Bullying: Abuse Goes Digital and Finally Meets Its Match

Sometimes I wonder where the Internet was when I needed it in 1973. Like many of my nerd and geek compatriots, I was the victim of schoolyard bullying. There was no social media or personal computers back then, so bullies relied on brute force. I must say: It was very effective. I was reminded of [...]

By |2017-08-07T17:28:26+00:00October 6th, 2013|Social Media News|Comments Off on Bullying: Abuse Goes Digital and Finally Meets Its Match

10 Visual Vine Tributes to Your Favorite Albums

These whimsical stop-motion Vine videos celebrate the albums — from artists ranging from The Beatles to The Notorious B.I.G. — that make up the soundtrack to our lives. This week, we challenged you to create a Vine video inspired by your favorite LPs and EPs. The results were music to our ears See also: 12 [...]

By |2017-08-07T17:28:27+00:00September 27th, 2013|Social Media News|Comments Off on 10 Visual Vine Tributes to Your Favorite Albums

Vine Challenge: Star Wars Mashup

May the Force be with you for this week's Vine Challenge. We're calling all Star Wars fans to create Vine videos to be featured on Mashable. However, for this challenge, you must combine something from Star Wars (characters, settings or dialog) with a subject from another series or universe. Find a way to cleverly pair [...]

By |2017-08-07T17:28:35+00:00August 23rd, 2013|Social Media News|Comments Off on Vine Challenge: Star Wars Mashup

Twitter Teaches You How to Hashtag

Want to be sure your tweet is shared with the right group of users? There's a hashtag for that — if you can find the right one Hashtags have become synonymous with Twitter, serving to filter what can otherwise be a wide array of difficult-to-categorize information Users can join any conversation on the platform by [...]

By |2017-08-07T17:28:36+00:00August 23rd, 2013|Social Media News|Comments Off on Twitter Teaches You How to Hashtag

16 New Vine Shows to Watch Right Now

The best new shows of the season aren't on TV — they are on Vine. For this week's Mashable Vine Challenge, we asked you to launch your own Vine show. There were six-second pilot episodes for comedies and stop-motion previews. See also: 12 Stop-Motion Vine Videos Starring Dinosaurs The #NewVineShow challenge was guest-hosted by master [...]

By |2017-08-07T17:28:38+00:00August 22nd, 2013|Social Media News|Comments Off on 16 New Vine Shows to Watch Right Now
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