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Want to transform your live? No, not your real life. Your online social media life. Here's how.

Want to transform your live? No, not your real life. Your online social media life. Here's how.

The website USA.gov lists the 10 most common New Year's Resolutions by do-gooding, self-improving Americans.

They're fine and familiar. But it turns out that when you apply them to your life online -- your social media activity -- they can truly make a difference. (Plus, you're more likely to stick to them.) Here are the 12 most common New Year's Resolutions applied to transform your social media life:

1. Lose weight

We all know social media is a massive time sink. It also takes up a lot of mental energy. Part of the problem is that we tend to sign up for new social networks but don't delete the accounts on our old ones. So many of us have 5, 10, 20 or more accounts. It's time to cut some unnecessary fat. Choose the top three social media accounts -- the ones that you engage on not because you feel obligated or addicted but the ones that enrich your life and where you form or maintain real relationships -- and delete the rest.

2. Volunteer to help others

Trolling, shaming, bullying and harassment on Twitter is truly out of control, but less than it used to be. Twitter greatly improved its anti-trolling tools since the last time I called them out for failing to do so.

Now, it's a little quicker to report an abusive account. And blocking actually blocks now.

So here's the resolution: When you see someone else being harassed online, lend a helping hand. Report the abusive account immediately (on the web version, go to the abuser's Twitter profile, click on the gear icon and click "block or report." "Block" will already be selected. Also click "Report," then follow the radio button options to specify the nature of the abuse.

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While Malcolm Turnbull's review is on hold, media executives have not been idle. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Mothballs are still packed around the Abbott government's media reform package, but that hasn't stopped the pulse quickening for merger and acquisition activity in the sector.

This week Chinese billionaire Sun Xishuang bought Australia's second biggest Cinema chain, Hoyts, in a deal believed to be worth $900 million.

It came a day after Fairfax Media agreed to a $200 million merger of its radio assets with John Singleton's Macquarie Radio Network, and sold its Perth radio station, 96FM, to ARN News and Media for $78 million.

At the same time, the battle for third-ranked metropolitan TV broadcaster Ten Network Holdings continued to simmer.

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Investment bankers were salivating at the prospect of an M&A bonanza after Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull said earlier this year that he would examine media regulations, which many industry players say have become outdated.

Although there has been a steady flow of small deals in the sector worth between $5 million and $20 million, a flood of big deals between established household names has failed to eventuate.

This is because Mr Turnbull shelved the reform agenda, citing a lack of consensus among the main media companies.

Mr Turnbull had planned to review laws that ban mergers between metropolitan and regional television stations and the "two-out-of-three rule", which stops companies owning TV, radio and newspaper assets in the one city.

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The top news of the day can change every day, but there's usually some themes that rise to the top in terms of reader interest.

Weird news, horrid criminals and George Zimmerman come to mind. So does Disney. It's not always people from Orlando, though, looking at the content we produce.

Every year, for instance, one of the top stories of the year comes from the thousands of people around the world who want to know more about Orlando's beach. OK, so we don't have a beach exactly, but when you type in "Orlando Beaches" into Google, what you get is one of our stories about the closest beaches to Orlando.

Sometimes, social media or inbound traffic from another website will drive traffic to a particular story, like Reddit.com or Fark.com.

2014 was no different, with a mix of stories that did well not only with local viewers, but hit a nerve with the rest of the world.

Here's the top 20 headlines in terms of page views to OrlandoSentinel.com. Click on the headlines to read more on each story.

1. Walmart offends with website section for 'fat girl costumes' (Read the story)

2. Universal roller coaster accident a hoax, contains malware (Read the story)

3. 5 closest beaches to Orlando (Read the story)

4. Smell from boy, clothes leads to mom s arrest (Read the story)

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