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By applying machine learning and natural language understanding techniques the health of Twitter users and people in their area can be determined with high accuracy by plotting geo-tagged tweets on a map. I posted this article because it makes me wonder how else we can use social networking site's public data to predict information beneficial of everyone--not just site users.

Amanda, this was a great article! I never thought about even trying to map something like this! It reminds me of when the Packers lose, and my Facebook explodes; I'd like to see how those status updates change the further away you get from Green Bay, then Wisconsin, etc.

This story first appeared on PR Daily in October 2012. Sometimes your productivity comes to a screeching halt. You can't possibly do anything right now. Even getting up to use the bathroom seems like a chore. A coffee the size of a soda New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to ban might help, but even then, completing that assignment seems like a distant possibility.

paying for some YouTube channels? I don't like the idea...anyone else?

sounds like a slippery slope to me

yeah definitely. it can be very successful and make a lot of money but it's hard to know for sure if people will actually want to pay. I guess that's why this is in a trial stage still.

This article brings up many topics about our current social media use like whether or not it brings people together or keeps them apart. The article discusses how people used to be and are now (people are living more solitary lives, gathering less, meeting less people, and feeling like they have no one to talk to). It also includes many statistics and examples to analyse the effects of Facebook on today's society.

i have hears of this before. they track what you like so when you are on other websites it shows you advertisements that interest you. its all about the advertisement.

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This is pretty nice! Finally no more ads about politics.

This is an interesting article from the NY Times. It shows advertisements that actually favor paper over electronics and face-to-face interactions over "lol's". Also shows how companies are increasingly using words such as "like", "status update", and "friend request" in their ads.

On Yammer, I posted a new article that addressed what happened on Twitter during this case. This article goes more into how Middle schools, High schools, and parents in Torrington, Connecticut, make efforts to communicate with students about rape after the students tweeted their support of two fellow classmates accused of statutory rape.

I like seeing how social media sites are used for good instead of being used for gossip.

A criticism of the It Gets Better Project that I will use for my research

Marketing Major? Pinterest Fanatic? Here are some useful tips to promote your products via the popular social media site Pinterest!

I really like this idea. Pinterest is extremely popular and many people use it. This wold be the perfect way to show off your products.

I personally have discovered so many new products and companies through Pinterest. It's great for free advertising!

I posted this in Yammer but I feel it'd be useful to post on here as well.

I really liked this article and it points out valid issues with social media.

Sichelman claims that generation Y-Americans born between 1978 and 1994 purchase certain things for many reasons, including the "humanity" of their contribution to certain companies, like TOMS. Interesting article on advertising!

This is very true because, like most articles we have read, it is easier to express how you truely feel on social media sites. I thought this was interesting because through social media, it is difficult to find emotion.

I thought I would post this because we found out in class that a majority of us to not have a LinkedIn. Well, I decided to get one because I am graduating, and I'm hoping that it will help me with my job search. I found that I really don't know a lot of people on LinkedIn. Because of this, I have a hard time understanding what acceptable LinkedIn activity is like and how to connect to people that I don't know. I want my LinkedIn to be more than just the profile that I created. This is where I think this article comes in handy.

An article addressing the ways protesting was done in the past (sit-ins, press involvement, etc) and how it has changed with social media (Twitter, ect). Essentially, Malcolm Gladwell argues that activism through social media does not have the strength that social change requires because the strategies are built around people who are weakly tied to others through social networks

I liked this article because in the past people would protest with signs and today we can use social media and it gets a lot more people involoved. I think this is a postive side to social media.

Source for my final project

I never thought I would take a class where I would be encouraged to be on various social media sites. Now I guess it is even possible to major in social media! It looks like we've come a long way from our high school teachers snatching our cell phones in the hallways.