How often do you use social media? Scientists in the world today are genuinely concerned about society’s “always on” generation increasing social media use.

The increase of social media use in today’s society makes scientists around the globe fearful for this generation. Individuals of all ages now use social media more than ever before. Many dislike the dependency they feel towards it, yet they cannot get themselves to stop using it. The question is, how can social media use be harmful when it is so entertaining, useful and beneficial?

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Kendall Jenner, otherwise known as the 2016 Coachella Social Media Queen, takes a break from social media and deletes her Instagram account.

The world mourns as Kendall Jenner deletes her Instagram account. Her social media absence immediately takes a toll on a great amount of individuals. Fans who enjoy checking her social media accounts on a daily basis do not know what to do. It does however seem mysterious that a 21-year-old supermodel with millions of Instagram followers would do such a thing.

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The new Facebook update infuriates users worldwide due to the new, dramatically enlarged font when one posts a status shorter than 35 characters long.

The most recent Facebook update infuriates users worldwide due to the new, unwanted font used when one posts a status that is shorter than 35 characters. This new font gives users unnecessary stress and anxiety. The usual size is 12-point font, but with the new update it is now 24-point font. It is not only extremely large and bold, but many find it to be random and overbearing.

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Twitter plans to eliminate trolls in the future update in hopes to improve its safety policy, product, and enforcement strategy. 

In hopes to prevent cultural problems that arise on social media, Twitter plans to eliminate trolls in the next update. According to Wikipedia, a Twitter troll is someone who posts inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community. This is done with the primary intent of provoking readers into an emotional response or of otherwise disrupting normal on-topic discussion. Engadget  reported that Twitter’s new, future strategy gives people “more control over their Twitter experience” ” and offers the “most important safety features” to users.

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Facebook steps up its game with its new update: Individuals can now buy and sell things online with nearby users with the new Facebook Marketplace.

Facebook users are pleased to hear about the new Facebook Marketplace. This new feature enables users that are at least 18 years of age to buy and sell products between other Facebook users nearby.

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It has come to the attention of the online paying service called Paypal that individuals have created a fake Paypal Support page on Twitter. How can we protect social media accounts from fraud? 

This past summer, it has come to Paypal’s attention that individuals created a fake Paypal Support page on Twitter, and that they have been using it to their advantage. According to CSO, these individuals monitor the real Paypal Support page to the see remarks and commentary from Paypal’s customers. They then respond to these questions and reviews by directing Paypal users to the fake site where they are able to receive personal and account information. This fake Paypal account is extremely unacceptable, and it is crucial that we find a way to protect social media accounts from fraud.

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This past week, YouTube defeats cyberbullying- YouTube launched YouTube Heroes, a new program that rewards people for reporting bad comments, writing accurate subtitles and answering forum questions to help improve the site. 

YouTube defeats cyberbullying this past week by launching a new plan called YouTube Heroes. The goal of this plan is to receive more reports about bad comments by getting the community involved. YouTube employees are still the ones who will literally remove the bad comments and approve good subtitles on the website. However, this plan will hopefully motivate the community to report bad comments more often, which will help the actual moderation team get to these comments faster.

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Instagram’s recent update allows its users to post stories, but does that mean that users will use this feature in place of Snapchat?

Instagram and Snapchat are popular applications that young adults use on daily basis.  Instagram allows individuals to post photos and show off their photography skills. Snapchat allows individuals to send photos to friends with direct messages on them. Instagram is now Snapchat’s competitor with its most recent update that allows users to post stories just like Snapchat.

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