#hashtag controversial post ig

[shoechoe]

whenever i see that "we need to stop demonizing and mistreating men/men can have feelings" type genre of post and one of the points is "men can have personality disorders too" i have to laugh a little... sorry but i do not think the phenomenon of women being labeled with more personality disorders than men is a good argument for men being stigmatized or medically mistreated

[maria-eve-falcon]

THINGS I know about joe alwyn

birthday is 21 feb 1991 (international mother language day )

is a pisces

mom (elizabeth meakins )is a psychotherapist (she is a specialist in eating disorder)

dad (richard alwyn) is a director and was a lecturer in France for some years

height is 6'1 (controversial)

upbringing was upper middle class (they were posh posh)

he went to the same school as Dan Redcliff (city of london) but he was a year older/ younger

he had so long hair that his teach used to tell him to cut it

tom was born in 1989 , 24 aug (1 and some months apart from joe) tom works in as a social worker (tho he originally wanted to be a sports reporter ) he studied from Cambridge

pat in 22 feb , 2003 (literally 12 years apart from joe ) (not confirmed date of birth) (pat is 6'4 btw) (went to a public school unlike joe and tom whom both went to city of london (a more private school)

he is a very caring older brother

they had a family dog named flint (dunno about him now hence the past tense)

liz meakins used to write about them in her the independent column

liz has a book (she dedicated it to her fam) called what will you do with my story

great-grandson of william alwyn (3rd gen neppo but their dynamic with him is weird considering they are the great-grandchildren of olive pull (william's first wife , whom he left for his pupil (doreen) god knows when but william didn't have any children with doreen so..... still 3rd gen neppo)

his great uncle (paternal) nick alwyn was a cricketer

his great uncle (maternal) was bruce kent

his maternal family is part welsh

More dates here!

he was quite active during black lives matter and the george floyd murder and police brutality (the george floyd one is from 27 may 2020, the hashtag with the blackout pick is from june 2 , 2020) he also posted a donation link but I lost the receipts for it.

he was friends / (was together with) shared a dorm with lindsey russell from blue peter who alwyn once commented under his pic during billy lynn season . also there is an infamous article about themfrom a fellow friend of joe's (won't rule it out no nah)

his friends call themselves the frosty crew (they are a group of 6)

niceboy ed is one of his best friends

his best besties are jesse and elenor

one of his ex gf's first insta pic was joe (sorry won't name names)

unconfirmed sources say joe had a gf for 4 years from 15 to 19 years old (who btw was his first gf) . they broke up cause he went to Bristol (they were long term for a year before breaking up)

he's known as the party guy (when he is in the mood ob. like he's also a bit of an introvert)

he loves drinking and eating

he can play guitar

he can do hula hoops

he learnt fencing after watching the zorro movie

he had a fish named rainbow starr whom he found tragically after Christmas in their fridge when he was little

he had a turtle whom he'd call his best friend when he was little

he had platinum blonde hair as a child

he had clown training

his fav place is Cornwall where he's family'd go for vacations

He used to play rugby as a child but dislocated one of his shoulders during a game. Since then he played football mostly.

if zoomed and observed correctly , one can see Joe has a slightly crooked nose. A story is to come ig!

this was his cv:

more on joe from : @rarejoealwyn @joealwyndaily @joealwynspain

most of my source and an additional thanks to @bisluthq and @youareinlovees for being here at the greatest times and giving amazing contents

please feel free to share if you know more!

(i swear there are very important things I'm missing but I dunno why I'm having a brain lag and I'm super lazy soooo)

also ! pics!

rick alwyn

elizabeth meakins , tom alwyn, joe alwyn, pat alwyn :

rosemary meakins (his grandma, maternal), Bruce kent and George kent

[black-butler-confessions]

I think this blog had the potential to be a fun thing for people to participate in but is now mainly a breeding ground for hate.

One person tries to do a good fun thing and all these people just kind of ruined it. It’s your blog and of course run it the way you’d like but I would just like to request you stop using certain hashtags when the confession is hate targeted toward those specific people of the fandom.

Black butler has always had a very toxic fan base but it was easy to block it out when it didn’t show up under specific hashtags.

i didnt think of that,, i was just tryna sort my blog but ig youre right

i tried to keep it nice but then opinions are posted and its hard to keep spaces nice when theres contradicting opinions

as much as i dont want to, i may have to shut down this blog to avoid further stress/controversy. if it keeps going and people keep being mean in my inbox instead of dealing w things personally ill either turn off anons(which feels stupid for a confessions blog) or just turn off asks :(

[evolvingsidekick]

Do you have any more info on what Nessa did? Everyone keeps talking about her but I haven’t been able to work out why everyone hates her

I don't knoe of there's any recent ones but I know some like 2021 or earlier. I put some things in () that I have heard of but personally have not seen screenshots/other evidence to support them

Tl;dr: people think that she is going too far with her fanhood and even trying to befriend dancers (usually minors and even minis/juniors), especially given the behaviour she has shown before with minors.

- generally she becomes kinda obsessed with dancers, esp. Larkin (both in MN), she goes to comps, opts to be a room monitor to see them, has visited Larkin, I think she's said that she has assisted a stretch class there – all this considering her only tie to this is being a fanpage on social media

- well the Sav K thing, she was pretty obsessed with her and got a phone case and a shirt with her picture. (haven't seen evidence: I heard that she found out her address at some point)

- apparently she used to talk to kids about her sh and k*lling herself in dms (don't remember seeing evidence: threatened dancers like "I'll k*ll myself if you don't follow")

- made some joke/comment like "do you think [popular male teen dancer] m*sturbates"

- literally has like 10 different accounts to follow people that blocked her

- this is kinda confusing to explain bc I don't remember all details but apparently Ellie W bullied her in a stream (idk) and she has brought it up many times when talking about Ellie's controversial things, but if anyone else brings it up (not even with her name, just saying "Ellie bullied a fan once") she'd say that they have moved on from that. Maybe this is not problematic but which one is it?

My personal experience with her (apart from the Ellie thing): When I used to have an ig page, I posted something (don't remember what, potentially related to BTF) and she like freaked out at me like "delete this, this dancer and her mom might see this and be upset" like girl? I didn't even mention any specific dancer on the post, that dancer was not tagged, they didn't follow me, I wasn't a very big account and didn't use hashtags

[cobreja88]

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[cjbolan]

UPDATE: Thanks to one of my mutuals, found this drawing is still in the results for other IG accounts! And for users without an account. It’s just blocked on my end. Maybe my hashtags got hijacked by bot/spam accounts so IG shadowbanned this as damage control. Or IG just has a glitch I can do nothing about.

Still mad about my Emily Windsnap fanart getting shadow-banned. For some reason this drawing won’t show in any Instagram search results. Despite not violating any Community Guidelines. Why? Does this go against their Recommendations Guidelines? Because I drew a pregnant woman? Is human pregnancy really “upsetting, offensive, or sensitive”? It’s not like I drew Mary P. giving birth. I know showing pregnant women in media used to be controversial but… I’ll be disappointed if people still think that now. Keep in mind , I didn’t receive any “Community Guidelines” warning while posting this. Also I’m well aware of this site’s double standard censoring only female nudity. Not surprised if Instagram has a similar policy with depicting female bodies. Social media is just very weird about women.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Pretend for a moment you’re a teenager again. You’re still on cloud nine from that amazing concert you went to last week—on a school day, no less—with all of your friends and classmates, not to mention your crush. You sang, you laughed, you heard a pretty moving story about a girl in Kenya, and you sat through some semi-boring speeches—then you finally got to see Shawn Mendes perform live and you definitely made your followers jealous by posting it on IG Stories, Snapchat AND TikTok.

That concert you attended wasn’t a concert at all—not in the traditional sense, anyway. It was a youth rally called WE Day. The price of admission: a few acts of goodwill and volunteering projects you did with your classmates (and the permission slip from your parents).

WE Day, an event that many Canadians have either heard about, watched on television (CTV was a media partner) or online, or have even attended or sent their children to, is the flagship event hosted by Toronto-based WE Charity. It’s held in more than 15 cities across Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, features star-studded performances and motivational speeches from the likes of Selena Gomez, Malala Yousafzai, Nelly Furtado and Justin Trudeau (both as a private citizen and as prime minister) and has been attended by 1 million young people to date.

WE Charity calls WE Day “the greatest celebration of social good”; it’s also been the cornerstone to the organization’s meteoric rise to international fame and strong standing in the humanitarian, entertainment and corporate communities. And, lately, it’s been central in national media coverage about questionable practices that the organization has taken in its quest to change the world.

The charity has been under increasing scrutiny over the past month for having accepted a sole-sourced contract from the federal government that would have seen them distribute nearly $1 billion worth of summer student volunteer grants, sparking the hashtag #WeHaveAProblem. The deal fell through after WE pulled out amid ethics concerns that the Trudeau family has longstanding ties to the charity. In addition to Justin Trudeau’s participation with WE Day, it was revealed that WE paid Margaret Trudeau (Justin’s mother) and Alexandre Trudeau (Justin’s brother) between $250,000 and $320,000 each for their speeches at events. Other speakers were told that they would not be paid; notably, Jully Black posted a video on Instagram about her shady experiences with the organization. And this is all just a wormhole into the complicated, controversial and downright confusing operations of this very prolific Canadian charity.

Continue Reading.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada

[igcontentcreator]

6 Tips to Fix your Instagram Engagement

Ah, the ever-elusive Instagram engagement rate...

Instagram can still be the sweetheart it once used to be...but only if you give it what it wants 💜.

Here are my top 6 strategies to increase your engagement rate.

Discover Your Best Time to Post

Posting when your audience is most active is a quick and easy win. The easiest way to find out is to click on your profile>insights>followers.

Start CONVERSATIONS with stories stickers

A great way to increase engagement is to create conversations. It is a sure-fire way to gain more trust and authority on the platform.

Encourage your followers to engage by using the question, slide to reach, and poll. And get specific. For example, if creating a poll of "Have you had breakfast yet", avoid using "Yes" or "No" as the options but instead use "Hell Yeah!" or "Can You Suggest". This creates an opportunity to DM your follower.

Discuss controversial topics

This can be really tricky as you don't want to show a stance that could affect yourself. But instead, ask your followers to share their opinion on a particular topic.

Go live with a similar account (preferably not a competitor)

Ever notice you get a notification whenever someone is live on IG? Also, I'd encourage you to invite your followers to join in the chat for some questions or just to say hi. IG will notify their followers as well that this particular person is live now.

Experiment with different post types

Instagram account can get a bit "stale". It doesn't excite their followers anymore as it's soo predictable.

Engage with other accounts

@thestevenmellor posted about the 10x2 method. If you haven't heard of it, basically:

Engage with 10 hashtags of your niche and 10 similar accounts of yours - leave 2 forms of engagement on their page (stories, comments or answering others comments).

There you have it guys. These are my top 6 tips to boost your engagement.

What do you think of this, or which one is your fav? Let me know in the comments ⤵️.

P/S: Tmr I will share how your engagement rate can tank, hitting rock bottom. Don't want to miss this as I see lots of people falling for this.

[youngandhungryent]

Megan Thee Stallion Claps Back At Haters With Graphic Post-Op IG Pic Of Gunshot Wound

Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz

Megan Thee Stallion is clapping back at haters who have something to say about her recent activities after being shot.

On Wednesday (Aug 19) the “Captain Hook” rapper took to Instagram in a since-deleted post and shared a post-op picture of herself in the doctor’s office during a check-up in response to trolls claiming she embellished about being shot.

In the caption, Megan details how the bullet actually penetrated her foot before noting that she was shot “from the back” while “walking away.”

“Lol what I have learned abt majority of the people on social media is y’all like to hear bad news before good news, a lie spreads quicker than the truth, and y’all really be believing the shit YALL make up… I got hit at the back of my feet because when I got shot I was WALKING AWAY FACING THE BACK. why would I lie abt getting shot? Why are y’all so upset that I don’t wanna be in the bed sad ? Why y’all upset that I can walk ? I got my stitches out my feet like 2 weeks ago and I was ready to go celebrate WAP going number1… I usually don’t address internet bullshit but y’all people are so sick! God was really watching over me and I’m healing so well! Sorry I’m not as sad and miserable as a lot of y’all lol but ima keep being Megan Thee Mf STALLION”

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#MeganTheeStallion shares a picture of the foot injury she sustained during the shooting involving #ToryLanez (SWIPE) Wishing Megan a speedy recovery

A post shared by The Shade Room (@theshaderoom) on Aug 19, 2020 at 9:42am PDT

Megan’s update comes fresh on the heels of the H-Town hottie and Cardi B being called out by conservatives and ashy folks for their controversial smash “WAP.” Despite the push back, the two ladies have achieved massive success with their new single, taking over the No. 1 debut on the Billboard Hot 100.

To celebrate the success, the “Drip” rapper and the “Girls in the Hood” hottie teamed up with Cash App today (Aug. 19) to give $1 million on Twitter in a way to honor women during the viral conversation about female empowerment following the song’s release on Aug. 7. The #WAPParty giveaway happening today through tomorrow, Aug. 20 is the largest-ever cash giveaway on Twitter, and the hashtag is currently the No. 1 trend on Twitter in the U.S.

“To all everyone supporting #WAP we see you!! we’re partnering with Twitter and Cash App to celebrate all the powerful women out there by giving away a total of $1 million dollars,” Megan wrote on Twitter. “how can some $ help you or a woman you know right now? drop your $cashtag and use #WAPParty.”

To all everyone supporting #WAP we see you!! we’re partnering with Twitter and Cash App to celebrate all the powerful women out there by giving away a total of  $1 million dollars. 

how can some $ help you or a woman you know right now?

drop your $cashtag and use #WAPParty pic.twitter.com/OF2Y5v3UQx

— HOT GIRL MEG (@theestallion) August 19, 2020

As if the controversy wasn’t tough enough, the rappers also revealed the official lyric video today, with an even larger freak factor. The Yasha Gruben-directed visual spotlights an onlooker who stumbles upon an adult video store, but what he discovers through the neon pink peephole isn’t the average peep show.

Check out the new visual below.

source https://hiphopwired.com/899715/megan-thee-stallion-claps-back-at-haters-with-graphic-post-op-ig-pic-of-gunshot-wound/

[clarencenicholsonata]

Instagram Engagement Strategies to Beat the Algorithm

Noticed your Instagram engagement plummeting recently? Likes not coming as easily as they used to? Comments less frequent?

You’re not the only one. Across the board, influencers and social media managers have reported that their accounts have been seeing lackluster metrics, despite no changes in steady strategies.

This might be because of many things. With the discover feed feeling more like advertising space, Instagram experimenting with hiding likes and offering little guidance for companies, the platform has become a guessing game for marketing professionals.

Luckily, there’s something that is algorithm-proof: genuine connection with your audience. Here are a few Instagram engagement strategies to get your stats back up and climbing.

Strategy One: Use Instagram like an Instagrammer.

Despite its immense capabilities as an e-commerce platform, Instagram was built (and continues to be) a social network.

If you have your own personal Instagram account, you know that there’s still genuine enjoyment in scrolling, discovering, liking and interacting with other users. Try and rediscover that with your brand account. You’ll see the results reflected in your engagement!

1. Give to Get: Comment, Like & Share

via GIPHY

Instagram is rolling out a controversial plan to hide likes, but until then, they are still powerful currency when communicating with other users and followers on the platform.

Get into the habit of commenting on other prolific or responsive users. If likes do indeed go the way of Periscope (RIP), users will remember the brands and accounts that developed genuine relationships with them through interaction.

Its effort-intensive, and having a member of your team dedicating part of their day to social media management will help.

2. Find and follow other accounts you’re interested in.

It’s time to rediscover the ‘Discover’ feed and make fresh new connections. See who else is active in your circles and your spheres: who is giving the best advice, producing the most creative content, who has the freshest voice.

If they’re great at using IG, you can learn a thing or two from their feed, and if they’re actively engaging (which will be more important to drive success on the platform), then you can both benefit more a reciprocal arrangement.

3. Try an Insta-Takeover!

This is a fun and popular technique that lets a staff member, influencer, thought leader or celebrity take over your account for the day, whether that's for straightforward posts or through stories or live streams.

This does two things: it brings their followers to your account and brings your followers to their work (heightening both your profiles), and takes the work off of you scheduling content for a day!

It can also be incredibly effective. Check out this partnership between Stella Artois and Matt Damon, working for Water.org.

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Millions of people live without access to clean water. Thanks to Stella Artois' partnership with Water.org, every pour can help give access to clean water to someone who needs it. And that's how you #PourItForward. Enjoy Stella Artois. Give water. Change lives. See the link in our bio to learn more @water

A post shared by Stella Artois (@stellaartois) on Feb 12, 2019 at 2:03pm PST

Coming far second to the fact that this was a great thing for the brand to support, the campaign was a hit, by Stella's standards and others.

We know it can feel risky ceding control of your account, so if it helps, you can establish some quick and friendly guidelines over what guest takeovers are prohibited from posting (e.g. no using profanity, no promoting political agendas).

Strategy Two: Use Instagram Like an Extension of Your Service

In a hectic month, it’s easy to throw up some motivational quotes, some smiling staff photos and call it a content strategy.

However, Instagram is a content distribution channel, and although many users are scrolling past very quickly, some are actively paying attention to what’s appearing on their screens, some are actively being funneled to your website, some are actively converting: these are the users you need to be thinking about and catering to.

Treat Instagram with the same care you would your Facebook or your blog, and watch your ROI increase.

4. Do a Content Audit

Do a thorough check of what’s really hit home with your audience - not just what got the most likes, but what sparked discussion, what stories people stayed on rather than skipped, what polls people answered, what posts got you follows (or unfollowed!) and learn from that.

Our audiences don’t necessarily respond to the same content we do, and we can learn a lot from keeping our ears open and being mindful that our personal opinions aren’t always the best barometers for what the most interesting topics are.

5. Hold contests and giveaways.

Contests? On Instagram? Yes! An underestimated tool, contests and giveaways are a proven way to get your audience excited about your products and brand. As powerful as they are, social media contests need effort and some degree of expertise to run.

Within this one strategy, there are myriad possibilities: you can do giveaways, hashtag contests, photo contests, caption contests: there are so many ways to generate interests and interaction with your users, and this remains one of the top ways to leverage Instagram's set up and capabilities for your company and your followers.

10 Amazing Instagram Contest Examples (Critiqued)

How to Run a Successful Instagram Competition

5 Instagram Contest Strategies with Examples

6. Use it as an Engine for User Generated Content

Hashtags are one of the best ways to harvest user-generated content from dedicated followers. By repeatedly using your own hashtag and encouraging others to use it, you can build loyalty and connect your product with a movement.

Take #AerieReal, for example. The brand has built up a reputation and an image around making clothes for women of all sizes and shapes. Their models are known for representing real women from all walks of life - from size to ethnicity to neurodiversity.

Their hashtag #AerieReal encourages women to celebrate what makes them unique, and women have contributed while wearing Aerie’s products.

Strategy Three: Use Instagram As a Creative Outlet

Initially, the platform’s square photos and grid layout may seem restrictive, but Instagram’s restrictions give you ample room to be innovative and captivating with your brand image.

7. Get playful with your feed

We’re consistently amazed at the creativity we see on Instagram feeds! For some inspiration, check out SkedSocial’s guide to Instagram Aesthetics.

For two examples, check out how Boss Babe Inc, a motivational brand for women, alternates between pink and white squares for a checkerboard effect, which is a highly effective aesthetic, and a great tactic for brands which may not have a lot of photo content, but want to keep up a consistent posting schedule.

On the other end of the spectrum, there’s Mr. Doodle’s series: he’s great at doing clear, high quality, similar themed posts. While his doodles could seem repetitive if he kept posting the same thing, he’s great at mixing it up by changing the angle or focus of his posts but keeping the overall feel of his account pleasing, playful and cohesive by maintaining a theme for a limited period, then moving on.

8. Start experimenting with IGTV

Although the platform was launched in 2018, it has yet to find a distinctive audience or establish itself as a reliable source for certain niches or popular markets. The platform is new and still in its potential stage - one that is also undergoing massive shifts.

The great aspect of this is that it represents a rare opportunity: the chance to get access to a massive audience and the chance to take real creative risks with your brand. For creative brands, IGTV offers a much greater breadth of expression. Videos can be up to 10 minutes long. For verified accounts or accounts with large followings, videos can be up to an hour.

They can be portrait or landscape, and decently high resolution.

Check out The Economist’s use of IGTV:

Also, MTV’s 60-second drawing series, which had celebrities sketching their own album covers in less than a minute. It’s a simple concept, and takes almost no set-up to execute, but is captivating and showcases the celebrities and MTV’s brand. See, for example, Lizzo drawing the cover for her album ‘Juice’.

Summary

This might seem overwhelming at first, but the key is to start slow and work these strategies into your workflow, rather than starting them all at once.

As a recap, here are the steps you can take to boost your engagement strategy.

Give to get: Comment & Like

Find and follow other accounts you’re interested in.

Try an Insta-Takeover!

Do a Content Audit

Hold contests and giveaways.

Use it as an Engine for User Generated Content

Get playful with your feed

Start experimenting with IGTV

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[richmarc]

Update on paper #100117

So seeing that i never really admit my problems i tend to write my facts on paper but never all in the same breath or at the sametime, ill let my guard down for this second cause i simply need to clear my mind

Dear Tumblr,

I apologize that i have returned in a moments notice and i know I've been gone for a while. A bunch of controversial drafted post sitting in my file to never see the light of day and fears....excuses as to why i stuck with you so long. I remember when you were as private as a joke carved into a bathroom stall door, now your like the gossip newsletter flying around campus streets. I got dicouraged, knowing i was writing what I considered at the time "blue magic" and my product wasn't reaching the customers in mass quantity.

Lately i have been soul searchimg and quite frankly I didn't find what i was looking for from the moment i left, but i confide in you cause beneath the codes and backgrounds of what you are and the freedom I believe you give me, i feel as if though i have the power to make my stream line of data you keep my world. Ive changed in so many ways and have yet to dound a way to be satisfied by you, so like a battered relationship i guess for now I'll stick with you cause you and I are misunderstood and "I know you love me... i know you do <movie quote "

So ill share how shitty I feel and see what you or the universe will have to say about my open letter to you..

I have been wasting my time with females that i deemed to be a fit for me, just to be dissapointed at the end that they be on some bullshit.

I had a beautiful daughter that i don't have the honor nor the pleasure to be around, because we live in different places and I dedicate my life and time to working and making sure she has a future when she grows up and its not possible where she currently resides. Upon visits their always arguments and fucking ridicule from family begging me to sink everything thats for my daughter down the drain and restart because the memories are more important.

My daughters mother i love with all My heart and never thought I'll see the day we gotta be like this... madd some decisions that wasnt keen as to why we are where we are...on top of the fact that its been years now and forgiveness lesson i still haven't learned. I've told this woman my greatest fears of never wanting my daughter to wake up without me there and etc... and its not easy scraping the plate completely fucking clean to someone who ACCIDENTALLY made you live out that nightmare

So.....suicide would be pointless and selfish now cause you dont live for you cause the moment i seen my daughter and she seen me...I've glady destroyed my world and soley been working to build hers...cause despite the situation im first and foremost a fucking proud parent.

Not eveyone knows she exists, the world is becoming a encyclopedia of open information. Google face recognizing this mf been in multiple pics with you, that you took a shit in this Macy's and their reviews are 4.5, or you spent the weekend in Birmingham's motel 6 and you didn't state how you like your stay.... so due to the confusion i just state needless to say something thats so near and dear to me i don't post, comment, hashtag on cause the world doesn't need to join in that aspect of my life right now. I wanted to take it like it was when I was a kid, you know no twitters and ig's, summers actually spent outside maybe 2 people on the block with a Nintendo but yall all shared games... it funny some people cant remember what they wrote a year ago yet... a memory like that can never be clouded nor replaced..

I work 17hrs out of 24hr days for people who use me like an ox pulling A plough through a fucking field....

Lol... trynna be nice and not simply state its like being what african american always considers on topics pointed to racism... but you get the jist. Knowing everyday your mind wonders off and consider you better, knowing you can do better than this hoping and wishing the boss will shown you some love for a meal ticket to eat and thats no anology js......

To a man who appears to have the comparison of a marshmallow but not in wieght and stature, but color and feelings... dexterities very bleek and immobile. The kind of guy my father say look out for cause they can never look you in your eyes.

Trying to move up in the company and do something i consider something that'll be worth missing my daughters 1st etcs..... had the interviews a month's ago. A flood hits florida and somehow that had something to do with mu fucking response to advancing or not cause some asswipe want to go down and volunteer knowing he's going for the same postion I am and we gotta wait for this non relevant mf to come back to have a "fair shot" are you fucking kidding me? There's 2 slots open and im staring at what I want just fucking sitting there dusting... ok...

My bestfriend that I've loved since I was 15, come to find out basically been lying to me the past couple of years sending me mixed signals about what our relationship is and what it could be and all along she thought lying to me about being happy with the mf she's with and randomly coming up pregnant with twins with the mf was gonna hurt my feelings if she just kept it honest and told me i never had a shot to begin with, meanwhile leaving me looking like the thrist-bucket who's been chasing her and she never looked as like she wronged me...hmmm then to turn around and find another mf you know whos near and dear done the same thing and hid a pregnancy cause they didnt know how you'll feel

Friends are becoming distance from multiple sides of the globe,with the exception of the 3 goats you always keep, love....? Ummm next,

The new company who bought your apt complex decides to waltz they ass in ya spot to call bullshit and try to charge you $300 for something

Uhhhh you get the picture

I say all thst to say it's been a rough little min, thats for those who actually noticed my absence... I'm trying to contain the balst radius for when imma lose it, but this 2'5 9month tape recorder keeps me in check from losing it all and making me retain humbleness, even in my worst of times.....

Consider this a memoir for when I actually get to the sweetspot of life ,the scallops and stallions for breakfast portion

But fuck it we all human I just don't have a problem admitting the shits thats been killing me...

Until I need you again Tum tum

Sincerely yours,

Hypno Umbrella

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what im going to say is probably going to sound rly controversial to a lot of you cause a lot of you are from my ig and a lot of you know me from there but im rly starting to believe in MANY cases social media just gets in the way of real tangible activism. I feel like by being a Tumblr/instagram activist and dedicating too much time to both apps (which I use to do a looot so i’m pretty much also talking about myself here) you end up fooling yourself whether consciously or subconsciously into thinking that thats enough that reposting the hashtag BLM is enough or refugees welcome or whatever is enough you’re too focused on your ‘online life’ basically to the point that a lot of the time you end up forgetting real offline life and the fact these hashtags and posts and whatnot only really matter if you take an ACTIVE stance on those beliefs you are promoting online because the reason you're promoting those beliefs online is literally just so MORE people actively fight for them, reposting a ‘refugee welcome’ post for example is meaningless if you dont actively fight for refugees. Whether its by fighting your gov for refugees to be let in by protesting, emailing your government officials, petitioning, raising money for refugees etc... etc.. its not because you took care (if thats the right way to put it) of your ‘online life’ basically that that’s enough you also have to care about real offline life but with how connected we are to our online life I do genuinely genuinely think (again whether subconciously or not) that we also forgot about real outside life. We’re just so plugged in that we’re disconnected. And,besides, y’know, you dont rly need to constantly post about your activism not that that doesn't have an upside a lot of the time it can be positive but I think the truth of the matter is that a lot of the time ppl who post a lot about their activism are more concerned about their image than the actual protesting they took part in theyre more focused on taking good selfies of themselves good photos of people marching y’know just use real life to enhance their online life basically I think online activism causes our activism a lot of the time to be superficial and thats why its important to sometimes take a step back from ig and Tumblr and all that and hang out with Syrians, Iraqis, Palestinian, black people etc.. irl and actually try to ACTIVELY understand their struggles because behind a screen some conversation and actions just become a lot less meaningful. dk if im explaining this well but

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Want to get followers fast for your Instagram account? Read these tips

Instagram, a picture sharing platform owned by Facebook is one of the best marketing tools available today. On this platform, you can share images or videos with your followers privately or publicly. There are over 1 billion monthly active users on Instagram as per the latest survey.

As a brand, you must have an account on IG so that you can reach maximum users within minutes. But your Instagram account will only work when you have a maximum number of followers.

Having a good number of Instagram followers is crucial for a brand that is looking to drive that traffic to their online business. It is quite a task to get legit followers who are loyal to your brand, but here let’s discuss some tried and tested tips that will help you get more followers.

Ensure your account is public

It is quite obvious that a brand should have a public account, but still, it is worth mentioning. Having a private account is great when it’s a personal account. But when you are marketing your business, going public so that all users can see your profile is the best thing.

Post consistently

 If your business IG account is dormant for a long time, people will start to unfollow you. That is why ensure that you post consistently. It doesn’t have to be five times a day, but one time a day for the whole week. If you can come with quality content, you can post as often as ten times a day, but maintain that throughout the week because your followers expect you to.

Buy real Instagram followers

It is a controversial tip, as some people are against it. But for a new brand, who honestly sells an authentic product, but because they are new, they don’t get many followers. In such a case, tie-up with a firm who helps you connect with real followers and buy real followers and likes and views from them.

Use Hashtags to your advantage

Hashtags on IG is used to filter images or videos according to their subject or theme. When you search for content using popular hashtags, all content related to it will come to the users feed. If you want your content to get more exposure, use popular and relevant hashtags on your post. You can also create your own hashtags. IG allows 30 of them per post, but you should limit them to 10-15.

Timing is important

If you post your best work when your followers are sleeping or in office, it will have no engagement. So, timing your post is important, before work and after work is the best time to post. Also, it can depend on your target audience so research about them well.

Follow other people and influencers

To get more followers, follow other people and influencer in your niche. When you follow people, they usually follow you back. Also, like and comment on their images/videos so that you appeal to them and their followers.

Captions for call to action

Captions are a great way to get people to follow you and check out your website. So, write unique and captivating captions that encourage people to click on your business link.

With a little effort, you will get maximum followers on Instagram. It is a great tool to reach a global audience, use it carefully.

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Facebook’s handling of Alex Jones is a microcosm of its content policy problem

A revealing cluster of emails reviewed by Business Insider and Channel 4 News offers a glimpse at the fairly chaotic process of how Facebook decides which content crosses the line. In this instance, a group of executives at Facebook went hands-on in determining if an Instagram post by the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones violated the platform’s community standards.

To make that determination, 20 Facebook and Instagram executives hashed it out over the Jones post, which depicted a mural known as “False Profits” by the artist Mear One. Facebook began debating the post after it was flagged by Business Insider for kicking up anti-Semitic comments on Wednesday.

The company removed 23 of 500 comments on the post that it interpreted to be in clear violation of Facebook policy. Later in the conversation, some of the U.K.-based Instagram and Facebook executives on the email provided more context for their U.S.-based peers.

Last year, a controversy over the same painting erupted when British politician Jeremy Corbyn argued in support of the mural’s creator after the art was removed from a wall in East London due to what many believed to be anti-Semitic overtones. Because of that, the image and its context are likely better known in the U.K., a fact that came up in Facebook’s discussion over how to handle the Jones post.

“This image is widely acknowledged to be anti-Semitic and is a famous image in the U.K. due to public controversy around it,” one executive said. “If we go back and say it does not violate we will be in for a lot criticism.”

Ultimately, after some back and forth, the post was removed.

According to the emails, Alex Jones’ Instagram account “does not currently violate [the rules]” as “an IG account has to have at least 30% of content violating at any given time as per our regular guidelines.” That fact might prove puzzling once you know that Alex Jones got his main account booted off Facebook itself in 2018 — and the company did another sweep for Jones-linked pages last month.

Whether you agree with Facebook’s content moderation decisions or not, it’s impossible to argue that they are consistently enforced. In the latest example, the company argued over a single depiction of a controversial image even as the same image is literally for sale by the artist elsewhere on both Instagram and Facebook. (As any Facebook reporter can attest, these inconsistencies will probably be resolved shortly after this story goes live.)

The artist himself sells its likeness on a t-shirt on both Instagram and Facebook and numerous depictions of the same image appear on various hashtags. And even after the post was taken down, Jones displayed it prominently in his Instagram story, declaring that the image “is just about monopoly men and the class struggle” and decrying Facebook’s “crazy-level censorship.”

It’s clear that even as Facebook attempts to make strides, its approach to content moderation remains reactive, haphazard and probably too deeply preoccupied with public perception. Some cases of controversial content are escalated all the way to the top while others languish, undetected. Where the line is drawn isn’t particularly clear. And even when high-profile violations are determined, it’s not apparent that those case studies meaningfully trickle down to clarify smaller, everyday decisions by content moderators on Facebook’s lower rungs.

As always, the squeaky wheel gets the grease — but two billion users and reactive rather than proactive policy enforcement means there’s an endless sea of ungreased wheels drifting around. This problem isn’t unique to Facebook, but given its scope, it does make the biggest case study in what can go wrong when a platform scales wildly with little regard for the consequences.

Unfortunately for Facebook, it’s yet another lose-lose situation of its own making. During its intense, extended growth spurt, Facebook allowed all kinds of potentially controversial and dangerous content to flourish for years. Now, when the company abruptly cracks down on accounts that violate its longstanding policies forbidding hate speech, divisive figures like Alex Jones can cry censorship, roiling hundreds of thousands of followers in the process.

Like other tech companies, Facebook is now paying mightily for the worry-free years it enjoyed before coming under intense scrutiny for the toxic side effects of all that growth. And until Facebook develops a more uniform interpretation of its own community standards — one the company enforces from the bottom up rather than the top down — it’s going to keep taking heat on all sides.

Update: A Facebook spokesperson has provided the following statement regarding the news:

“We want people to be able to express themselves freely on our platforms, but we also want to make sure that hate speech comes down. That is why we have public rules about what is and isn’t allowed on Facebook and Instagram. As this exchange shows, deciding what content stays up and who can use our platforms is one of the hardest decisions we have to make as a company and it’s sensible that we take the time to get it right.”

Facebook has removed 4 Infowars pages — but not because of fake news

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Facebook’s handling of Alex Jones is a microcosm of its content policy problem

A revealing cluster of emails leaked to Business Insider offers a glimpse at how Facebook decides what content is objectionable in high profile cases. In this instance, a group of executives at Facebook went hands on in determining if an Alex Jones Instagram post violated the platform’s terms of service or not.

As Business Insider reports, 20 Facebook and Instagram executives hashed it out over the Jones post, which depicted a mural known as “False Profits” by the artist Mear One. Facebook began debating the post after it was flagged by Business Insider for kicking up anti semitic comments on Wednesday.

The company removed 23 of 500 comments on the post that it interpreted to be in clear violation of Facebook policy. Later in the conversation, some of the UK-based Instagram and Facebook executives on the email provided more context for their US-based peers.

Last year, a controversy over the same painting erupted when British politician Jeremy Corbyn argued in support of the mural’s creator after the art was removed from a wall in East London due what many believed to be antisemitic overtones. Because of that, the image and its context are likely better known in the UK, a fact that came up in Facebook’s discussion over how to handle the Jones post.

“This image is widely acknowledged to be anti-Semitic and is a famous image in the UK due to public controversy around it,” one executive said. “If we go back and say it does not violate we will be in for a lot criticism.”

Ultimately, after some back and forth, the post was removed.

According to the emails, Alex Jones’ Instagram account “does not currently violate [the rules]” as “an IG account has to have at least 30% of content violating at any given time as per our regular guidelines.” That fact might prove puzzling once you know that Alex Jones got his main account booted off Facebook itself in 2018 — and the company did another sweep for Jones-linked pages last month.

Whether you agree with Facebook’s content moderation decisions or not, it’s impossible to argue that they are consistently enforced. In the latest example, the company argued over a single depiction of a controversial image even as the same image is literally for sale by the artist elsewhere on both on Instagram and Facebook. (As any Facebook reporter can attest, these inconsistencies will probably be resolved shortly after this story goes live.)

The artist himself sells its likeness on a t-shirt on both Instagram and Facebook and numerous depictions of the same image appear on various hashtags. And even after the post was taken down, Jones displayed it prominently in his Instagram story, declaring that the image “is just about monopoly men and the class struggle” and decrying Facebook’s “crazy-level censorship.”

It’s clear that even as Facebook attempts to make strides, its approach to content moderation remains reactive, haphazard and probably too deeply preoccupied with public perception. Some cases of controversial content are escalated all the way to the top while others languish, undetected. Where the line is drawn isn’t particularly clear. And even when high profile violations are determined, it’s not apparent that those case studies meaningfully trickle down clarify smaller, everyday decisions by content moderators on Facebook’s lower rungs.

As always, the squeaky wheel gets the grease — but two billion users and reactive rather than proactive policy enforcement means that there’s an endless sea of ungreased wheels drifting around. This problem isn’t unique to Facebook, but given its scope, it does make the biggest case study in what can go wrong when a platform scales wildly with little regard for the consequences.

Unfortunately for Facebook, it’s yet another lose-lose situation of its own making. During its intense, extended growth spurt, Facebook allowed all kinds of potentially controversial and dangerous content to flourish for years. Now, when the company abruptly cracks down on accounts that violate its longstanding policies forbidding hate speech, divisive figures like Alex Jones can cry censorship, roiling hundreds of thousands of followers in the process.

Like other tech companies, Facebook is now paying mightily for the worry-free years it enjoyed before coming under intense scrutiny for the toxic side effects of all that growth. And until Facebook develops a more uniform interpretation of its own community standards — one the company enforces from the bottom up rather than the top down — it’s going to keep taking heat on all sides.

Facebook has removed 4 Infowars pages — but not because of fake news

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Facebook’s handling of Alex Jones is a microcosm of its content policy problem

A revealing cluster of emails leaked to Business Insider offers a glimpse at how Facebook decides what content is objectionable in high profile cases. In this instance, a group of executives at Facebook went hands on in determining if an Alex Jones Instagram post violated the platform’s terms of service or not.

As Business Insider reports, 20 Facebook and Instagram executives hashed it out over the Jones post, which depicted a mural known as “False Profits” by the artist Mear One. Facebook began debating the post after it was flagged by Business Insider for kicking up anti semitic comments on Wednesday.

The company removed 23 of 500 comments on the post that it interpreted to be in clear violation of Facebook policy. Later in the conversation, some of the UK-based Instagram and Facebook executives on the email provided more context for their US-based peers.

Last year, a controversy over the same painting erupted when British politician Jeremy Corbyn argued in support of the mural’s creator after the art was removed from a wall in East London due what many believed to be antisemitic overtones. Because of that, the image and its context are likely better known in the UK, a fact that came up in Facebook’s discussion over how to handle the Jones post.

“This image is widely acknowledged to be anti-Semitic and is a famous image in the UK due to public controversy around it,” one executive said. “If we go back and say it does not violate we will be in for a lot criticism.”

Ultimately, after some back and forth, the post was removed.

According to the emails, Alex Jones’ Instagram account “does not currently violate [the rules]” as “an IG account has to have at least 30% of content violating at any given time as per our regular guidelines.” That fact might prove puzzling once you know that Alex Jones got his main account booted off Facebook itself in 2018 — and the company did another sweep for Jones-linked pages last month.

Whether you agree with Facebook’s content moderation decisions or not, it’s impossible to argue that they are consistently enforced. In the latest example, the company argued over a single depiction of a controversial image even as the same image is literally for sale by the artist elsewhere on both on Instagram and Facebook. (As any Facebook reporter can attest, these inconsistencies will probably be resolved shortly after this story goes live.)

The artist himself sells its likeness on a t-shirt on both Instagram and Facebook and numerous depictions of the same image appear on various hashtags. And even after the post was taken down, Jones displayed it prominently in his Instagram story, declaring that the image “is just about monopoly men and the class struggle” and decrying Facebook’s “crazy-level censorship.”

It’s clear that even as Facebook attempts to make strides, its approach to content moderation remains reactive, haphazard and probably too deeply preoccupied with public perception. Some cases of controversial content are escalated all the way to the top while others languish, undetected. Where the line is drawn isn’t particularly clear. And even when high profile violations are determined, it’s not apparent that those case studies meaningfully trickle down clarify smaller, everyday decisions by content moderators on Facebook’s lower rungs.

As always, the squeaky wheel gets the grease — but two billion users and reactive rather than proactive policy enforcement means that there’s an endless sea of ungreased wheels drifting around. This problem isn’t unique to Facebook, but given its scope, it does make the biggest case study in what can go wrong when a platform scales wildly with little regard for the consequences.

Unfortunately for Facebook, it’s yet another lose-lose situation of its own making. During its intense, extended growth spurt, Facebook allowed all kinds of potentially controversial and dangerous content to flourish for years. Now, when the company abruptly cracks down on accounts that violate its longstanding policies forbidding hate speech, divisive figures like Alex Jones can cry censorship, roiling hundreds of thousands of followers in the process.

Like other tech companies, Facebook is now paying mightily for the worry-free years it enjoyed before coming under intense scrutiny for the toxic side effects of all that growth. And until Facebook develops a more uniform interpretation of its own community standards — one the company enforces from the bottom up rather than the top down — it’s going to keep taking heat on all sides.

Facebook has removed 4 Infowars pages — but not because of fake news

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