“On a societal level, what happens to community when people don't have time to gather or connect, in person, not just over social media? Not having time off becomes a public-interest issue. It means the erosion of social bonds, less civic contribution and participation. Loneliness is on the rise in North America; we find ourselves too busy for true connection, prioritizing work over life.” PeopleMeanCommunityLonelinessBusySocial MediaParticipationToo BusyPrioritize Author:Katrina Onstad
“Social media has created an awesome platform not only for the fans to be able to communicate directly with the artist, but for new artists to have a platform to share music. As far as me, I love it because it allows the fans to connect with me.” ArtistShareCommunicateSocial Media Author:LeToya Luckett
“I think TV companies don't take as many risks any more, it's a bit more prescriptive. There are more channels but there seems to be actually less main network channel comedy. You can't offend people as easily, people take things very seriously now. I think that's down to social media though because people can have little tribes of offence.” PeopleThinkingComedyRiskSocial Media Author:Jennifer Saunders
“I think in television you have an ever-closer bond to the audience because they're inviting you into your living rooms and their bedrooms 16 hours a year. And they have that relationship with the characters and with the creators. And now, because of social media that's even a more significant connection.” ThinkingCharacterHoursAudienceSocial MediaSignificantBedroomLiving Room Author:Gale Anne Hurd
“When you're aware, from a young age, of how something plays in public, it makes you a young entrepreneur, whether you like it or not. I call most teenagers 'young entrepreneurs' because from a young age we're aware that our social media is building our brand. And if, when you're 13, you're concerned with building your brand, then "like" disparities matter.” AgeBuildingConcernedEntrepreneurSocial MediaTeenagerYou Like It Author:Yara Shahidi
“For too many of us, it's become safer to retreat into our own bubbles, whether in our neighborhoods or on college campuses, or places of worship or especially our social media feeds, surrounded by people who look like us and share the same political outlook and never challenge our assumptions. And increasingly, we become so secure in our bubbles that we start accepting only information, whether it's true or not, that fits our opinions, instead of basing our opinions on the evidence that is out there.” PeoplePoliticalChallengesAcceptingOpinionShareCollegeFitWorshipEvidenceSocial MediaAssumptionNeighborhoodBubbles Author:Barack Obama
“People have been asking me, "What advice do you have for young writers?" I tell them: a) get off social media; b) don't ask your friends what they think about your work or your ideas. You need to focus and be insane within yourself to build your sandcastle. The mind is so malleable and you need to have a steel trap around it, at least while you're working on something.” PeopleThinkingMindFocusAdviceSocial MediaInsane Author:Ottessa Moshfegh
“The media we surround ourselves with allows us to manufacture our own experience every day, which is a perception of the world that is our own invention entirely, whether it is on social media or what we choose to absorb. This was very different when I was a kid, like generations before us we were exposed to things that were not entirely on our terms. We had to wrestle with and find the relationship with the world around you. It was literal experience, unlike the form of protracted psychic masturbation that is the digital world we live in.” WorldDifferentKidsTermPerceptionSocial MediaInventionSurroundMasturbation Author:Rick Alverson
“The challenge CEOs will face three to five years from now is the same one that they face today. That is engagement. It's hard to keep people engaged in what they are doing. As this generation grows up around social media like Twitter where things are 140 characters, how do you keep them engaged all hours every day at work? How do you keep them focused on the big goals you have?” PeopleCharacterTodayGoalHoursChallengesGrowing UpSocial MediaFocusedCeo140 Character Author:Don Yaeger
“I use social media every day. I don't have a Twitter account, but not because I'm a dinosaur about it. I have enough of a platform here. People in my position who do it tend to use it in a promotional way or in a hamstrung way. I look at Twitter all the time as a news tool or for cultural conversation. I've used it in my reporting. It's very useful.” PeopleEnoughSocial Media Author:David Remnick
“In this day and age of social media, where everything is so centred around how many Instagram and Twitter followers you have, what's keeping me afloat is the fact that my live performance is something that people can enjoy.” PeopleAgeEnjoySocial MediaThis Day Author:Cakes da killa
“We're still really in catch-up mode in terms of alerting people to the risks of social media, to the kind of consciousness that you need to have when you do publish something. It used to be such a deliberate and elaborate process to get to publication with many steps and phases and editors and you know, now it's instantaneous and it's wonderful, you know, the immediacy and the power of that but it also can be dangerous.” PeopleKindTermConsciousnessWonderfulRiskDangerousSocial MediaPublish Author:Suzanne Nossel
“I try to use social media as a tool for good. Fortunately I can say that social media has treated me pretty well. I've been exempt from a lot of the mean comments. Of course it happens now and then. It's funny because let's say a rude or off-putting comment comes in, rather than ignore it, I'll talk to that person and there are so many times I've gotten apologies, like "I totally understand, I'm with you."” TryingMeanSocial MediaCommentApologyNow And ThenRude Author:Yara Shahidi
“We're in a time when bashing is the norm - especially on social media, where everybody's online and no one interacts face-to-face. There's a quote I found yesterday - it was hilarious: "People need to chill, like literally, we're floating in space on a giant rock we can't leave. Look at the stars or something instead of being awful." You think of floating on a rock in space as so alien, but that's exactly what we're doing.” PeopleThinkingSocial MediaAliensOnlineNormChill Author:Chantelle Brown-Young
“In terms of the rise of social media and the kind of discourse that it encourages, the kind of pointed attitude it encourages, in terms of the number of venues like our conversation here where reporters who are not technically opinion columnists are giving analysis that's invariably gonna edge into opinion. I think our journalism is getting much more almost European in terms of that, that ideal of objectivity exiting it.” ThinkingGivingKindTermAttitudeOpinionSocial MediaJournalism Author:Frank Bruni
“One of the reasons I don't do social media is that I like the feeling that if somebody asks me for a picture on the street, I don't have to say yes.” ReasonFeelingsSocial MediaAsk Me Author:Mackenzie Davis
“I'm always down to chill with people. I'm so happy to have a conversation. But, yeah, I feel like if you're always exposing yourself, if you're always engaging with social media, then you no longer have the right to say no. And I want to retain that right, for as long as I can.” PeopleLongSocial MediaChill Author:Mackenzie Davis
“We completely ignore social media. Bradley Simpson also isn't on social media very much. I think we just try to live in reality as much as we can.” ThinkingTryingRealitySocial Media Author:Sabrina Carpenter
“Any employer is going to look at your social media before they hire you. Why aren't we doing that when we screen people coming into the United States?” PeopleSocial Media Author:Michael McCaul
“That's because of everything the public interest and the media interest is focused on: What did Donald Trump know and when did he know it? Whether there was cooperation with the Russians. I don't mean to say that's a distraction or we shouldn't follow it up. But the underlying story of the Russians trying to subvert our democracy, both through propaganda, planted stories, manipulation of social media and through direct efforts to infiltrate our state election system, is really an enormously significant event. And it's not over.” TryingMeanInterestEffortDemocracyDirectElectionSocial MediaFocusedSignificantPropagandaManipulationCooperationDistraction Author:Angus King
“We've got social media now where we can even create an identity for ourselves and show the world an inauthentic highlight reel version of who we are. But I'm drawn to real, not a highlight reel. The world doesn't need to see another plastic Christian pretending they've got it all together.” WorldRealChristianTogetherIdentitySocial MediaPretending Author:Matthew West
“If I ever succumbed to the demon on my shoulder going, "You should get something special because you're famous," that is the moment that my behavior will be caught on social media for all time. I'm even afraid to use it to get a reservation. This is the person who will tweet, "Can you believe what this a-hole did?"” BelieveMomentsSpecialBehaviorSocial MediaAll TimeDemonTweet Author:Stephen Colbert
“After the Donald Trump's election, there was a surge of hate crimes. We saw acts of vandalism, certainly a lot of slander on social media and, in fact, in the last few months, as you mentioned, a number of bomb threats, almost 70, to dozens of Jewish community centers across the country.” CountryHateCommunityCrimeElectionThreatSocial MediaSlander Author:Jonathan Greenblatt
“Unfortunately, unlike when my parents grew up, you can't turn social media off. It's not like you can go home and avoid the bully's wrath. It follows you everywhere and is 24/7, and especially in the cases of assault that go viral. I mean, your worst nightmare is literally on the internet forever and that is a reality that very few people understand.” PeopleMeanHomeRealityParentForeverWorstLike YouInternetSocial MediaNightmare Author:Andrea Pino
“I think social media can be harmful and helpful at the same time. I started in 2003 ... back then, we didn't have the connection to the rest of the world that we have now. The fact that we can make bad behavior more public, it makes us more aware.” ThinkingWorldBehaviorSocial MediaHelpful Author:Cristela Alonzo
“My interaction with my followers on social media has become a phenomenon, and that's hardcore work every day! I have carpal tunnel from typing on my device.” Social MediaPhenomenonHardcoreTyping Author:John J. Legere
“We need to have points of view from lots of different types of people. People who have different backgrounds, different parts of the world, who maybe perceive gender differently. We're in this time where we have social media, we have the ability to share so much, that I think that we need to create more space and more opportunity for people that are just outside of the typical cliched binary roles.” PeopleThinkingWorldDifferentOpportunityAbilityShareSocial MediaGenderPoint Of ViewPerceiveBinary Author:Brie Larson
“When I am abused online I take snapshots for evidence, I report it to the social media platform and I ban the abuser. If I am threatened with violence I report the abuser to the police. It is vital to remember that threatening violence online is just as illegal as it is offline. Know your rights and the reporting procedures of any online platform you use.” RememberViolenceEvidencePoliceSocial MediaOnlineThreatening Author:Tara Moss
“We only now talk to our own, on Facebook and social media we talk to people, we friend and we like and we follow people who agree with us and rather than engaging with people who disagree with us, we unfollow them, we block them, we non-platform them.” PeopleAgreeSocial MediaBlockDisagree Author:Armando Iannucci
“We need Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work together to fashion a very comprehensive pushback to Russia, not just the cyber-hacking, but their bribery of officials in Europe, their social media campaign, their overt media campaign.” TogetherFashionRepublicanDemocratSocial MediaWorking TogetherBribery Author:Adam Schiff
“New York City is just one node on the global cultural scene now. Social media reflects the state of the world, so I've become more devoted to that. To be a NYC artist today feels local and small. Social media feels now.” WorldTodayArtistSceneSocial Media Author:Kenneth Goldsmith
“Social media is dangerous for baseball players. Things can get taken out of context so fast. You can say something you don't want to say. It's dangerous.” TakenPlayerDangerousBaseballSocial MediaBaseball PlayerOf Context Author:Max Scherzer
“I think social media has allowed the players to be able to say things that maybe didn't come out right the first time and say what they really meant. I think that it keeps people fair and honest.” PeopleThinkingPlayerHonestFirst TimeSocial MediaReally Mean Author:Ken Griffey, Jr.
“It definitely feels like I'm sort of reaching people through social media in the right kind of way. I feel like I've been late to the game with the whole Facebook/Twitter thing, because I always thought it was cheap. But, when I started really using it and trying to be myself when using it, which is the hardest thing. I feel like a lot of people are really responding to that.” PeopleTryingKindSocial Media Author:Graham Colton
“The purpose of me touring and writing is to create music and nothing else. Its really not about updating people on social media about things that have nothing to do about music.” PeopleWritingPurposeSocial Media Author:Ari Hest
“Healthy aggression is good, but I think social media can perpetuate that in the worst way. You have to be careful about comparing yourself to others. You can never be somebody else. You will only be yourself, and that's what's great.” ThinkingWorstHealthyCarefulSocial MediaCompareBeing YourselfBe CarefulAggression Author:Rose Byrne
“I'm absolutely as vulnerable as the next person in terms of being swept up in aspirational Instagrams. You just have to know what is fantasy and what is real. It's always good to have a diverse feed in your life and in your social media.” RealTermFantasySocial MediaVulnerableDiverse Author:Rose Byrne
“The world today is a very different one. Social media, which I use as a way of connecting with people, is something that my father never got to use. I'm not worried about defending my father's legacy. I'm very much worried about what the future holds.” PeopleWorldDifferentTodayFatherSocial MediaLegacyWorried Author:Justin Trudeau
“It is true that social media, nowadays, is important, but I don't understand everyone needing to know everything about an artist or an actor because it loses the intrigue and mystery. And then, when you're watching them as a character, you can't watching them as a character. You can only watch them as the public figure that they have presented themselves to be. I hate when people say, "Well, that's what you signed up for. That's how it is." No its not. That's not what you signed up for.” PeopleImportantCharacterArtistHateMysteryI HateSocial Media Author:Zoey Deutch
“I think that speaking is the most important thing we can do, but let's talk about what it means to speak effectively. We can talk in an echo chamber to our friends on social media and otherwise - and that's important, that's how we encourage and educate one another.But speech that leads to action is critical. And it doesn't sound very sexy, but one of the most important ways to speak in a way that makes an impact is to vote. Speaking at the ballot box is the most important place that we speak.” ThinkingMeanImportantActionSpeakVoteSocial MediaSexyEducate Author:Wendy Davis
“This world is so crazy. So many things are based on popularity versus talent. So there's a lot of folks who are not so talented, but they're popular and they have "x" amount of followers on social media.” WorldCrazyTalentSocial MediaPopularity Author:Lenny Kravitz
“I'm going to proportion more time to organizing and taking action and less time to passively consuming news that is dispiriting me. Part of this will be to get off social media. I know social media is just a tool, but we've been using it in a way that has transformed us from a nation into an audience, passively spectating our own ruin.” ActionAudienceSocial MediaTaking Action Author:Steve Almond
“I think our culture right now is a culture that's trying to find itself. They're trying to figure out what is it? Is it social media followers? Is it trying to be popular? Is it money? Is it fame? Is it power? They're searching for identity and so many of us have been there, and we'll get back to that place of what is our identity? Who are we? More importantly, whose are we? For me, I find my identity in a relationship with Christ.” ThinkingTryingCultureChristIdentityFameSocial Media Author:Tim Tebow
“You have to find a better way to talk to each other, to disagree with each other, to respect each other. We must find better ways to honor and support the basic goodness of our children, especially in social media.” ChildrenSupportHonorGoodnessOur ChildrenSocial MediaDisagree Author:Melania Trump
“Twitter is the only brand of social media that I have ever taken to at all. I like the feeling of having my perception of the world expanded daily, 24/7, by being able to monitor the reactions of 100-and-some people throughout the world that I personally follow so I have some sense of who they are. There has never really been anything like that before, at least in terms of the digestible 140-character bandwidth that Twitter is based on. I am able to wake up, open Twitter, and sort of glance across the psychic state of the planet.” PeopleWorldFeelingsTermTakenPerceptionWake UpSocial Media Author:William Gibson
“It's impossible to overstate how important social media has been to me and the development of my career. The fact that I can go and play venues that hold 25,000 people and sell them out is crazy.I don't have music on the radio. I'm not a pop culture icon. I'm just this kid making dance music. And yet I still can sell out massive arenas. It's truly incredible, and I think a lot of that is because of social media.” PeopleThinkingImportantKidsCultureImpossibleCrazyIncrediblesSocial MediaPop Culture Author:Kaskade
“Now social media is a centerpiece of our lives. It can be a useful tool for connection and communication. It can ease the isolation that so many people feel in the modern world. But like anything that is powerful, it can have a bad side. As adults, many of us are able to handle mean words, even lies. Children and teenagers can be fragile. They are hurt when they are made fun of or made to feel less in looks or intelligence. This makes their life hard and can force them to hide and retreat. Our culture has gotten too mean and too rough, especially to children and teenagers.” PeopleWorldMeanChildrenLyingCultureFunHurtPowerfulModernCommunicationSocial MediaTeenagerIsolationRough Author:Melania Trump
“I never wanted to be famous or get any sort of recognition for my person or my personality; it has always been for my work. There's something that bothers me intrinsically about social media, but it's just expected of you now. It's almost part of your contract. But that's not what I'm selling. I don't want to sell anything.” PersonalitySocial MediaSellingRecognitionBother Author:Francois Arnaud
“Sometimes I feel fashion is not open-minded enough. We need to push the old crowd to believe in what I believe, in the new generation. I remember when I started, my campaigns and and how I connected my love for music with fashion were a tiny bit controversial because they were like, 'How can you bring hip-hop or music into a luxury world?' or 'How you can be so connected to digital and use social media in luxury world?' Now it's changed, obviously, for the best, but I still think that we could push a bit more.” ThinkingWorldBelieveSometimesEnoughRememberI BelieveFashionChangedSocial MediaRemember WhenControversial Author:Olivier Rousteing
“I just feel like, for me personally, there's just been so much election fatigue, and while I think it was very important during the election to always be on top of everything that was going on with the election via social media, I do feel like, all right, now we need a little bit of a detox. I think people need a little bit of a break from it.” PeopleThinkingImportantBreakElectionSocial MediaFatigue Author:Chris Hardwick