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Artificial intelligence is well on its way to taking over the world. But that’s not a bad thing — that’s a good thing. The successful use of automation, artificial intelligence and emotional intelligence not only frees up time and resources for businesses, but it helps those companies to excel at a much higher rate thanRead more

Facebook is in the news again, for all the wrong reasons. An article on The Verge shares the story of one of Facebook’s content moderation sites, and how having to watch horrific videos all day is taking its toll on the mental health of the contractors working there. This article comes out the same weekRead more

The bad news for Facebook just doesn’t seem to quit surfacing. We had Cambridge Analytica’s data scandal in 2018 that revealed it had harvested the personal data of millions of people’s Facebook profiles without their consent and then used it for political advertising purposes. Despite reports of this happening since 2015, Facebook refused to publiclyRead more

In a stunning about turn, Mark Zuckerberg published a privacy manifesto that essentially changes Facebook as we know it. By moving to end-to-end encrypted messaging, the public newsfeed that everyone has been using for the last 10+ years has basically been side-stepped. While Zuckerberg states that “public Facebook” will continue in some form, he sees private,Read more

NOTE: Updated May 2019 to include 10 more customer experience examples! Great customer service goes beyond fixing a computer or handing out discounts. It’s about leaving people with a good feeling about your business. And thanks to social media, your customers and prospects are already sharing thoughts about your brand whether you like it or not. SoRead more

Facebook, the social media juggernaut, seems intent on swallowing up any social media network that poses a threat to its soon-to-be monopoly over the world’s mindshare. Facebook is a precursor to The Borg: Assimilating competitive networks until all that’s left is one large, ubiquitous social network. Facebook Acquires Instagram, Assimilates Audience Data Facebook acquired Instagram,Read more

Looking through some of my most recent articles on Sensei’s blog, one would think I’m on some mission to malign all social networks. Over the last two weeks I’ve questioned Instagram’s new advertising platform in one post and the questionable use of “influencers” by brands on that same network in another.  It wasn’t that longRead more

Facebook has come a long way from the day when a handful of horny college boys used it to list and rate female students. Many will argue that despite the network’s continued popularity and evolving advertising and targeting algorithms, it’s done little more to benefit humanity than its original program. Facebook’s evolution continues; toilet-flushing catRead more

I’ll start this post with the disclaimer that the title may be a little misleading. This article won’t argue that businesses can’t benefit from Facebook pages but it won’t kneel at the altar of Zuckerberg either.  The goal here is to shed some light on misconceptions generated by “social media gurus” about the importance ofRead more

Diane Benscoter passionately shared her insights into how cults rewire our brains.  In her 2009 TedX Talk she recounts her state of mind when she first encountered the Moonies, the followers of Sun Myung Moonthe, leader of the Unification Church. Cults are most effective at targeting young adults who, like Ms. Benscoter in 1974, areRead more