That awful Aaliyah biopic: Did Lifetime rile up "Black Twitter" on purpose?

My guess is yes, absolutely.

Take Notes: Shameless Maya & the power of likability

Have you heard of Vlogger Shameless Maya and her "Do you boo" philosophy?

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If not, you should check out her Youtube channel where she shares videos with her almost 500,000 subscribers. Or maybe mosey on over to her Instagram, where her selfies rack up over 8,000 likes.

In a world full of Instagram models and Youtube gurus, what's unique about Maya is her rapid rise in popularity. Her first video was posted only two years ago. Yup, you read that right. In just two years she has amassed hundreds of thousands of fans, subscribers and followers, myself included.

So how did she do it?

Besides the quality and content of her videos? By being extremely likable.

Facebook Narcissists, Tribal Marketing, & Beyonce

So I came across an interesting study on how Facebook relates to empathy and narcissism*. According to the article narcissism, aka "feelin' yourself a little too much", has risen 30% in the last 25 years- especially among college students.

Could this be caused by the increasing popularity of social networking sites encouraging a generation of "wait let me take an artsy photo of my food before I eat it so my online friends can see"? Who knows. But what we do know is that narcissists make great brand cheerleaders and I can tell you why...

Ello is like that party that you're dying to go to, but you didn't get an invite so you have to play it cool

Have you heard about Ello? It's a new social network that prides itself on being simple and ad-free. It's also currently invite only. 

I'm still waiting on my invite, but you know, if it doesn't come then, whatever. I didn't want to join anyway. *Shoves hands in pockets* *Haphazardly kicks a stray can*.