![]() ![]() Will our lives really be ruined if we learn the title of Avengers 4 too early? Does the early confirmation of the cast list really destroy our ability to enjoy a television show? No. We’re stuck in a perpetual state of aspiration, obsessing about what’s on the horizon, what’s next, and where we’ll end up. My generation (I’m a millennial) is obsessed with endings. Knowing that Don Draper turns enlightenment into a Coke commercial doesn’t lessen the journey of Mad Men, it just casts it in a more poignant light. The show is about his hubris, not his death, and the beats along the way are more important than the foregone conclusion of his demise. We know that Walter White dies at the end of Breaking Bad, but we watch to see him degenerate. If all that mattered is the shock of the ending, then we’d never re-read a book or rewatch a television show. This is a good time to mention, by the way, spoilers for Mad Men and Breaking Bad follow – two shows that finished airing in 20, you nerds. It used to be enough to not talk about the ending, but increasingly people don’t want to know any specific story beats or even the cast list for fear of ruining their viewing experience. Also: why did you click on the article if you didn’t want to hear my thoughts on the whole work? And the definition of a spoiler keeps expanding. This is despite the fact that most of my articles include bolded warnings of spoilers at the top. Whenever I write a movie review, talk about a video game, or mention a television show, one of the first comments will inevitably be about how I spoiled it without fair warning. Paranoia about spoilers is ruining our ability to talk about movies and TV effectively. ![]() The “Fundraisers” let people create fundraisers and donate to support those affected by the crisis and nonprofit organisations helping with relief efforts.Facebook is selling this feature as a way to avoid spoilers, which is great because I’m tired of people complaining about them. With the “Community Help” feature, people can ask for and give help to communities affected by the crisis. “Safety Check activations and related information may also appear in News Feed to help provide additional details about a crisis,” Nowak added. “It will continue to work the same way it does today and will be featured at the top of each crisis page if you are in the affected area,” Nowak said. ![]() When there is a crisis, people can use Facebook to let their friends and family know they are safe with the “Safety Check” feature. “People will be able to access Crisis Response on Facebook in the upcoming weeks from the homepage on desktop or from the menu button on their phone,” Nowak added. “We are also introducing links to articles, videos and photos posted publicly by the Facebook community, to help people be more informed about a crisis,” Mike Nowak, Product Director, Social Good, Facebook, posted on Thursday. In a different development from Facebook on Thursday, the social media giant introduced a new centre for ‘Crisis Response’ where people can find information about recent crises and access the social network’s crisis response tools – including Safety Check, Community Help and Fundraisers to support crisis recovery – all in one place. The figure, which could fluctuate based on the success of Facebook’s’ programming, covers potential spending through 2018, a report in The Wall Street Journal said. The company has agreed to spend as much as $1 billion to cultivate original shows for its platform, according to people familiar with the matter. However, Facebook would continue to show users the most important posts further down the line, reports said.įacebook has been ramping up to compete with its rivals and, in a recent development, the company has reportedly agreed to shell out a whopping $1 billion to become a major hub for videos. The “snooze” feature is being seen as a better way of managing a user’s News Feed while taking a break from a chatty person, group or page. They can also choose to unfollow the friend or the page altogether. Users who click on the unfollow or “snooze” feature get the option of not seeing posts from the friend, page or group for 24 hours, seven days or 30 days. ![]() “We are testing new ways to give people control over their News Feeds so they can stay connected with the stories they find most relevant,” a Facebook spokesperson was quoted by TechCrunch as saying late on Thursday. Facebook is working on letting users hit the “snooze” button when they need to take a temporary break from posts by friends, pages or groups without unfriending, unfollowing or leaving them. ![]()
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