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Dear Eric: I’m in my mid-60’s and did not grow up using social media. Honestly, I find it silly to think anyone would care about my daily activities and dining options. Thus, I stay off all of the platforms. Most of my friends are on the primary social media platforms such as Facebook and X.

In the past I have hosted exclusive, invite-only, parties at my house. Modesty aside, some of these parties are rather nice with catered food and high-end wines. On numerous occasions, a few days after the parties, I hear from some of the people who were not invited. “Well, I saw on Facebook that you had a party. Why wasn’t I invited?”

As I am sure you can imagine, I can’t invite all my friends every time I have a party. I don’t have the space, money or inclination to send an open…

A huge spike in reports of the app and website being down emerged at around 3.30pm today (Saturday, September 7) on Downdetector.

More than 2,000 reports have been made at the time of writing.

Many shared that they were having issues with their timeline and posts loading.

Despite the issues, some people were still able to post on X, with one person sharing: “my twitter is broken, it’s not letting me see any tweets.”

my twitter is broken, it’s not letting me see any tweets

— Coni 🎀🏳️‍⚧️ (@Coni9669) September 7, 2024

Another put: “is it just me or is twitter down” with thousands of others sharing similar comments on the site.

What is Downdetector?

Downdetector is an online website that allows users of popular services including X…

The general changes big social media apps keep introducing have been reported as harmful towards how content creators get paid, because the changes are making it much harder for creators to monetise. This was also pointed out at the University Of Sussex, with Dr Hamid Khobzi having said, “The prosperity of content creators and their favoured social media channels goes hand in hand. However, recent examples such as changes to Instagram Reels which lost creators up to 70% of earnings per view, and YouTube penalising historic content for profanity, have tested this faith.”

“Established platforms and their shareholders have reason to be worried if influencers abandon them. But around seven in ten content creators don’t know anything about the new tech coming down the line…

Donald Trump threatened to imprison Mark Zuckerburg after he banned Trump off Facebook following the January 6 riots. Trump shared that he will “pursue election fraudsters at levels never seen before” and that they will be sent to prison for “long periods of time” once he is elected president, Dazed reports.

Social media has undoubtedly become a tool for spreading information (and misinformation), promoting political campaigns and manipulating user’s views on political agendas and propaganda.

This widespread abuse of social media can hold detrimental consequences for elections, and the BBC reports that the youth is especially being targeted.

Social media, used responsibly, can majorly benefit parties, but its misuse poses a major threat to elections. But to what…