Social Media Literacy

Subtitle: WYB – Watch Your Back in social media!!! As netizens connect and grow, so do more unsavory individuals look to take advantage of those communications. Having a background in technology, I’ve seen many cases of users unknowingly causing computer problems which easily could of been prevented if they new more about the computer environment. With this in mind, imagine what can happen to an individual who unknowing falls prey to... Read More

“Please ReTweet!”

Out of the top 10 ReTweeted words used on Twitter,’please’and ‘retweet’ - “…please, retweet!” – comes in second and third respectively. Asking around, others shared my feeling that it sounds cheesy and cheap to ask for your Tweet to be ReTweeted.  However, the math proves this works – and you can’t argue with math. But why does this work?  Social media is based on people participating... Read More