A Michael Broad Blog
The RSPCA have, at last, caught on to the fact that social media is provoking or encouraging kids to engage in animal cruelty. It’s a complicated issue but essentially the RSPCA is saying that children “torture animals for likes on social media”. Tell me something new. This has been an issue for years. Millions …
Columbus County Animal Control (CCAC) shelter dogs and cats are being adopted VERY far from the facility, with one dog on his way to Italy. Yes-ITALY! As in across the ocean! This rural shelter in Whiteville, North Carolina has made a complete turnaround over the past few years. A HUGE thank you goes out …
Facebook has been collecting information about us. We know that. They’ve refined the process. They developed computer software which they call “object recognition technology” which recognises photographs of cats and dogs. It added that information to other information which they have been collecting for a long time such as the number of likes and …
In the cat world cat, lovers frequently announce the passing of their beloved cat companion. Visitors, if they feel inclined to do so, can click the Facebook “Like” button. In clicking that button they are not saying that the like the passing of a loved cat. They are showing their support for the person …
Facebook Likes are down right now. They’ll come back but it got me thinking about this bloody button. At this precise moment in time the Facebook like button is not working. It is not counting and buttons are not loading. I have checked other sites and they have the same problem. It is, therefore, …
Beware the meaning of Facebook Likes. Sometimes – a lot of the time? – they don’t carry the meaning and value that they appear to. For “Facebook Likes” read “Fake Likes”. Once upon a time Facebook “Likes” were genuine. People liked what they saw and said so by clicking the button. These Like buttons …
