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Arizona girl in a North Virginia World

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#gishwhes4rights (at United States Capitol)

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#meadday2017 with @oliverandseamus except not actually with Oliver and Seamus. (at The Black Squirrel Dunn Loring)

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Before you respond...

Our society has moved beyond the point where content posted to social media can be written off as just fun and games. False news stories are instigating violence and mistrust. People are having their lives ruined by strangers on the Internet because of something they said or did or just because they are female. There are small things we can start to do to change this developing culture, though. Research out of Stanford shows that we are constantly altering our environment with our posts and comments, with both positive and negative results. Sure, you’ve had a bad day, you’re hungry, and that guy you don’t really know said something you disagree with. Take a moment, though, to decide if you are really making a meaningful contribution to the conversation or just blowing off some steam.  It’s only by working together to create a constructive and caring online environment that we can deal with issues surrounding politics, gender, race, and more. Conscious and conscientious commenting may take a few moments longer, but might add up to more rewarding discourse in the long run.

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Is our social media behavior really so defined by gender...? I’d like to disagree that it is so cut and dry, but...

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When the power goes out 10 minutes before close...

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Are you being trolled? Here’s a cute way to find out whether you should engage with someone online.

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Find out what you can do today

This movement is more than an online forum. Check out this link to see how you can get involved locally and nationally.

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Just one person waking up cranky can create a spark and, because of discussion context and voting, these sparks can spiral out into cascades of bad behavior. Bad conversations lead to bad conversations. People who get down-voted come back more, comment more and comment even worse.

Jure Leskovec, associate professor of computer science at Stanford

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