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This was such an interesting article to read. Peter Hamby, former CNN reporter, was hired to lead Snapchat’s leap into politics.

It really puts into perspective just how imperative social media is to this generation and future generations. It truly is amazing that Snapchat could be the app that expands political knowledge across the nation. 

Social Media is taking over and as Hamby suggests, people need to start realizing this fact, accept it, and embrace it.

This article is an excellent guide for anyone who wants to learn how to upgrade their Twitter skills. The article talks about things from the timing of tweets to what tweets get the most amount of interaction. It wasn’t surprising to me see that links were the most interactive tweets in the game, but it WAS surprising to me to see that “Discounts and Promos” accounted for 94% of a twitter following. I would have never thought the majority of accounts people followed would be about shopping/buying. 

One of the main similarities between the two bots was the scary-similar human-like characteristics that they both possessed. Both of the bots seemed to want to connect to their audience by sharing their information and “opinions.” Even though these bots are created for good and to help, like the NASA bot was, it is scary to think that robots could possibly turn “evil” like the “friend bots” described.

In "The Medium is the Massage," McLuhan talks about the current state of social media and how it is impacting our lives every day, and in every way. He believes that social media has it's foot in every aspect of a person's life including their job, education, home, friends, family, etc.