Blue Monday: Why Are Companies Still Using Depression As A Social Media Marketing Opportunity?
Blue Monday is here again, and yet companies continue to use the idea of depression to promote their brand or sell you stuff. Why?
A Future Human’s Guide To Getting Through Blue Monday
Blue Monday is not a thing – your mental health is important every day. PR campaigns that suggest it's OK to feel down one day in January don’t help, so here are my own ways to support my mental state.
Tinder Boost - The Next Narcissistic Step In Digital Prostitution
In the next development to dating app Tinder, you can now pay to boost your profile’s visibility to others within the local area for 30 minutes. While ‘Tinder Boost’ is a great win for the bottom line of their business, it’s a step towards greater levels of narcissism and (more frighteningly) depression.
'SimSensei.' Xbox Kinect Software Detects Depression With 90% Accuracy
The Kinect for Xbox 360 has always been a bit of a playground for modders and techies, and a team of Computer scientists at the University of Southern California run by Stefan Scherer have used the device to determine, with 90% accuracy, whether or not you are depressed.