Category Archives: social media and systems design

Snapchat Launches My AI: A New Social Media Chatbot

Snapchat has announced the launch of a new experimental feature called My AI, which is a chatbot that can communicate with users and is based on OpenAl’s ChatGPT. It is now available only to Snapchat+ subscribers for $3.99 per month, … Continue reading

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Artifact: Instagram’s Founders Return with a New Social App

Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger are launching Artifact, a new social app that combines “articles, facts, and artificial intelligence.” The new app is intended to deliver a personalized news experience based on your engagement and interests. At least … Continue reading

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Who are the culprits behind fake news on social media?

It is far more difficult to put an end to a rumor than it is to start one. Many people, I’m sure, are plagued by the misinformation and rumors that abound on various platforms. A study of over 2,400 Facebook … Continue reading

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Do You Want Non-Friends to See Your Comments?

Facebook, as we all know, allows us to set up the visibility options of certain posts–if we only want a particular group of friends to see the posts, we can conditionally make them private to that group of friends. At the … Continue reading

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The Redesigned “Like” Button… Do we like or love it…?

The new reaction button on Facebook is causing a stir online. Some people hate it, some people love it and some people just don’t care. Is it too much? A lot of people are asking where the dislike button is. … Continue reading

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Linking social media interactions to your customer data

The use of social media in business means that our connections with our customers are through an increasing number of channels, making it difficult to manage and keep track of the interactions with individual customers. It may be difficult to … Continue reading

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2 for 2 as NY Times Consumer Reporter’s Jabs Jibe with Class Topics Where Companies Don’t “Walk the Talk”

  Starwood Hotels Preferred Guest photo on its website suggesting patrons follow the  program on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram for more benefits.  Coincidentally after a chest-thumping interview by its senior vice president of marketing on Starwood’s progressive mobile technology, a … Continue reading

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