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  1. Last 7 days
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    1. Shannon Bond. Twitter takes Elon Musk to court, accusing him of bad faith and hypocrisy. NPR, July 2022. URL: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1111032233 (visited on 2023-11-24).

      This source talks about how Twitter is taking Elon Musk to court for being hypocritical and in "bad faith". I think this is interesting because you would think that since he owns twitter, they can't sue him and he has the highest level of power. Which I feel like is true but in a way there is still a source of authority for the image of the company and how thats reflected. This relates to data because he ultimatley has control over what twitter posts and how theyre perceived.

    1. Can you think of an example of pernicious ignorance in social media interaction? What’s something that we might often prefer to overlook when deciding what is important?

      One example of this is the spread of misinformation. When we see headlines or posts that may seem misleading, it's really easy to confirm them in our heads and then tell someone. Instead of checking the source, making sure it's true, or even reading beyond the headline, people have a tendency to just take it and run, making themself misinformed and essentially ignorant about the situation.

  3. Apr 2026
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    1. Gender Pay Gap Bot [@PayGapApp]. Gender Pay Gap Bot (@PayGapApp). March 2023. URL: https://twitter.com/PayGapApp (visited on 2023-12-02).

      The gender pay gap bot essentially replies to tweets that have tagged their account with a statement if women's and mens pay is equal at that company. If accurate, I think that this could be a good way to gauge the surface level of industries that have a gender wage gap or not. One thing that I thought was interesting was how all the posts that this bot replied to were from International Women's Day.

    1. How are people’s expectations different for a bot and a “normal” user?

      Peoples expectations are different for a bot and normal user because a bot often is associated with something that is taking up space or activity and that is preventing a normal user from being able to access a platform. So I feel like people expect normal users to make mistakes and take a longer time at completing something while if a bot was present, it is automatically programmed to do something, making a process quicker but also potentially stopping a normal user from achieving something.

  5. Mar 2026
    1. How often do you hear phrases like “social media isn’t real life”?

      I hear this phrase multiple times a week, all in diffferent occasions. In my experience, I hear it mostly when talking about someones post that showcases so many good things and looks like what would be a perfect life. But this phrase then comes up and I realize that what people post and choose to post is often such a small percentage of real life. I am definitely familiar with this phrase in terms of posting perfect pictures, but also in topics such as fake news or propaganda.

    1. Virtue Ethics

      The section on virtue ethics was interesting to me because I feel as though many people stand by their own virtues and have their own set of virtues, which can vastly differ from those of people you may think you are similar to. I think that this framework ultimately comes from one's upbringing and what was prioritized in moments of growth and learning. I also think it is interesting to compare this to a set of virtues that I am familiar with called the "7 heavenly virtues," which are rooted in Catholicism and are known as chastity, temperance, charity, diligence, kindness, patience, and humility. While these are based on the Bible, it is interesting to see the overlap, as religion can be very polarizing and has strong beliefs. A statement that I believe ties these two together is "In acting virtuously, you are training yourself to become more virtuous, and you will subsequently be able to act even more virtuously."