Digital Discourse Database

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Do YOU unfriend people on Facebook? New statistics reveal the average Brit's weekly 'social media cull'

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 4.5.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook
Summary | According to a new poll, British people remove four Facebook friends a week. Also, they only engage with about 10% of their Facebook friends on the platform. Users said they mostly remove friends from their list if they post too many statuses/pictures. Nowadays it is so easy to form large groups of social connections, but it's also too easy to remove people from those groups. The disposable nature of today's relationships is quite depressing, according to George Charles, (spokesperson for VoucherCodesPro).
Image Description | Photograph of two people with two Facebook signs hiding their faces, woman looking at her smartphone, hands holding a smartphone in front of a Facebook sign, smartphone screen displaying the "facebook"
Image Tags | Facebook, female(s), hand(s), smartphone

Facebook granted patent for post-scanning software that identifies slang before it becomes popular

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 9.3.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, word/writing
Summary | Facebook has been granted a patent for a software that can identify users' new words and slang. Facebook wants to identify those new "cool" words before they become popular and create a glossary of those terms.
Image Description | Hand holding a smartphone displaying the Facebook app, photograph of man's face (nose and mouth), and diagram showing how the new software would work
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), male(s), smartphone

Facebook's new feature translates your post into different languages depending on who's reading it

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 4.7.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, translation
Summary | Facebook's latest update allows you to translate posts in foreign languages. You can also select the option "post in multiple languages" if you want your post to be seen in different languages.
Image Description | Screenshot of a post in English, French, and Spanish, photograph of a hand holding a smartphone, photograph of a smartphone screen displaying the Facebook app
Image Tags | Facebook, hand(s), smartphone

Mark Zuckerberg's Jarvis robot assistant has a famous celebrity voice

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 21.12.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook
Summary | Mark Zuckerberg is working on an artificial intelligence assistant to help him in his household. It can be operated by voice command or text messaging and it can make toast, operate his lights or front door, or shoot grey t-shirts out of his closet. Its voice is the voice of Morgan Freeman. The only problem is that not all household appliances can be hooked up to the chatbot since they do not have wifi connectibility.
Image Description | Portraits of Mark Zuckerberg and Morgan Freeman as well as some tweets about the news story.
Image Tags | male(s), Twitter

Woman's hilarious rant after Original Source shower gel 'leaves her vagina ablaze' - and she's not alone

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 11.5.2016
Language | German
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook
Summary | A woman posted about a showering accident she had with a specific tingling mint-scented shower gel so that other people would not make the same mistake. She very graphically described how painful the shower gel is when it gets in contact with the genitals. People found her post hilarious and relatable so it was shared and commented on by many.
Image Description | Selfie of the woman with the shower gel, photos of the cosmetic product in question, Image bank image of a woman showering, Getty image of a man showering, and an image of a shower head running water.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)

Here's everything Facebook knows about you - and it's just plain creepy

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Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 8.11.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, marketing, privacy
Summary | It is remarkable bordering on scary how much information Facebook has on its users in order to target them with specific advertising. Facebook is aware of such things as their users' gender, age, generation, parenthood, being a pet owner, knowing people who have recently had a wedding/birthday/etc., political affiliation, spending habits, housing situation (including square footage of their house!), traveling habits, consumption practices (groceries, liquor, cosmetics, etc), car situation (worth, likeliness to buy a new car and what kind, etc.), and what type of mom they are (soccer, trendy, etc.)!
Image Description | Reuters image of a male silhouette using a smartphone in front of a lit-up Facebook logo and a Getty image of a Facebook page reflected in a woman's glasses.
Image Tags | Facebook, female(s), hand(s), logo, male(s)

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