Learn how to – How is Social Media Leading the Future of Technology

Learn how to – How is Social Media Leading the Future of Technology.

The most impressive feature is one pulled from the now defunct Google+ social media platform. They discovered a way to monitor users to figure out which posts were spammers and which were real people. These days, it is very difficult to sell your likes or subscriptions, and is very difficult to post fake Google reviews, and this is all because of the spammer identification software that was first developed to clean up Google+. Here are a few other technology advancements that social media has, often unwittingly, generated.

Twitter Bots Have Proven To Be Great Marketing Tools

Elon Musk decided against buying Twitter when his deep analysis research team discovered that a massive percentage of Twitter’s users are just bots. Though he couldn’t prove this was Twitter’s doing, it did help to highlight how easily “Social proof” can be bought.

This has long been a problem with the WordPress plugin marketplace. Where a plugin can have 10,000 installs, and only 3 reviews and 3 active users. Yet, this type of automated social proof never seemed all that effective on the WordPress marketplace, and yet is influencing elections and social movements on Twitter. As a result, marketing bots are now dominating on the dark web, making millions out of everything from over-promoting unbacked cryptocurrency to convincing people to buy Amazon kindle books.

You Can Buy and Sell Credibility

Again, this isn’t a new thing, people have always bought and sold companies to capitalize on their good name. But, since social media profiles are now so valuable, it is possible to buy and sell those too. Companies like Fameswap allow users to buy as many social media profiles as they like from people who have already established themselves in the metaverse. It is tricky trying to figure out which profiles are valuable and which are based on spammed or stolen content. Nevertheless, people are making good money selling their social media profiles and companies are reaping the benefits of direct access to a brand new audience.

We Stopped Paying For Text Messages

This is probably one of the most overlooked parts of modern social media technology. Back in the old days, if you wanted to send a text, you didn’t send it through Facebook messenger, email or What’s app. You had to pay 12 cents to send an SMS text message. What’s more, if your message was too long, you had to pay again for another SMS text message. Social media has played a massive part in pushing the idea of online communication with notifications. Email played its part too, but if it were not for notifications on Smartphones, then emails may have still been an in-office/at-home tool rather than a quick Smartphone function.

Quick User Log In

This is a small feature that most people overlook, but back in the old days you had to enter your password and your email address (or username) for every account you had. These days, not only can you quickly sign in without having to enter passwords, but you can also sign up for new services by logging in through your social media profiles. Using your phone, you can operate several apps and log into several websites at a time because you are already logged into your social media on your phone. 

It has also made it very easy for companies to log user interactions and build dynamic websites. When you log in with your social media profile, or even when you have your social media cookies on your phone, then the websites you visit will know who you are, your age, your gender, your location and much more. It means that dynamic websites can read your cookies and present content that was specially made for people in your demographic.