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28/12/2022

28/12/2022

Believe it or not, this Ku Klux Klan representation has been an integral part of a main doorway on the campus at West Point Military Academy, since 1965 — that's almost six decades. 😧

Find out more here: zafoid.com/post/view/4636

20/10/2022

Can you find 5 adults, 2 children, 2 cats, a dog and a baby in this "exploded" BEETLE? 😊

15/10/2022

Artificial intelligence comes to life! Check out this incredible video in the link here below, and join Zafoid.com!

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05/08/2022

To attempt to win (and thereby to attempt to cause the other to lose) is already to have forgotten the main purpose of argumentation, which is to articulate and thereby risk resolving those points on which we have disagreement; in other words, to attempt to persuade the other, and to allow ourselves to be persuaded also. When those who are participating in a debate bring notions of winning and losing to the fore, they corrupt the chances of a genuine dialogue between their respective viewpoints, because they will be willing to compromise on the productivity of the discourse if that is what is required to ensure that the audience knows they are winning. In contrast, a debate which arises between two individuals neither of whom project a frame of winning and losing has a much higher chance of facilitating authentic communication, because there is much less motivation to engage in performative nonsense in order to assert your dominance over the other. In short, trying to win sort of makes you less reasonable in dialogue.

Read more here: https://medium.com//the-curse-of-debate-bro-culture-a4310946c8ca

29/07/2022

Do you know what kind of bird is this? And which country is its home?
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03/07/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QiATXAjafU

What are the differences among teasing, harassing, cyberbullying, and trolling online? Teens analyze the motives behind, for example, trolling (deliberately ...

29/06/2022

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27/06/2022

What do you think? True?

25/06/2022

The way people are interacting with social media is changing. Don't get left in the dust.

23/06/2022

Tools that claim they can map our personalities from social media data miss the mark

21/06/2022

On desktops and tablets, you may now install the Zafoid app via the address bar on your favourite browser. 🙂

16/06/2022

Many people who have found fame on TikTok are struggling with mental health issues.

01/05/2022

30/04/2022

In this world of hoaxes and outright lies, how does one navigate the news landscape? Ad Fontes Media rated news sources for (i) reliability and (ii) bias, and came up with this very interesting Media Bias Chart to help us assess the news landscape better. The methodology used to rate these news sources is explained here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnR6CHPzyX8

26/04/2022

Tesla's Elon Musk is now the sole proprietor of Twitter, after purchasing it outright on 25th April 2022, for $44 billion. How do you feel about this acquisition? How will Twitter change?

Please express yourself in our Zafoid poll here:
zafoid.com/post/view/1645

25/04/2022

On April 1st, footage was posted filmed from a car driving through the town of Bucha which showed co**ses on either side of a road -- the result of an apparent massacre.

In response, some social media accounts then circulated a video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBrc0Hy09vo) suggesting that the co**ses were faked. It was further claimed that in the footage the arm on one of the co**ses moved "mysteriously", and that in another part of the footage, a co**se "sits up".

BBC duly investigated these claims, and reached these conclusions: https://www.bbc.com/news/60981238

23/04/2022

The Digital Services Act: new European rules for digital platforms

The European Union's Parliament and Council reached a provisional political agreement yesterday on the Digital Services Act (DSA). Together with the Digital Markets Act, the DSA will set the standards for a level playing field for companies, and for a safer and more open digital space for users with European values at the centre, for years to come.

EU negotiators agree on landmark rules to effectively tackle the spread of illegal content online and protect people's fundamental rights in the digital sphere.

06/04/2022

Twitter has confirmed that it is working on an edit button that would allow users to change tweets after they have been posted.

Jay Sullivan, Twitter's vice president of consumer product, said that the company was exploring how to build the edit feature "in a safe manner".

"Without things like time limits, controls, and transparency about what has been edited, Edit could be misused to alter the record of the public conversation," he said. "Protecting the integrity of that public conversation is our top priority when we approach this work."

Twitter initially said it was exploring an edit button on 1 April but it was widely interpreted as an April Fool's joke.

It's worth pointing out that our platform Zafoid.com has had an edit button from its inception, for the purpose of fixing typos or errors without losing any replies or likes that a post had obtained. This means that Zafoid.com does have advantages over other media. So check out our Zafoid platform and become a Zafodian today! 😃

It comes after new board member Elon Musk asked his followers if they wanted the feature.

17/03/2022

Check out our video for more about this wonder of Nature here: https://zafoid.com/video/view/1409

21/01/2022

A poll has been opened about Roberta Metsola's win of the Presidency of the European Parliament. You are cordially invited to vote here: zafoid.com/polls/view/1151. ✍️

11/01/2022

Zafoid takes a stand in favour of the civilised expression of all viewpoints, but rejects obscene and disrespectful language.

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29/12/2021

Happy New Year ! 🙂