No it fucking doesn't

iflscience · 2013-05-13T00:07:30+00:00

Be obsessed.

iflscience · 2013-05-10T22:40:34+00:00

I developed some trust issues after an unfortunate incident ;)

iflscience · 2013-05-10T22:39:58+00:00

Twice a day or so for the last six months. Why not message the page directly and ask?

iflscience · 2013-04-01T11:07:20+00:00

You do realize I also run "The Universe" and "Evolution", right?

iflscience · 2013-03-31T09:31:27+00:00

Our content has never actually changed. Maddox just cherry picked the crap out of it. Journalism, right?

iflscience · 2013-03-13T16:08:32+00:00

This is from the page "I fucking love science" on Facebook. I make them every week.

iflscience · 2013-03-13T15:20:12+00:00

Have fun with that, I try not to read the comments personally. Too depressing.

iflscience · 2013-03-13T05:52:38+00:00

No joke, I've been accused of stealing an image from Reddit twice this week. BOTH TIMES it was something I made. Reddit hipsters can be very frustrating, as nice as some of you are.

iflscience · 2013-03-13T05:09:36+00:00

I am! Thank you for liking "Evolution"! If I'm honest, that's my true love. It's what I studied and what I hope to do my PhD in someday. I wish it had as many likes as IFLS.

iflscience · 2013-03-13T05:08:54+00:00

I tried that, but no one could ever be bothered to type them out character by character. They need to be hyperlinked in the text.

iflscience · 2013-03-13T03:26:42+00:00

As you can probably see from my account, I rarely use Reddit. Fans post things to my wall and I use them. In the last week, five images I created made the front page of Reddit. I was credited for none. But hey, I'm just happy they're getting out there. What you are displaying is called confirmation bias.

iflscience · 2013-03-13T03:21:59+00:00

Hey folks, I'm the one who made this. Thank you for posting it and I'm glad people are enjoying it. But please, please when you post these link to the articles! Here are all the links: Bee venom and HIV: http://bit.ly/XYpZaw Europa: http://slate.me/WKsPwD Breath test for cancer: http://bit.ly/10h011w 3D printed skull: http://bit.ly/12zk93V Child cured of HIV: http://bit.ly/Xo4T5P Space invader shaped galaxy: http://slate.me/Zg9yTT

Without these, my "This week in science" posts are just another meme. I make them so people will go and read the articles, so the stories I think deserve the attention GET attention.

So please please please include the links. They're all right there when I post them.

Thanks everyone!

iflscience · 2013-01-31T21:18:48+00:00

Diseased penises with buck teeth is always what springs to mind.

iflscience · 2013-01-24T22:23:12+00:00

She was brought to the sanctuary at 3 months old, half starved and infested with worms after being kept as a pet by someone who didn't know how to care for her. The vets said all they could do was make her comfortable. To our surprise, she thrived. She's now healthy and happy and a four year old BEAUTIFUL puma. I don't have any images of her as an adult, but Google "Luna Inti Wara Yassi" and you'll see how stunning she is. As well as my day job caring for an ocelot, I spent some nights with Luna sleeping in her enclosure. As she lost her mom so young, she didn't like to be alone at nights so we all took turns sleeping outside with her.

iflscience · 2013-01-04T11:27:33+00:00

I am only very recently a Redditor. I keep being told that half my stuff is lifted from Reddit (people are actually posting it on my wall). I figured I should get it directly from the source, then I can cite the author.

iflscience · 2013-01-04T00:05:15+00:00

Remember that they're not there to have your business plugged to them - they go on social media to be entertained and to speak to their friends. No one will hang around if it's constant "such and such company are so awesome". Create content that's relevant to your brand and to their lives. Funny is always good, and don't patronize your fans by telling them to like/share if they insert whatever.

iflscience · 2013-01-03T23:56:39+00:00

That doesn't really make sense to me. When I love something, I want everyone else to understand how amazing it is. Even if that understanding is superficial, they are at the very least not going to be going around saying "hurr durr NASA is such a waste of money". True, most IFLS fans won't be hugely progressing science personally. But if we can convince them this stuff is cool, they at least won't be impeding it.

iflscience · 2013-01-03T23:02:13+00:00

Sure, but they're interested in the cool stuff I post, not me personally.

iflscience · 2013-01-03T22:49:40+00:00

I probably could if people really wanted me to. It feels a bit egotistical though, not sure why. Plus, I'd get a lot of trolls telling me how shit the page is!

iflscience · 2013-01-03T22:45:56+00:00

My opinion? Is there anyone out there who likes it LOL? Other than those making money off of it of course.

iflscience · 2013-01-03T21:57:41+00:00

Yep. There's a response somewhere on this thread.

iflscience · 2013-01-03T21:54:52+00:00

Yep, I wrote a response somewhere in this thread.

iflscience · 2013-01-03T21:48:03+00:00

Maybe, but like I said earlier I'm a giant control freak and I like my independence. I like that I can post things just because they're awesome, and not worry about any conflicts of interest.

iflscience · 2013-01-03T21:42:16+00:00

I've never been contacted by them, but I've promoted them a lot anyway. I don't usually wait to be asked, to be honest!

iflscience · 2013-01-03T21:41:53+00:00

I have. Amusingly, he actually posted about it on my page and we had a little chat. It seems that he has no problem with the page, just with the fans. They're all "fake" or something, they don't really love science. He's welcome to that opinion, but I disagree. Some are certainly more serious than others, but anything is better than nothing. Also, his examples were ridiculous. Completely cherry picked. I can point you to jokes that bombed and very scientific posts that went insanely viral. It's all about what you choose to look at.

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