I found this Online Revolution Infographic on The Meta Picture Earlier tonight. It’s amazing how the internet has changed the world over the last 12 years – this Infographic points it out. It was originally posted on the Best Communications Degrees website.
I’m on Facebook at least 8 hours a weekday (mostly for work), I send out at least 20 tweets a day on my personal account on Twitter alone, I check in Foursquare at least 4 times a week (depending on how much I move around), I watch at least 10 YouTube videos daily and I upload at least 3 YouTube videos monthly, I write at least 40 blog posts a month (on multiple blogs), I pin at least 20 things a week on Pinterest and I post at least 10 photos a week on Instagram. Some might say that I’m a Social Media junkie, but if this is not embracing the digital age, then I dunno what the term really means. The fact remains: my life would pretty much suck without the Internet.
More and more people are using the internet globally. To be exact, the amount of global internet users increased by 566% from 2000 to 2012. There are currently over 1 billion people on Facebook, over 400 million people on Twitter and close to 100 million people using Instagram. About 72 hours of video is also being uploaded on YouTube every minute. And this is not all, I could keep on putting out facts all night, I’m just scratching the surface. Fact is: The Internet has changed the world. None of this technology was around before 1995. If you still don’t believe me check out the Online Revolution Infographic below.
There you have it. This Online Revolution Infographic is proof that the Internet has Changed The World. I told you that I only scratched the surface. If you’ve found this information fascinating, feel free to share this post with your friends. Sharing is caring after all.
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Social media is a huge part of everyone’s life and the ease in which you can broadcast messages to loads of people means a number of people abuse the privilege. People don’t realize that the perceptions of each individual can shape how words are perceived and the smallest thing can get you in trouble in one way or another.
People don’t realize most government and law enforcement agencies have some sort of online presence today. Some people are simply idiots and post information about criminal activity on Facebook or Twitter and other Social Media profiles and then wonder why they get arrested.
For example, a boy called Jacob Cox Brown from Oregon. His status read “Drivin drunk… classsic but to whoever’s vehicle i hit i am sorry. ,” . 2 of his friends read this and then phoned the local police department. This turned out to help them catch him after 2 vehicles were damaged in a hit and run at 1am. He was charged with failing to perform the duties of a driver, but no drunken driving charges were laid against him.
A man called Christopher Castillo was arrested after making a radical status about Barack Obama’s election result. The Secret Service agents were sent to his house after someone reported his Facebook status of the 1st of November. “That’s the last straw, if he gets re-elected I’m going to hunt him down and kill him watch the life disappear from his eyes. “ This was apparently in response to Obama’s healthcare views.
In India 2 students were arrested, one for posting a political status, the other for simply clicking like on it. A Muslim graduate student, Shaheen Dhada posted a status saying “Every day thousands of people die, but still the world moves on ..Today, Mumbai shuts down out of fear, not out of respect.” In her status she was referring to the death of Bal Thackeray, the late leader of Hindu extremist group Shiv Sena, responsible for repeated waves violence against Muslims. Another graduate Rinu Shrinivasan, was also arrested by Indian police for stoking “religious enmity” by clicking like on the controversial status.
2 British tourists on their way to America were interrogated for 5 hours after posting a harmless tweet about destroying America. The tweet in question said “Free for a quick gossip/prep this week before I go and destroy America?x’”. This led to the 2 teenagers being arrested soon after landing in the States and have been banned from going back to America.
So next time you post a status on your Social Media profiles, keep in mind that someone is always watching what you say online and that it can get you arrested and may one day stop you from getting that dream job or the perfect partner.
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Welcome to a trip down memory lane. Here are 5 Social Media Highlights of 2012. You might recall some of these.
1. Gangnam Style: The Viral Video that has just crossed over 1 Billion Views on YouTube. Featuring the Rapper Psy and a host of crazy dancers it has seen Psy travel worldwide. He has become an international star. It has also sparked off thousands of copycat viral videos. Gangnam Style is proof that social media is truly amazing.
2. Felix Baumgartner / Red Bull / Space Jump: Felix changed the playing field when he decided to do the highest jump in world history. Some people wonder if this was a wonderful marketing campaign by Red Bull or a world record. One thing is for sure, Felix also changed the way people watch events. A record number of people watched this on YouTube instead of on Television.
3. Most Powerful Tweet of 2012: President Barack Obama Tweeted this pic shortly before his election victory speech. It racked up an astonishing 810 000 retweets and 300 000 Favourites at the time. Who says Social Media is a fad?
4. Twitter Blanket Drive: The amazing charity drive that is run using Twitter in South Africa and now even in Zimbabwe. Started by @MelanieMinnaar it features corporates, shops, coffee shops, Tweeps and more. All helping out to arrange blankets and so much more for the poor and charities countrywide. This year it was boosted by #FollowSA and next year who knows how big it will become. It made the number two trend in South Africa on the main day of the drive.
5. End of the World: Yes the End of the World came and went. Looks like the Mayan’s were wrong. Perhaps people read their calendar wrong. It all added up to tremendous amounts of traffic. Social Media was flooded with people tweeting about the End of the World and the Mayans. This blog post on Mashable shows you some of the funniest tweets that were sent out just before the End.
Here’s to more Social Media Highlights next year! Happy Holidays Everyone and have a wonderful 2013. You can follow on me on Twitter via @fredfelton.
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but to whoever’s vehicle i hit i am sorry. 
,” . 2 of his friends read this and then phoned the local police department. This turned out to help them catch him after 2 vehicles were damaged in a hit and run at 1am. He was charged with failing to perform the duties of a driver, but no drunken driving charges were laid against him.
