I joined Snapchat recently, but I don’t know what I would use it for. I was just curious to see how the service works. Frankly, Snapchat seems a little crazy to me, and I can’t see much point in it…
Tag: Facebook
Reasons why you should “like” more pages on Facebook
I have over 3,200 “friends” on Facebook. Of course, all of those aren’t really friends of mine. But I do have some sort of personal connection to a surprising number of people on that list. I’m middle-aged and have lived…
Twitter vs. Facebook
A really interesting post today by Ezra Klein at the Washington Post’s Wonkblog: Why do journalists prefer Twitter to Facebook? From the piece: The fact that so many journalists are on Twitter has made Twitter incredibly professionally valuable to journalists.…
New “insights” for Facebook pages — another reason for businesses to rethink social media presence
I wrote a City Talk column recently about the weak and ineffective presence that many small businesses have on Facebook. Businesses — including bands, nonprofits, and other organizations — make all sorts of poor choices in their use of Facebook,…
First impression: Facebook’s new graph search looks like a flop
Maybe I should begin by saying that I’m trying out Facebook’s new graph search using my old Mac laptop, OS 10.5.8, with Safari 5.0.6. Maybe the age of those systems is contributing to the new search system’s abject failures here…
Pew: Teens “have waning enthusiasm for Facebook, disliking the increasing adult presence, people sharing excessively, and stressful ‘drama'”
There’s a really interesting report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project: Teens, Social Media, and Privacy. It’s fascinating stuff. Teens are continuing to use Facebook in extremely large numbers. About 81 percent of all teens use at least…
Get ready for Facebook’s newly designed news feed
Well I don’t know what to think of this. As someone who is increasingly using Facebook as a PR tool for this blog (you can “like” my page in the right sidebar) and as someone who posts a significant number…
In age of new media, where are our civic spaces?
I don’t really have any clear answers here, but there are obvious dangers in Facebook — a for-profit corporation with astonishing reach that’s under incredible pressure to add users and sell ads — being our dominant public space on the web.
Instagram backs off new policies that would have allowed commercial sale of users’ pics
I’m not an Instagram user — not yet, anyway — but I’m not entirely reassured by the waffling language here of “not our intention” and “we’re going to remove the language that raised the question”.
As tragedy unfolds, news media and social media users make some big mistakes
Let me begin by saying that I can’t imagine the horror and sadness in Newtown over the last 24 hours or so. My heart goes out to those whose lives have been devastated by yesterday’s mass shooting.
Facebook continues deceptions in its messaging service
If you look at your profile on Facebook today, you’ll possibly see a new email for yourself: [your Facebook user name]@facebook.com.
No surprise in Facebook stock decline
But the social network’s power to capture and hold users is still spectacular, at least for now.
Minors encouraging underage perjury in Atlanta school beating case . . . more examples of how users consider Facebook “private”
I have a love-hate-but-mostly-love relationship with Facebook. Eventually, I want to post here about my absurd number of network contacts. But as an occasional teacher of journalism courses and as someone who with more than a passing interest in issues…
Facebook’s new friend browser: a great way to reconnect? or just creepy?
I’m not sure when Facebook’s new friend browser went live, but I just looked at it today for the first time. I couldn’t help immediately limiting my search to my hometown Frankfort, Kentucky, and my high school Western Hills. And…