What was my first thought when I heard about the new Facebook profile layout? So does the new Facebook profile come with any “oops” privacy roll-backs like previous Facebook changes? #skepticalofFBless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhonemaggielmcg maggielmcg Looks like we didn’t have to wait long for the first privacy glitch to reveal […]
Facebook Promotions About to Get Easier for Nonprofits?
A little over a year ago I was breathing fire over Facebook’s new rules for promotions. Ask them permission before running a contest? No more “leave a comment to be entered to win…” hi-jinx? The free ride was over. Looks like Facebook has re-thought the whole promotions thing, because I just read that they will […]
Why I Will Never, Ever Use Facebook Places
It’s simple: because I hate how much of my life Facebook already owns and has control over. Facebook is now worth $33 BILLION–all because chumps like me are willing to share their lives with the world and Facebook gets to sell us out. Why the hell am I going to give them one more piece […]
Facebook Fan Page Notifier
So you manage a Facebook Page? Or several? I’d be willing to bet one of your pet peeves is the lack of Facebook’s capability to alert you when someone has posted a comment on your wall or responded to one of your posts. Because Facebook doesn’t offer this feature, your only recourse is to obsessively […]
Yet Another Level of Facebook Sucking: Community Pages
As if there weren’t already enough things to dislike about Facebook: the way Pages can’t be unlinked from creators, the way it is making billions off your personal information…I’m not even going to continue because it could take all day. You get the point. At any rate, back to “as if there weren’t already enough […]
The Facebook Page Conundrum
As Facebook increases its foothold on word domination (the most recent case in point is the recently revealed “Like” feature that will allow any piece of content on any website to be pulled into the Facebook), not having a presence on Facebook is becoming more of a liability for businesses. Why would a business NOT […]
What if Facebook Becomes the Next Monsanto?
I love nothing better than a good “what if?” So when I saw this news about Facebook patenting the news feed, I couldn’t help but think of the movie I’m now obsessed with, Food, Inc. Specifically, the part about my worst nightmare company, Monsanto, and how they are systematically suing farmers who don’t use their […]
Why Businesses Should Think Twice Before Investing Money or Time in a Facebook Page
Not to be all “what if”–but the more integral to companies’ social media efforts Facebook becomes, the more leery I am about the idea of putting business eggs in a basket over which one has no control. Twitter has already announced that it’s testing some business features; Facebook pages, however, while clearly a business offering, […]
Facebook Users: Get Ready for a Deluge of Spam
What’s the percent chance that Facebook developers, if given the option to request or even require your email address in order to use their applications, would NOT use those email addresses to spam the crap out of you? We’ll soon find out, since, effective Wednesday, January 20, Facebook’s new email API will be going live. […]
Your Social Media Failure is Not Because Social Networks Are Too Crowded
I read this article yesterday and am still shaking my head about it today. The article’s premise–“Governments Tweet, Few Care”–is based in part on one guy’s opinion that government is boring and people only seek excitement and entertainment on social networks. The article goes on to state that this guy “does not use social-networking sites.” […]