A new study suggests the extent of this phenomenon.This is a real warning signal that researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne wish to send. After a major study, they found that 47% of trending topics in Turkey and 20% of global trends were created from scratch by bots. Scientists could identify 108,000 fake accounts involved in these operations.To … [Read more...] about On Twitter, 20% of trends are created by bots
Twitter buys Scroll, a service that blocks advertising on news articles
Twitter continues to chain redemptions. In a blog post, the social network announced that it had gained Scroll, a paid service that allows you to remove advertising from articles. Aim: to integrate it into a new Twitter offer.“Every day people come to Twitter to find out and read what's going on. Editors, journalists and writers fuel this conversation, informing the world … [Read more...] about Twitter buys Scroll, a service that blocks advertising on news articles
Panic and fear in times of social media
Hardly anyone can get past social media. No matter what age, no matter what origin, who has an internet-enabled smartphone, is usually registered with a social media service.Terrorist attacks, kidnapping attempts, epidemics or rampages: these are topics that many people are afraid of. At the same time, these are topics that feed on social media. These topics generate … [Read more...] about Panic and fear in times of social media
What #Hashtags really bring!
They have been used in numerous social media networks for years, and there is a lot of hype surrounding them. On Instagram, they are indispensable ... just as little as in Twitter. We are talking about: hashtags!But what about Facebook and other social media like Pinterest and LinkedIn? Are they often used there? And what do I have to pay attention to when using hashtags? … [Read more...] about What #Hashtags really bring!
