During four hours of hearings on Wednesday, U.S senators made one thing clear: tech companies need to be held responsible for not protecting young users from harm. Five major tech company executives were grilled at the hearing: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, X (formerly Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino, TikTok CEO Shou Chew […]
6 Tactics for Using Social Media Intentionally
Social media isn’t all bad. It is, believe it or not, possible to have at least a semi-healthy, somewhat-disciplined relationship with social media. At least I think it is. By the grace of God I have seen great improvement in my own relationship with social media over the last five years or so. When I […]
3 Facebook Marketplace Tips That Also Apply to Dating
A few days ago, I noticed Wally checking his phone and becoming aggravated. When I asked him what was going on, he started spewing about equipment he was trying to sell on Facebook Marketplace and how everyone contacting him about buying it were frustrating to deal with. I’ve had some experience in selling things on Facebook […]
Five Questions to Ask Yourself Before Posting To Social Media
I was a freshman in college when Facebook came out and I distinctly remember thinking, “why would I need this? I have AOL Instant Messenger and MySpace!” Well, times have changed. Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram (and a slew of other sites I’m not cool enough to know about) have simultaneously brought us closer together and […]
4 Creative Ways to Build Community
We all know that sitcoms and romcoms have lied to us. Kissing in the rain is not romantic. Picnics are the worst. And you should know a guy for more than a week before falling head over heels in love. But the biggest lie, in my opinion? That it’s easy to form adult friendships. The […]
Facebook Is Testing a New ‘Prayer’ Post Feature
In 2006, we had “pc4pc?” In 2013, it was “like for a tbh.” Now, in 2021, Facebook wants its users to “post for a prayer.” Ok, maybe that’s not really what Facebook is saying. However, Facebook is encouraging its faith-oriented users to share their prayer requests on the social media platform. The company is currently […]
Facebook is Going to Start Adding Labels to Your Climate Change Posts
If you thought the debate about “free speech” on private tech platforms would start to fade after the election integrity dust-up, think again. Today Facebook announced in a blog post it will start adding labels to posts related to climate change, as part of its ongoing attempt to wrangle widespread misinformation on the platform. First […]
Why I Can’t Love My Neighbor & Care About Everything
Every day as I drive home from work, I exit the freeway, and I see a homeless woman or man selling newspapers or asking for money on the shoulder of the road right where cars stop at a traffic light before turning right or left. Over the course of our family’s last eight years in […]
Coming home from college, Wally’s daughter finds she’s having to take care of herself still. Wally has found that giving her “trophies” for small accomplishments seems to help her continue to be independent. Fork – She fed herself Storm Cloud – She made it through a thunderstorm Macaulay Culkin- She stayed home all by herself Red Bull Can – She can defend herself #smallvictories #everyoneisawinner #millenialrewards #whateverittakes
Coming home from college, Wally’s daughter finds she’s having to take care of herself still. Wally has found that giving her “trophies” for small accomplishments seems to help her continue to be independent. Fork – She fed herself Storm Cloud – She made it through a thunderstorm Macaulay Culkin- She stayed home all by herself […]
I thought of Wally for some reason…
I thought of Wally for some reason… https://www.facebook.com/254757144563179/posts/3205266396178891/