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The majority of anti-vaccine claims on social media trace back to a small number of influential figures, according to researchers. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images The majority of anti-vaccine claims on social media trace back to a small number of influential figures, according to researchers. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Researchers have found just 12 people are responsible for the bulk of the misleading claims and outright lies about COVID-19 vaccines that proliferate on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. "The 'Disinformation Dozen' produce 65% of the shares of anti-vaccine misinformation on social media platforms," said Imran Ahmed, chief executive of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which identified the accounts. Now that the vaccine rollout is reaching a critical stage, in which most adults who want the vaccine have gotten it but many others are holding out, these 12 influential social media users stand to have an outsized impact on the outcome.  » Read More

What’s the best time of day to post on Instagram? It might sound like a trivial question, but this is a common question in real estate marketing. It’s critical to know when your target audience is online in order to get them excited about your offerings. We’ve analyzed engagement rates for thousands of posts and found that they peak in the morning, throughout the afternoon and again at night. Our research shows that you should upload your posts in the morning, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. This is the time when people are most active on Instagram, with engagement rates being 25% higher than usual at this time. Engagement rates begin to fall after 1 p.m. and dip below average throughout the afternoon, peaking again at 7 p.m. They fall again from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m., reaching their bottom at 3 a.m. These times are averages, however, so your engagement rate will depend on the type of content you share. The Best Time for Real Estate Professionals to Post on Instagram When posting about real estate, you should do most of your posting during the 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. time period. Checking the hourly average, this is…

Yes, your Grandma has long been on Instagram. We know we’re late, but we’re showing up to the party. Please, head on over to the official Eater Detroit Instagram account and follow us for up-to-date dining news, tasty dishes, and swoon-worth drinks around the city and its ‘burbs. As restaurants continue reopening, we’ll be using our Instagram account to highlight the city’s buzziest new restaurants and cuisine, and share the best destinations for seafood boils, fried chicken sandwiches, coney dogs, and everything else to love about Detroit’s food scene. And because we’re still in a pandemic, we’ll be highlighting who and what is still cooking in home kitchens. Please tag your best food photos with #EaterDetroit (like you already were doing while waiting for us) and we’ll consider sharing them to the account. If you’ve got opinions about the city’s dining scene, chime in on the comments over on Instagram. Thanks so much for your continued support! See you there.

The Pac-12 Conference’s best-kept secret was revealed on Thursday mid-morning when it was announced that George Kliavkoff is the new commissioner hire.Google had to love it.A search for “Kliavkoff” turned up that he is president of Entertainment and Sports at MGM Grand Resorts. He lives in Las Vegas. I presume this means the headquarters and network may one day move to The Strip. No problem there.Twitter had to love it, too.In the last week Kliavkoff’s account had been active promoting that Justin Bieber’s tour making a Las Vegas appearance in 2022 and Dave Chappelle’s upcoming shows in July at MGM Grand. Also, Kliavkoff tweeted that the Aces of Comedy are back at The Mirage. As the news of his hire leaked, Kliavkoff spent some time on Thursday morning following media accounts of those who cover the conference. No problem there, either.LinkedIn had to love the hire, too.A year here. Two years there. Kliavkoff worked at HULU and apparently made the platform a pile of money. He’s also spent time as an executive with MLB Advanced Media and was Chief Digital Officer for NBC Universal Cable and a Board Member at Comcast Ventures. He knows brand, promotion and entertainment. No problem…

One notable platform (and a personal favorite) is LinkedIn, which has proven to be a reigning hub of education, connection and opportunity. Now is the ...

THE CCP Arthouse Cinema salutes the Filipino workers in this month’s film offerings, slated from May 14 to 21 via the CCP Vimeo Channel.Watch selected films and documentaries from Gawad Alternatibo which mirror the daily plight of Filipino workers, our modern day heroes who serve as the foundation of our nation.Take a peek into the lives of factory workers in Jon Red’s Ang Pabrika. In the 10-minute film, for Juaniyo and the rest of the workers, the factory is their life, home and the world.Directed by Cha Escala and Emerald Hidalgo, “Pasko ni Intoy (Intoy’s Christmas)” is a 30-minute video documentary that portrays the bitter-sweet Christmas of a child-laborer in a remote, swampy community in Leyte.To watch the films for free, go to http://vimeo.com/ondemand/ccparthousecinema and use the promo code LABOR. The films on Vimeo on Showcase page will only be accessible on May 14, 3pm until May 21, 2021.

Translate this Story and earn Hornet Points! With more than 30 million users around the world, on any given day the Hornet Feed features slices of life from a wide variety of guys. So in an attempt to highlight the diversity of our userbase and showcase some of our favorite Feed contributions, we’ve gathered our favorite posts from the past week. This week we’re looking at our favorite #MySecretCity posts. The campaign #MySecretCity is a way to show off some of your city’s favorite “hidden gems,” whether it’s your go-to coffee shop, or a special place in a local park where you love to relax. We’ll be on the lookout for more of these #MySecretCity posts, so share your own and be sure to tag them with our special campaign hashtag! Here are our favorite #MySecretCity posts by Hornet users from the past week: 1. Cooper from Thailand (@arme_big) 2. Nomadic Boys from the UK (@nomadicboys) 3. Artois from Turkey (@artois) 4. Mattheus from Brazil (@omattleao) 5. Mizuki from Indonesia (@mizukii) 6. Ebi from Amsterdam (@ebiheykal) 7. Diputra from Indonesia (@silveryfoxy) 8. Top from Thailand (@top.thailand1) 9. Shien from Taiwan (@shien) 10. Can from Turkey (@whatjohndoes) If you’d like to be featured in the Hornet Feed, head here for more info on our Featured Guys,…

Twitter recently made a small but striking change to its interface: It changed the aspect ratio of cropped images on users’ mobile feeds, meaning many photos that would usually be cropped can now be displayed in their entirety. The sudden shift — one among a slew of changes Twitter began testing in March — gave many people the impression that the social media site had done away with automatic image cropping overnight. (In actuality, the old cropping ratio is still in effect on desktop browsers, and cropping is still happening on mobile but in a different ratio.) Once users started noticing, celebrations ensued, with an outpouring of art-sharing, meme-making, and gentle ribbing. The response provides an interesting lesson in how we use social media and why such unexpected changes often become opportunities for vital community building. Welcome to the vertical art party! Two of the fundamental truths about modern social media is that every platform has its own quirks, and that different communities of users evolve and transform these characteristics in a way that makes each platform unique. Whether they’re well-liked, core features (such as Twitter’s overall brevity) or inconveniences users must work around (like Twitter’s lack of an edit…

Social Media Expert & Founder of Snack Toronto.  Getty One major thing that happened as a result of the pandemic was that many brands dramatically increased their spending on social media ads. This, paired with a captive audience of users who were forced to stay home all day with nothing but the internet to keep them occupied, allowed new social media networks to successfully break into the mainstream for the first time in over a decade, the last one being Instagram in 2010.  Last year, TikTok caught a massive break and filled in a gap created by uncertainty and fear about the future. It was easy to zone out on TikTok for a few hours or spend time learning a new dance or trend. We also saw the launch of the invitation-only platform Clubhouse. By keeping it exclusive, this audio-based platform generated huge buzz and now has more than 10 million weekly active users.  » Read More

Rakesh Roshan and son Hrithik dancing at Umang 2015 (Image Credit: AFP)Rakesh Roshan has directed many iconic Bollywood films such as Karan Arjun, Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish and one expects him to be in the news or to trend on Twitter for that very reason, right? But how'd you react if you found that senior Roshan was trending on the microblogging site for his dance skills? Yes, you read that right. It isn't Hrithik this time, but his father whose dance moves have taken the Internet by storm. So how did this all happen? Turns out, on Twitter spaces, a platform where people from across the globe can join and discuss anything they wish to, one of the speakers in one such discussion said Rakesh Roshan was the best dancer in India in the 1980s. And that triggered a meme-fest.Another Twitter user shed light on what led to Rakesh Roshan's name trending on the microblogging site. The user said that on one of the spaces, where a group of people were discussing Telugu cinema, an NTR fan didn't accept that South superstar Chiranjeevi was the best dancer in the country back in the 1980-90s and instead suggested it was Rakesh…