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Social media scammers stole at least $770 million in 2021
The last year has been a boon for social media scammers, according to a new report from the FTC. The agency says more than 95,000 people lost $770 million to scammers who found them via social media platforms in 2021. That’s more than double the $258 million they say scammers made off with in 2020.
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Tired of procrastinating? To overcome it, take the time to understand it
Procrastination isn’t shameful or a character flaw. Instead it’s rooted in a very human need: the need to feel competent and worthy, says educator Nic Voge.
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Society has a trust problem. More censorship will only make it worse.
We will always view censorship as a last resort, because we believe open discourse is better for writers and better for society.
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YouTube CEO hints at potential NFT features
A few viral YouTube videos have already been sold as NFTs.
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Effortless personal productivity (or how I learned to love my monkey mind)
I recently discovered a simple step-by-step process that significantly increased my personal productivity and made me happier along the way.
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How To Write Your Website Biography to Inspire Others to Thrive
You are not a big brand. They don’t know you. They don’t trust you. They don’t know if they want to do business with you. That’s why you need your biography on your website. When it comes to small business, it’s not about the company – it’s about the person behind the company.
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Here's another reason you should be careful about what you post online
Social media posts are having a significant impact on employability
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Bodies Are Canceled. Thanks, Instagram
It's almost inevitable that social media forces us to see ourselves as objects—so why not opt out of the human image?
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Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen
Social media and many other facets of modern life are destroying our ability to concentrate. We need to reclaim our minds while we still can
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We Encrypted the Web: 2021 Year in Review
In 2010, EFF launched its campaign to encrypt the entire web—that is, move all websites from non-secure HTTP to the more secure HTTPS protocol. Over 10 years later, 2021 has brought us even closer to achieving that goal. With various measurement sources reporting over 90% of web traffic encrypted,...
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2021 was the year the world finally turned on Facebook
Wish 2021 had been a better year? Facebook probably does, too. The company has long been maligned by politicians, media observers, and consumer advocates, but it wasn’t until 2021 that it felt like the tide truly began to turn. Though Facebook had faced scandals in the past, from Cambridge Analytica to the Myanmar genocide, this year’s string of missteps and revelations may have tipped the company and its reputation past the point of no return.
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Can “Distraction-Free” Devices Change the Way We Write?
The digital age enabled productivity but invited procrastination. Now writers are rebelling against their word processors.
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Steve Blank I Can’t See You but I’m Not Blind
If I ask you to think of an elephant do you see an elephant in your head when you close your eyes? I don’t. Regardless of how descriptive the imagery, story or text I can’t create any pictures in m…
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Alex Lieberman: Building A $75 Million Digital Media Empire - Hakune
Alex Lieberman unpacks how he built morning brew to a 75 million dollar digital media empire
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Millions of Followers? For Book Sales, ‘It’s Unreliable.’
Social-media fandom can help authors score book deals and bigger advances, but does it translate to how a new title will sell? Publishers are increasingly skeptical.
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The 5 Whys: get to the root of your productivity problems
If you're having trouble with your productivity, consider finding the root using the 5 Whys technique.
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I Write a Parenting Advice Column (or How I Became Famous in My Neighborhood)
None of my neighbors subscribe to my Substack newsletter, as far as I can tell. That’s fine with me. I don’t talk much about my vocation around here. We’ve lived in this house for many years (although we will be moving in a few days), and during that whole period I’ve never spoken to anyone on our street about my writing. From their perspective, I’m just another family man who works from home.
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Substack Is Now a Playground for the Deplatformed
The company’s CEO says the old way of social media is broken—but is his alternative much different?
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How to Fix Social Media
Nicholas Carr on bringing America's spirit of the common good to online governance
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Why MAGA Social Media Is a Hacker’s Wet Dream
The flurry of social media apps aimed at conservatives promise free speech will reign—but more often than not they’re crashing and burning before they can even get going.
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