Stop autoplay videos on Twitter / X.com

1 August 2023 | Computers, How to, Spare Me! | 0 comments

Stop X/Twitter Autoplay VideosIf you’re a Twitter user [ducks under the table], you’ve no doubt been seriously annoyed by those constantly auto-playing video posts.

What’s even crazier than the fact that the vids autoplay is that if you refresh the current page on Twitter, the same vids autoplay again, and again, and again.

Wow, that’s annoying.

If you’re thinking, “Please god, make it stop…” then read on!

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Click Farms and Social Media

11 June 2017 | How Does it Work?, Networking, Video | 0 comments

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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