Social media, a place I love, and love to hate. I find it a great source of community support, and also a place where information and help are often better than in real life. But recently I have noticed something that has made me feel a little uncomfortable. If you have an instagram account or […]
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That creepy man in your Instagram inbox? It’s a scam
That man saying nice things to you in your social media inbox – it’s likely a scam…. For a while now I have been very vocal on my Instagram account about certain things that happen on that site. I am becoming slightly infamous for “naming and shaming” fake male profiles on there. People have asked […]
READ MOREMake Instagram what you want it to be.
Ah, Instagram. We love to hate it. My teenager tells me that it’s only for old people and that TikTok is where it’s at now, but I can’t get to grips with sharing videos and coming up with funny content so I can’t be bothered with that. I joined years ago and got sucked into […]
READ MOREIt is not ok, just because you are a man….
We live in an age where people now use social media to communicate, and to interact with each other. People form communities via social networks and they are an incredibly useful tool. They are also a space for people to abuse and to behave in a way that would get them a slap in real […]
READ MOREFacebook and Instagram have ended third party data access and I can’t say I am sad…
So, if you live under a rock, or don’t use social media, then you may not know that Facebook has gotten into a lot of trouble (and the husband and I have just had a debate over the use off “got” or “gotten” in this sentence, I am still not sure!) over the use of […]
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Yup, it’s another person moaning about Instagram. Because we need one more voice having a whine. But it’s Friday and I haven’t done a Friday Rant for a while, so I am letting loose. We all know by now (and if you don’t you clearly live under a social media free rock, somewhere, which is […]
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