Petrina Gilardi

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

@andrewgil136107 I agree with you. I think there will be a lot more people promoting their companies because of this new change. This will bring in so much more business as their intended crowds will be extremely easy to target and get business from.

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

I really enjoyed reading this article because it is not often you see social media being used for good in the news. This article gives many different examples of how multiple schools use social media to promote school events and good spirits. #BeachSMC https://t.co/SGrkWJPQl6

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

This article discusses how social media platforms bait younger kids as they want them to keep using their apps for a long time. By implicating features like the infinite scroll, they achieve this because kids do not have high impulse control. #BeachSMC https://t.co/5sD5O34qmk

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

@BrandonRoc91553 I agree that banning TikTok will only make people upset. So many people use it as their main source of income and have gained all their following from that app that they probably wouldn't make it if the app were to be banned. I personally would also be upset if it were banned.

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

There has been a drastic spike in teens struggling with mental health because of their social media usage. In this article, Zach Rausch says that kids are forgetting how to be teenagers and are stuck on their phones and lost in social media. #BeachSMC
https://t.co/uUKh9ohxgD

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

There have been multiple women posting on TikTok about being punched by a stranger on the streets of New York. They are using TikTok to tell their followers about it and it has brought up concerns about whether it is the same assaulter. #BeachSMC
https://t.co/LfJijG35cy

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

@VGCommStudies I like this article because it shows the hard side of influence. Influencers can lose out on a lot of sales if the platforms they are using crash and they aren't able to promote any of their products. It can be really hard and you definitely have to have a plan if this happens.

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

This article is actually very interesting because it dives into the fact that maybe all these social media crashes were not coincidental. Even Elon Musk made an X post mocking the other platforms for crashing and turning to X for updating users. #BeachSMC
https://t.co/gmqN0TEPwG

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

It is crazy to think that social media trends can be so dangerous that people can die. It's hard to understand how these trends can become so popular when they're actually dangerous enough to cause great harm to people, especially a small child. #BeachSMC
https://t.co/KE4GjEZEDP

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

@evanosterkamp88 I agree with you. This is a smart move because the amount of exposure to a younger group of people through TikTok can be very persuasive. I also think that it is ironic that they banned it in 2022 but now they think it is okay because there is an election this year.

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

New York City has been seeing a large increase in the amount of their spending on mental health programs due to social media. They're suing TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and YouTube. This has always been a big issue, but now it's worse. #BeachSMC
https://t.co/ZtpaATmu0p

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

"TikTok as a search engine for Gen Z". This quote is true, even I do it. Gen Z is getting their news from TikTok, while the older generation is getting theirs from Facebook. Now since the youth are involved, misinformation is a bigger issue. #BeachSMC
https://t.co/GyAJbAWKqq

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

@NoahJacinto I agree with you on how this will make the amount of purchases drastically increase. Now influencers can just link the product they are advertising and all the viewer has to do is click a link. I have seen this multiple times myself scrolling on the app, and it's really smart.

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

Elmo's social media manager uses X to launch a "mental health check-in". It got a lot of responses from famous people. This is a great way to spread awareness and comfort by talking about your mental health, especially to lovable Elmo. #SMCBeach #BeachSMC

https://t.co/MLEzSWIzGM

[Petrina Gilardi @petrinacsulb]

It is horrible to realize that there are videos such as the beheading of a father that can be posted on platforms like YouTube, but platforms can't catch everything and when they do, most of the time it's too late.#SMCBeach #BeachSMC

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