by Larry Richman | Jun 4, 2018
In Sunday night’s worldwide devotional with youth, President Nelson challenged the youth of the Church to take a week-long break from social media, sacrifice their time, repent, pray, and stand out from the world. “Would you like to be a big part of the greatest...
by Larry Richman | Jun 1, 2018
Today is National Delete Snapchat Day, a grassroots effort to #SaveTheKids from the destructive side of modern technology. Youth advocate Collin Kartchner posted the following on Instagram: Enough is enough. This app is a disaster. Time to say goodbye, Snapchat. You...
by Larry Richman | May 23, 2018
From the entire article “You Don’t Have to Leave Social media—And Here’s Why.” We love the discussion happening about social media. It’s addicting. Consuming. Numbing. Our behaviors have reached almost a “compulsive” level. But something...
by Larry Richman | May 4, 2018
In this video, LDS Apostles exhort and invite members to share the gospel of Jesus Christ and our faith of Him through social media efforts. When we share the gospel through social media, we are sharing a message of light and truth in a world that is becoming ever...
by Larry Richman | May 1, 2018
To help promote the proper use of the internet in LDS meetinghouses, many websites, social media, and apps will be blocked if they are not related to Church purposes. The change in the internet configuration in Church buildings beginning in May will block access to...
by Larry Richman | Apr 11, 2018
Some people are scared by the recent news about some Facebook data that was used by a political consulting firm inappropriately. A few celebrities even started a #DeleteFacebook hashtag. But short of deleting your Facebook account, there are things you can do to...
by Larry Richman | Apr 6, 2018
I used to be able to write an article on LDS365.com and post a teaser about it on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ and it would reach my 6,800 followers on Facebook and my 46,000 followers on Twitter and my 2,500 followers on Google+. But those social networks are now...
by Larry Richman | Mar 31, 2018
If you follow LDS365 on Facebook, with the recent changes Facebook made in what it shows to users, you may not be seeing all of our articles. Here’s what you can do about it. What has changed on Facebook? In January, Facebook changed its algorithms to show posts...
by Larry Richman | Jan 8, 2018
Greg Trimble’s new book The Virtual Missionary: The Power of Your Digital Testimony is a great introduction on how to use social media to share your testimony online. By using personal examples, he explains how to easily use Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or a...
by Larry Richman | Nov 26, 2017
Several leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are using social media to share inspirational messages with people around the world. Below are a few posts from this month that I’ve enjoyed. See a list of Facebook Pages and Twitter...
by Larry Richman | Oct 11, 2017
Several speakers at the October 2017 LDS general conference mentioned the use of social media. They spoke about the incomparable potential for both good and bad. Used effectively, social media can be a great way to communicate and share goodness. But overused or used...
by Larry Richman | May 10, 2017
“May each of you have the courage to blog, pin, like, share, post, friend, tweet, snap, and swipe up in a way that will glorify, honor, and respect the will of our loving Heavenly Father and bring a knowledge of the Savior to your family, loved ones, and friends,”...
by Larry Richman | May 2, 2017
A new feature on FamilySearch.org lets you share your Instagram and Facebook photos directly to FamilySearch. This new integration makes it is easy to choose which photos from your social networks you’d like to link to people in Family Tree and preserve for...
by Larry Richman | Oct 21, 2016
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month—time to focus on safer ways to shop, search, socialize, and do everything else online. Throughout the month I’ll post articles to remind you of best practices for online activities. Facebook, Twitter, Google+,...
by Larry Richman | Sep 21, 2016
Elder Quentin L. Cook recently said that the internet and social media contribute much good to modern society, but can also distract people from accomplishing their true calling in mortal life. That was part of the message he delivered at a worldwide devotional for...
