Researchers can tell how old you are based on your Instagram likes.
.. There are plenty of adults who use the social photo-sharing platform, but deleting photos that aren’t well-liked enough is a distinct behavior among teens who use the site, according to researchers at Penn State University.
.. Adults also post more diverse topics, which may be a reflection of disposable income that allows for vacation or travel, Lee suggests.
.. Maybe because, as one 14-year-old explained, Instagram is basically over and everyone is Snapchatting instead.
.. A basic taxonomy of Twitter faves would have to include the following uses, at least:
• When you genuinely like the tweet
• When you genuinely don’t like the tweet; also known as a “hate fave”
• When you want to mark a tweet to revisit it later
• When you want to acknowledge that you’ve seen a tweet, but without text; also known as the farewell fave
..My colleague Megan Garber has delved into these shades of like, and the farewell fave in particular, in more detail. “With a single click, I can do something that is actually extremely difficult to do in the digital context: end a conversation,”