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People are getting travel ideas from social media — often with hilarious results - CNBC Nearly one in three travelers turn to social media for holiday inspiration, according to a new study. The figures are even higher for younger travelers. Some 60% of Gen Zs and 40% of millennials use social...

Scientists Warn That Social Media Could Be a Threat to Civilization - Futurism "And they often tend to fail catastrophically, unexpectedly, without warning." What if human civilization could survive wars and plagues, but not social media? That’s the question that seems to motivate an alarming...

A Parent's Guide to Sadfishing, Explained by a Teenager - Parents Sadfishing might not be a familiar word to you, but it is nothing new in the adolescent world. And you might actually be aware of this trend behind the name—it's been common ever since the inception of social media. Sadfishing is...

Social sites turn strangers into travel companions - USA Today Roger Leary wanted to travel, and he preferred to not do it alone. The 56-year-old DJ from Massachusetts was in search of fun, hassle-free travel experiences with like-minded individuals. After experiencing some pretty horrific...

US border officials are increasingly denying entry to travelers over others’ social media - Techcrunch Travelers are increasingly being denied entry to the United States as border officials hold them accountable for messages, images and video on their devices sent by other people. It’s a...

How to use social media, according to a mental health expert - Fast Company More than one-third of American adults view social media as harmful to their mental health, according to a new survey from the American Psychiatric Association. Just 5% view social media as being positive for their...

Cultural appropriation: Why is food such a sensitive subject? - BBC Earlier this week, a restaurant in New York made headlines for rather unfortunate reasons. Lucky Lee's, a new Chinese restaurant run by a Jewish-American couple, advertised itself as providing "clean" Chinese food with healthy...

The New Science of How to Argue—Constructively - The Atlantic Disagreement is central to our lives online. ‘Erisologists’ want to study it more systematically. In the early days of the internet, way back in the 1990s, tech utopians envisioned a glittering digital future in which people from...

What Should Travel Agents Post on Social Media? - Travelmarket Report Nearly 90 percent of travel agents told Travel Market Report that social media is important to their marketing plans, populating their clients’ and prospects’ timelines and newsfeeds with pictures from far-away destinations...

Social Media Is Ruining Our Memories - Vice Documenting our lives for Snapchat and Instagram can decrease the likelihood of retaining those moments as a significant memory. Somehow, whenever I find myself scrolling aimlessly on my personal Instagram feed, I always end up near the end, fixated...

Are social media food photos ruining your diet? - WXYZ From the Unicorn Frappuccino to the ramen burger, Gemarla Babilonia-Gaskin is willing to try all the funky foods that pop up on her social media, even the grilled cheese donut, which she says “...was once in a lifetime and it was amazing!”...

How To Get Paid To Travel The World Without Being An Influencer - Forbes Getting paid to travel is the dream and no, you don't have to sell yourself out on social media to do it. You don't even have to be the biggest expert around. An easy-going attitude and impeccable organizational skills is...

How to Enjoy Your Days More: 4 Ways to Live Life to the Fullest - Tiny Buddha Voices—they’re everywhere. As soon as I wake up, I can feel the stress of keeping up with their demands. As soon as I look at my smartphone, I am overwhelmed with all the notifications “needing” attention. They seem...

Book clinic: has social media killed travel writing? - The Guardian Our expert answers with a resolute no, and issues a challenge to the Twitter generation Is travel writing dead in the age of social media? Charu Gupta, India Sara Wheeler, biographer and author of travel books including...

The Dinner Party Flex: Cooking in the Age of Social Media - Taste Cooking What motivates the youngest generation of home cooks? A writer of a certain age sets out to decode the dinner party flex. Once upon a time, I’d fire up Instagram and scroll through to see what my friends were doing. I...