British pub chain deletes Facebook and Twitter accounts as customers ‘struggle to control the …
A prominent pub chain in the U.K. shut down its Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts, saying that people are spending too much time on social media. Tim Martin, the chair of JD Wetherspoon, said that people could not control their urges to spend time on social networks. "It's becoming increasingly … …
JD Wetherspoon shutters social media accounts citing ‘addictive nature’ of Facebook and Twitter
HOME OF THE CHEAP PINT JD Wetherspoon has announced the shut down of its social media accounts because it reckons people "spend too much time" on the likes of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The move to kill the social media accounts of all 900 of its pubs was, according to …
Sina Weibo, China’s social media giant, reverses ban on gay content after weekend of protests
In an effort to create a “harmonious” environment, China's popular social media site, Sina Weibo, last week announced plans to delete content related to gay themes. The move sparked so much public backlash that Sina Weibo reversed its decision Monday, according to a statement posted online. Read More
Personality may play a role in social media addiction
If you can't control your social media use, your personality might be to blame. A recent study conducted by Professor Isaac Vaghefi of Binghamton University and Professor Hamed Qahri-Saremi of DePaul University says that people with certain personality traits are more susceptible to using social … Read More
UK pub chain Wetherspoons’ last call: Just a spoonful of Twitter – let’s pull social media down
As any 'Spoons aficionado will testify, the main reason to patronise this most functional of drinking houses is for its awesome social media presence. So it was with a heavy heart that the outspoken founder Tim Martin told his legions of fans this morning that the chain is shutting its …
Chinese Social Media Site Reverses Gay Content Ban After Uproar
BEIJING — Bowing to intense pressure from millions of internet users, a Chinese social media site said on Monday that it would scrap plans to censor cartoons and video games with gay themes. The site, Sina Weibo, had announced on Friday that it would target gay content as part of …
Why JD Wetherspoon is right to call time on its social media accounts
Going against 'conventional wisdom', cheap and not-often-cheerful pub chain J D Wetherspoon has canned all 900 of its social media accounts. Chairman Tim Martin claims that doing so is unlikely to have any effect on the business 'whatsoever'. It comes a year after making the decision to delete its … Read …
Wetherspoon pub chain shuts its social media accounts
Pub chain JD Wetherspoon has used Twitter to tell its 44,000 followers that it is quitting social media. The firm's head office and 900 pubs will quit the micro-blogging site, alongside Instagram and Facebook with immediate effect, it said. The pub chain linked the move to bad publicity surrounding social … …
JD Wetherspoon closes all social media accounts
UK pub chain JD Wetherspoon has closed all of its social media accounts following concerns regarding the misuse of personal data and the impact on MPs from what it calls “anonymous trolls”. The company, which owns 900 pubs in the UK and Ireland, tweeted to its 44,400 followers that it …
JD Wetherspoon closes all of its social media accounts with immediate effect
… Facebook accounts, which had 44,000 and 100,000 followers, respectively, as well as its Instagram feed, for all of its 900 pubs and head office. It added that recent concerns regarding the misuse of personal data, following the Facebook scandal, and the addictive nature of social media had influenced … Read …