Ok Whatever: Visiting Dead Relatives on Google Street View. “When looking up her mother’s address last year, a Taiwanese woman found snapshots of her mother, who died in 2014, tending to her potted plants. During a bout of nostalgia, a British expat lurked on her childhood home through Street View and discovered old photos of her deceased mom walking down the driveway, carrying a blue watering can. And, for years, a Kentucky man named Bill Frankel frequently visited his dead father online, scrolling back in time to see the images a Google Street View car captured three years before his father’s death, back when he was still healthy and happy.”
human relationships
Bustle: Using Social Media To Cope With Stress Can Negatively Impact Your IRL Friendships, A New Study Says
Bustle: Using Social Media To Cope With Stress Can Negatively Impact Your IRL Friendships, A New Study Says. “You know the feeling: work is stressful, and so is planning that weekend trip, and remembering to pick up the laundry, and, let’s be honest, friends and relationships can be stressful, too. So you scroll through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram on a loop, on and on. (Maybe Tumblr is just me.) And while scrolling through social media might feel comforting in the moment, a new study suggests that the more stressed people are, the more they use social media in negative ways.”
From Facebook Divorce Announcements To Instagram Shade: The Art Of The Social Media Breakup (Refinery29)
Refinery29: From Facebook Divorce Announcements To Instagram Shade: The Art Of The Social Media Breakup. “Breaking up is hard to do. And in the digital age, it’s even harder. How much do you share with the cyber world? How do you alert your loved ones when shit gets real? What’s worth keeping private? The answer, of course, varies for everyone — but one thing’s for sure: tons of people post about their breakups — even those of us with far less than one million followers.” The article says that this is a “slideshow” — but it’s really not. Each “slide” is an anecdote with a callout quote, which I like about a thousand times more than actual slides.
Observer: Debunking the Myth of ‘Blogger Boyfriends’ and ‘Instagram Husbands’
Observer: Debunking the Myth of ‘Blogger Boyfriends’ and ‘Instagram Husbands’. “Toronto-based influencer Allegra Shaw has 234K followers on Instagram and 863K subscribers on YouTube. She also co-runs Uncle Studios, a sustainable clothing line. Her high-fashion style features occasional nods to the ‘influencer’ uniform (think: tiny sunglasses and biker shorts), but it’s her un-edited vlogs that set her apart from the rest. In them, she provides her viewers with an intimate look at the art of influencing and showcases her boyfriend’s role, too.”
TechCrunch: Users complain of account hacks, but OkCupid denies a data breach
TechCrunch:
Users complain of account hacks, but OkCupid denies a data breach . “Dating sites aren’t considered the goldmine of personal information like banks or hospitals, but they’re still an intimate part of millions of people’s lives and have long been in the sights of hackers. If the hackers aren’t hitting the back-end database like with the AdultFriendFinder, Ashley Madison, and Zoosk breaches, the hackers are trying break in through the front door with leaked or guessed passwords. That’s what appears to be happening with some OkCupid accounts.”
How to win friends online: It’s not which groups you join, but how many (ScienceDaily)
ScienceDaily: How to win friends online: It’s not which groups you join, but how many . “Your chances of forming online friendships depend mainly on the number of groups and organizations you join, not their types, according to an analysis of six online social networks by Rice University data scientists.”
Quartz: Fortnite helped cause 5% of UK divorces this year
Quartz: Fortnite helped cause 5% of UK divorces this year. “The cause of marital discontent may be shifting in 2018, as the viral online video game Fortnite sweeps the globe. According to a new report from Divorce Online, a UK site offering information and services to people who are uncoupling, 200 divorce petitions filed in the UK since the start of this year cited Fortnite as a reason for the separation.”
