“Yet for a malignant narcissist, this behavior goes beyond self-absorbed selfies; it ventures onto a complete lack of self-awareness and empathy for others. Not everyone with numerous photos and thousands of friends will meet the criteria for full-fledged narcissism nor should these be the sole indic…”— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com
“The meta-analysis of the 57 studies did in fact confirm the scientists' assumptions. Grandiose narcissists are encountered more frequently in social networks than vulnerable narcissists. Moreover, a link has been found between the number of friends a person has and how many photos they upload and th…”— University of Würzburg, sciencedaily.com
“I don’t have a kid, but I have a nephew that I put some boundaries on. There are some things that I won’t allow; I don’t want them on a social network.”— Tim Cook, marketwatch.com
“I'm not actually pop culture or social media savvy. I really didn't know what Twitter was when I created an account.”— Misha Collins, inspiringquotes.us
“In many ways, social media is the most diverse form of media that has ever existed.”— Mark Zuckerberg, facebook.com
“Muting and unfollowing some people have taught me that there are people ostensibly on your side that are 100% committed and invested in keeping you stressed and terrorized.”— Sam Sykes, twitter.com
“Think about it, every purchase you've ever made, every picture you've ever shared, your messages, your comments. All these facts that are etched in this thing, this network, and barring some catastrophic failure, they'll follow you I mean, follow us wherever we go, even after we die.”— Zander Lehmann, Alex Cole, Tommy Dewey, imdb.com
“To me, the trauma is very important—we wouldn’t be having these conversations without acknowledging that trauma. But everywhere, too, we’re constantly reading about the burnout of interrogating that trauma, of trying to initiate change, of self-care, of taking social media breaks, etc. which has me…”— Daniel Peña, blog.pshares.org
“Trauma is not mutually exclusive. That because one generation faced incredible trauma, it does not mean that subsequent generations’ trauma doesn’t matter. The definition of trauma does not drift to fit the most extreme version of that word.”— Daniel Peña, blog.pshares.org
“YouTube won't demonetize Logan Paul & Twitter won't ban Trump because both are good for business. There's no good or bad in an Attention Economy - only more.”— Kevin McShane, twitter.com
“YouTube’s prank culture emphasizes shock value. Its deep culture of veneration among fans creates an insular, often accountability-proof bubble around its biggest stars. When those stars have earned large fortunes by creating content that violates the personal space and consent of other members of t…”— Aja Romano, vox.com
“As our world becomes increasingly social, it’s easy to mistake celebrities’ candor online as an open invitation to question and judge them, and as many people do, to comment on their lives.”— Chang Casal, cnnphilippines.com
“There's a reason that teenagers in particular are prone to the feverish pursuit of valuation via social media. Prinstein says it's because the wide variety of regions in the brain that seek and deliver social rewards, including the part of the striatum called the nucleus accumbens, become supercharg…”— Rebecca Webber, psychologytoday.com
“Social media is like kerosene poured on the flame of social comparison, dramatically increasing the information about people that we're exposed to and forcing our minds to assess.”— Rebecca Webber, psychologytoday.com
“People are most likely to share peak experiences and flattering news about themselves—what University of Houston psychologist Mai-Ly Nguyen Steers calls "everyone else's highlights reel"—and tech companies, furthermore, use algorithms to prioritize that very information in social media feeds. The na…”— Rebecca Webber, psychologytoday.com
“Don't get lost on a hike there. You'll end up on YouTube without a head, and there's no web redemption for that.”— Daniel Tosh, en.wikiquote.org
“Before you criticize/harass someone for not saying something you think they should be saying on social media, consider that many people don't broadcast or boast on twitter about everything they do. Social media silence is not the same thing as inaction, and is often the opposite.”— Susan Fowler, twitter.com
“There’s this illusion that the internet is a democracy or a meritocracy, and that if your voice isn’t rising to the top immediately, it’s some problem with you.”— Tavi Gevinson, thecut.com
“For the ways my work was used to divide people rather than bring us together, I ask forgiveness and I will work to do better.”— Mark Zuckerberg, facebook.com