This era is now known as the era of technology, a time in history that can be known as the greatest or worst time to be alive. About everybody in the world has some form of technology and is most likely connected to the internet in some sort of way. One way of staying connected is through social media, and just about everybody has some form of social media. In The Wall street journal, there is an article written by Epstein and in the article, he states, “we are wise to sometimes make compromises, in our personal lives as well as in public policy.” He is stating that in life it’s okay to make some sacrifices with our privacy like agreeing to service agreements without even knowing what we are agreeing to. I would have to disagree with what Epstein
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Some sites even require you to rate their ads in order to move on which is then added to a field called “liking studies” like Silverman talks about in his book. Facebook also uses “likes” for an endorsement, for example Silverman states, “In the eyes of Facebook, clicking like essentially serves as a commercial endorsement, an indication to the company that you don’t mind being associated with a product or brand mentioned in a post” (Silverman 31). This also goes back to the terms of service agreements because Facebook most likely had in their terms of service saying that by checking agree, you don’t mind endorsing advertisements. Silverman then goes on to talk about a man named Nick Bergus who favorited a tweet about a fifty-five-gallon tub lubricant for sale on Amazon. He then posted it on Facebook as a joke, but then made a “sponsored story” (an ad). Without him even knowing it, he basically became and ad endorser for the fifty-five-gallon …show more content…
Soon she and her boyfriend were dodging reporters outside their apartment, her face concealed by large sunglasses as if she were a celebrity ducking a paparazzo. (Silverman 66)
Taylor Chapman obviously did something that is racist and highly inappropriate, but Silverman goes on to say that the press had later found out she had a history of a mental illness and two hospitalizations. Her mental illness may be the cause of her discourteous actions, but all of the bad publicization made it even worse for her, even though she was responsible for posting the video, but that just goes on to say, be careful with what you post on the internet. Although social media has taken over a great deal over our lives, there are still some positives. Social media has given the opportunity for people to stay connected with old friends and stay in touch with family members. It has also made life easier like Epstein
Some sites even require you to rate their ads in order to move on which is then added to a field called “liking studies” like Silverman talks about in his book. Facebook also uses “likes” for an endorsement, for example Silverman states, “In the eyes of Facebook, clicking like essentially serves as a commercial endorsement, an indication to the company that you don’t mind being associated with a product or brand mentioned in a post” (Silverman 31). This also goes back to the terms of service agreements because Facebook most likely had in their terms of service saying that by checking agree, you don’t mind endorsing advertisements. Silverman then goes on to talk about a man named Nick Bergus who favorited a tweet about a fifty-five-gallon tub lubricant for sale on Amazon. He then posted it on Facebook as a joke, but then made a “sponsored story” (an ad). Without him even knowing it, he basically became and ad endorser for the fifty-five-gallon …show more content…
Soon she and her boyfriend were dodging reporters outside their apartment, her face concealed by large sunglasses as if she were a celebrity ducking a paparazzo. (Silverman 66)
Taylor Chapman obviously did something that is racist and highly inappropriate, but Silverman goes on to say that the press had later found out she had a history of a mental illness and two hospitalizations. Her mental illness may be the cause of her discourteous actions, but all of the bad publicization made it even worse for her, even though she was responsible for posting the video, but that just goes on to say, be careful with what you post on the internet. Although social media has taken over a great deal over our lives, there are still some positives. Social media has given the opportunity for people to stay connected with old friends and stay in touch with family members. It has also made life easier like Epstein