A Stanford article that gives a summary of modern colonialism. it goes into depths and complexity of colonialism. It talks about how it is a practice of domination, which involves the subjugation of one people to another.

If social media sites were governed by users instead of shareholders I truly believe that would alter the digital world drastically. As users would curate and change the platform to align with user experience and generate platforms that are grounded in amplifying/regenerating user experience. Compared to shareholders where there only concern is generating revenue.

This source goes into depths of the defintion of what capatialsm is . Capitailsim is an "economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are determined mainly by competition in a free market." Mainly expressing how a capatialst economy drives for a competitive market and work ethic amongst society.

The USA is a capitalist economy here. I believe capitalism is a great way of promoting healthy competition and high efficient work ethics amongst specify. It allows for personal freedom and ownership of ones land/job.

This article talks about the relationship between trauma and shame. It talks about how shame can be a healthy form of healthy development. It talks about how after 2 years old children start to feel guilt, shame, and fear.

I think public shaming can only be viewed as a helpful tool in terms of holding others accountable for their action. But there is a fine line of crossing the boundary of shaming. Because it can lead to negative outcomes and detriotate a persons life.

Doxing is the act of someone publishing a persons personal identifiable identification. This is published usually through the internet and without the persons consent. Doxing is a serious form of harassment and can truly lead to harming someones life and privacy.

Personally I've never experienced harassment online due to the fact that I don't have a strong online presence. I rarely post on my social media pages so I've never experienced harassment. However, I've witnessed numerous accounts of harassment on social media whether that be towards people in my life, celebrities, pop stars, or influencers.

Patreon is a website that many celebrities, youtubers, content creators, and influencers utilize to promote/post exclusive content to their fans. A pateron subscription is usually required ( a monthly payment that these content creators profit off from). This platform is considered a form of crowdsourcing as many people can post content collaboratively

I don't think I've personally participated in crowdsourcing online often. One of the rare occasions that I may have participated in this activity maybe by leaving an amazon review on a product I purchased. I often tend to avoid crowdsourcing online because it is something I don't normally participate in.

An E- textbook written by Sarah T. Roberts called "Behind the Screen." It's a book that talks about how social media is a very dark and scary place that thrives off of negativity and harassment. It delves into the idea on how automation on social media alters users experience as well.

The dangers posed with langugars that have limited or no content moderation is the harm of misinformation being spread. It can lead to many negative paths such as forms of hate speech, fake news, false infomration, etc. If there is no moderation being taken to stop this it can lead to a lot of bad things.

This article talks about automated moderation has grown to be messy and unfair over the years. Youtube gets an immese amount of false copy right claims. Youtube's right system is automated thus leading to unfair intellectual copytright balances. Growing it be unfair for many and screwing over small content creators

I've personally reported a post and a comment for violating social media platform rules. Mainly because the persons comment or post directed profanity or disrespect towards myself. Usually if doesn't violate myself or people i care about in my life I don't have the urgency to report.

This article talks about an 18 year old girl who dowloaded instagram for the first time essentially had her self confidence stripped away from her. Due to all these unrealstic beauty standards, editing, and false apperance's she started to beleive she should be lookjing a certain way. A lot of girls like Maya feel pressured to change their apperances in hopes of reaching these unrealsitc beauty standards that social media apps present them with.

Some ways I have found social media to be bad for my mental health is when I began to have it consume my daily life. When I happen to doom scroll all day instead of doing my homework that leads to be being mentally stressed out because I didn't do my homework. But ways that social media is good for my mental health is that it encourages and shows me how to do self care. Whether thats through recommending movies, showing new ways on how to cook, listenting to music, etc.

This article goes in detail on the evoltuion of cetaceans. Describing their evolutinary process of going from land to sea. Ging through eacch form of evolution for instance the last form for whales, basilosauridae. Animals of years ago incrementally evolved into something as specialized as whales.

I think when people are copying and reusing content on social media the original creator should be given credit too. It provides them the recognition and popularity that so well deserved and earned. But besides giving credit there should be a watermark features on their content to ensure that they are given credit too. Often times original creators aren't provided with credit so other big creators take it from them and profit off of it.

This article enlightens readers on how Facebook is now requiring to take users phone number for their "look up" feature now. Users on the facebook are restricted from opting out this option as well. This look up feature entails that user's numbers are publicly available to those searching up. Facebook has been trying to justify these means by saying it's an extra safety measure taken by them to reduce threats.

I've had many experiences with social media apps that utilize my algorithm to make good recommendations for me. For example on TikTok when I look at a specific ad/like the post it will recommend me more items that were like that encouraging me to buy it. When I like a video in regards of hair products more videos on how to take care of my own hair will pop up. Providing me with useful tips and tricks.

This article discuss the social model that suggest ideas that stem around the belief/ideas around disabilities fully stem from societal attudies. Entailing that the model of disability is structured more by societal barriers rather then mental/physical health.

A disability is something ultimately deemed by society. Society's structure and standards are what shape/determine what a disability is. The concept of a disability has also changed from "madness" to a state of of medical illness over the years.

This article talks about private messaging which reference a direct message/ private chat between 2 people. It explains how on a digital platform whether thats social media,messages,etc this instant communication only occurs with 2 party's of people. Meaning this conversation is kept from the public and the person you shared this message with is only able to see it.

My biggest concern around privacy on social media would be my personal data information being leaked to the world. This could contain my phone number, bank account, address, password and more. With this I have a fear of social media hackers who could access this information but then utilize it and weaponize it against myself. Leading to many safety hazards.

This article enlightens viewers on how the platform facebook collects users and non user data. Every interaction,post, highlight, and more. They are classified as shadow profiles. This data collection has sent waves of concerns of privacy issues amongst the audience.

I'm in the middle about how I feel knowing Google knows these things about me. On one hand it does make me feel eery a bit that this company sells my data as profit and also personalizes my experience on the platform due to the algorithm. But on the other hand I don't really mind that google has access to this because at the end of the day it doesn't affect my day to dat life. So it's not a big deal looking it at holistically.

This article talks about how Jaboukie Young-White, a comedian who impersonated the FBI account on twitter by changing his profile picture and user name handle. Whom then proceeded to post an insulting "joke" about Martin Luther King Jr. assassination on MLK day. In attempts of some morbid humor he posted the tweet which immediately had twitter take down the tweet and his account --- leading to his suspension. This controversial tweet had some people questioning the boundaries of jokes/comedy with inappropriate insulting behavior. As his attempts were intentionally supposed to be funny but truly just came off offensive and disrespectful.

I believe the best way to deal with trolling is to not acknowledge them. Trolls thrice off of others reaction and hostility you may give them. To combat this the best way is to act like it doesn't bother you at all. From there in silence report them, block them, or do anything in your will power to restrict them from your own life. If it get's even more serious in terms of personal attacks or death threats that's when I would suggest reaching out for help and talking to an adult for further action.

This article overall showcases data on Trumps different tweets. When his team is tweeting from an Iphone vs. an Andriod. His Iphone tweets always meant well or good luck. While his Andriod tweets were more progressively aggressive. He used the android to usually insult his rivals or opponents. The writer of this article used python to state his case on how he knows which tweet is curated from which device.

In ways I believe it is human nature to naturally change yourself and your actions based on the environment or people you are around. For me personally I do act differently between my family,friends,peers,cowrokers,teachers,etc. On social media especially I express myself in 2 different ways on 2 different accounts. On my main I don't really post that often but on the spam with my close friends I tend to post non stop. This doesn't change how authentic I am I would say, I just perceive myself to others in the appropriate time and place. I'm still myself at the end of the day but I could see how it could potentially contradict myself from an outside perspective.

In this article it talks about conspiracy theories weren’t just a modern phenomenon and how throughout the 19th century, American political figures accused other country's of secret deals, collusion, and hidden plots. These accusations were especially common during the rise of political parties, and they helped shape distrust in goverment institutions.

A user can provide many things about themselves in a profile if they chose to do so. They can provide a picture of themselves, their name, age, school, graduating year, personal interests, music,life and professional content, and so much more. A user can also chose to have a public or private account. Depending if they want to regulate their viewers.

This wikipedia article covers the social media app X formally known as Twitter. Created by billionaire Elon Musk to have a platform to promote free speech, live engagment, and more. The app allows users to post,share, and like a variety of social media style of content. Over the years the app has undergoed multiple different policy changes to moderate content and add verification. The app wants to reduce its spread of harassment, misinformation, and more.

An example of pernicious ignorance in social media interaction is when people ignore the fact that social media's algorithm is curated to what they want to see. Not realizing that social media platforms intentionally utilize their gathered data to curate content for that individual to maximize their engagement. A lot of information, videos, and posts on social media aren't a true representation of reality, but many viewers assume so. This leads to accepting their own mental reality or changing their true perception of reality. This ignorance is truly harmful and is overlooked l as it can spread misinformation, polarization, insecurities, and more.

Reading this article truly shocked me that even big corporate companies like Apple could possibly fall victim to this manipulation. As a lady is displayed in a picture in front of 100’s of iPhones presumably installing and re-installing apps on the devices to mess with Apple's download rank. As this picture has not been confirmed yet and is a rumor swirling around. It’s still shocking in a sense of how anyone could mess with ratings and manipulate those numbers easily. Users should have full confidence when looking into an app they are downloading that the reviews that they receive are authentic and true. Now after reading this article it definitely has made me realize to move with a lot more caution especially when reading reviews as it may not even come from a human but a bot itself.

I believe social media platforms allow bots to operate simply for the profitable gains. As different social media platforms have an immense amount of users attempting to identify which accounts are bots is much more difficult. As they don’t want to ban people’s real accounts by accident which would cause a decrease in their engagement. Bot’s can create ad’s, promote creative content, release quick information, and overall boost the engagement of the app simply. Which would drive the profits and numbers for the social media company. It’s not only convenient for the owners of the app but also users (at times) as well.

Egoism, to a certain extent, is a rational ethical framework for all. Rejecting the full idea of altruism and fully supporting one’s own selflessness to succeed above the rest. Looking at it from the perspective of CEO’s and big company owners, they don’t necessarily care about the ethics of their work as long as they have a consistent revenue, press, and influence over their users’ well-being. At the same time in this world, truly, no one can be successful without the selflessness of another. Egosim may be prominent and truly believe we can not have a fully selfish community, as in the end, no one will be successful. People thrive and are raised up by others.

Egoism, to a certain extent, is a rational ethical framework for all. Rejecting the full idea of altruism and fully supporting one’s own selflessness to succeed above the rest. Looking at it from the perspective of CEO’s and big company owners, they don’t necessarily care about the ethics of their work as long as they have a consistent revenue, press, and influence over their users’ well-being. At the same time in this world, truly, no one can be successful without the selflessness of another. Egoisim may be prominent and truly believe we can not have a fully selfish community, as in the end, no one will be successful. People thrive and are raised up by others.

With this quote, it immediately stuck out to me because it summarized technology in a word I’ve never thought it to be: “scary.” Reframing technology to “scary” truly puts into perspective how the internet is the most dangerous place where deepfakes and invasive data collections are out right, distorting a person's reality and privacy. As it may not seem as violent as a true weapon, technology is even more dangerous than deadly weapons. Having my own experience of witnessing false AI-generated photos, videos, cyberbullying, nudity, false news, trolls, etc, it has become so easy to manipulate videos and society. Easily controlling a person’s mind by spreading false information or exploiting videos, and the minds of the youth have become a prominent way to create a dominant narrative. The danger of this may not become prominent to many because the harm is hidden and doesn't evoke a sense of urgency within people as it would in a deadly matter.