Censored on Social Media? What else is new…

Here we go again! From Alex Jones to Diamond & Silk to Telesur, suddenly social media is penalizing certain voices rather dramatically.

The majority of the people I talk to think that the whole thing’s ridiculous, and I tend to agree.

Most people are even afraid to say anything, or if they do, they excuse themselves by also declaring that they don’t necessarily agree with everything the censored person is saying.

But that’s totally messed up!

You either have free speech, or you don’t. Whether or not we agree is irrelevant.

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Click Farms and Social Media

Ah, click farms…

Click farms are organizations that you can pay to boost you or your product on social media.

They do their thing through the use of “bots” or semi-bots, which are automated systems to like, share, and otherwise promote something.

But hang on, is this real? According to two US universities, it’s very real…

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