristics of the importance of the content. The digital platform reflects on the reality of the world where those with more attention and resources gets a better opportunity to be seen regardless of the quality of their work.

I think that creating bots helps us to work more efficiently in a digital platform. For example, there are good bots that helps us to block out advertisements that usually pops up in website. This allows us to stay focus on the content we are searching for. Some of these bots are created to help us improve our online experience by making it easier for us to navigate digital platforms. On the other hand, bots are sometimes misused where they can be created to spam people. Overall, bots are created by people to serve a specific purpose on how they want the digital platform to be like.

In Hinduism, it elaborates on how there's a cause and effect principle of people's actions and consequences. Every action a person has whether good or bad would influence future experiences. Karma is essential in shaping the life experience of a person. For example, if a person has negative actions they would be more likely to face a more challenging life and negative occurrences. Essentially, karma follows the law of the nature where your actions would decide and lead you to a certain experience. The person who chooses how they want to act would be responsible for what they would face in the future.

I think this is great information to reiterate as people would see social media as a digital platform that has no restriction and people have complete freedom of speech. This isn't necessary true as in reality digital platforms reflects on people's beliefs and biases. These systems are created by people which means that they are shaped by societal influences. I think that while we are navigating through the web, we should still be more mindful of the content that we are engaging in as every content is created under perspectives that are influenced by society.