The most photographed places of Manhattan among tourists and locals

New Yorkers like to think that they don't belong to the huge masses of tourists who are addicted to a monopod (selfie tripod). However, research by the CUNY Graduate Center shows the opposite. Researchers analyzed 7,5 million photos geotagged “Manhattan” on Instagram and Facebook to ...

Letters from Mars: how NASA talks about space in social networks

The American space agency NASA has 510 accounts on 14 media platforms, through which they try to explain complex research and inventions in a language that is commonly understood. Three people manage the agency's online communications from its headquarters in Washington, and each NASA center has...

Scientists from Florida have found a link between terrorist attacks and social networks

Researchers at the University of Miami, Florida have created a mathematical model to study the patterns of behavior of radical groups, including terrorists, on social networks. According to researchers who published an article in the journal Science, this model can be used to predict terrorist attacks by tracking user activity. The authors of the work created their own ...

“There is no money, but you hold on”: social networks ridiculed Medvedev’s motivating speech

In February, an unnamed federal official gave a universal answer to all occasions: "Why not?" Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev on May 23 in Crimea performed no worse. When one of the local residents complained that pensions are not indexed, and eight thousand rubles is not enough for life, Medvedev replied: “We did not accept [indexation] at all. Just money ...

Twitter will not include photos and links under the limit in 140 characters

The social network Twitter intends to allow its users to publish full text messages in the size of 140 characters, even if there are links or pictures in tweets. Currently, additional elements take up to 23 characters of space even with automatic compression. As Bloomberg reports, ...

From the first person. 6 tips for economical shopping in the US

Many immigrants who have just arrived in the United States have to save on everything at first. You can save significant amounts if you buy used goods - especially furniture or appliances. The specifics of life in the USA are such that many Americans often move around...

Americans offer to walk in the park near the White House

During National Park Week, which takes place in the United States from April 16 to April 24, the White House invited users of social networks to participate in the selection for a walk in the so-called Presidential Park, which is usually closed to visitors. Notification of the start of applications acceptance ...

Kadyrov called his video with Kasyanov at gunpoint a “figurative joke”

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called a video he posted on Instagram in January in which the chairman of the opposition party Parnas, Mikhail Kasyanov, was depicted in the sights of a sniper rifle as a joke. Kadyrov’s post appeared shortly after President Vladimir Putin’s remark addressed to him, which he...

Racism, sexism, homophobia: the most biased cities and states of the USA

The American portal Abodo published data from a study based on approximately 12 million tweets posted by users on the social network Twitter from June 2014 to December 2015. The purpose of this work was to study the mood of US residents, which they use in their tweets, including the indication of races, ...

"Flew to Mars": the reaction of Russians in social networks to the death of Bowie

Legendary British musician David Bowie, who died at the age of 69 from cancer, became the most talked-about personality on social networks on Monday. Leonardo DiCaprio, who received a Golden Globe for his role in the film The Revenant, also found himself in the shadows. Bowie's name, among other things, came out in...

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