Whatever your philosophy about “doing good” may be, there can be no denying that part of the power of human, animal, and environmental rights campaigns is tied largely to their ability to mobilize people into action for the cause. And while Facebook may seem like the ideal venue to engage millions of connected users [...]
Facebook has positioned itself as one of the giants of the web, offering everything from messaging to live chat, photo hosting, video streaming, social applications, games and more. They are constantly adding new features to make the site more social and more functional. However, there is still one glaring feature missing from Facebook’s [...]
Facebook appears to have crossed user privacy boundaries for the second time in under three years with their latest program, “Instant Personalization”. The service, which immediately customizes a site based on a user’s Facebook data the moment they visit the site, has drawn the attention of a number of Senators, not just users. [...]
This post is by William Beutler, Innovation Manager at New Media Strategies, an online marketing and intelligence firm in Arlington, Virginia.
Among the changes announced at F8 last week, the one most users are likely aware of already is the introduction of Community Pages and the linking of user profiles to them. This has caused a [...]
In a recent interview, Mark Pincus encouraged Facebook to be more like XBox Live, “where there are achievements, a consistent user experience, a way for web publishers and networks and sites to participate and an easy way for developers to develop amazing game experiences that enhance relationships among people.” He discusses a series of analogies [...]
Last night’s story from the Financial Times about a behavioral ad network being powered by Facebook’s new Like button turned out to be completely false and the article was quickly changed to reveal nothing new. However with all the discussion around Facebook’s new “Like” button and speculation about its implications, we’ve come to our [...]
“Who uses Facebook apps?” was a question posed to me over the weekend while out for a night on the town in Chicago. Unfortunately, this has become an increasingly common question among many of my friends. While Facebook application use was ubiquitous when the platform launched almost three years ago, anecdotal evidence would [...]
With Facebook’s user base growing well past 400M users, it’s inevitable that a percentage of them might be sociopaths, taking advantage of the social network’s very features to accomplish their goals. Several disturbing incidents have taken place recently in the state of Massachusetts in particular, and Facebook has been an instrument by the teens in [...]
A recent CNN article pointed out that a number of students have been changing their Facebook names in order to hide their profile from college recruiters and potential employers. This comes after a recent survey commissioned by Microsoft revealed that 79% of recruiters look up their candidates’ information online: that means they will Google [...]
While I personally love using Digg to find my news content, the majority of the internet is perfectly satisfied finding content through their friends. While Digg is in the process of rolling out a new version of their site, Facebook’s decision to release a “like button for the internet” could significantly impact Digg. [...]
