1. Just check your frickin’ privacy settings. You’ll be happier knowing that your profile is locked down and no nasty corporations are stealing your thoughts. Use this thingamyjig
There has been a lot of talk about Facebook and privacy all through its history, but especially so in the last month, since some new changes were made. What this post will attempt to do is to clarify what changes have taken place; secondly, the reaction to these changes; thirdly, what they mean on a […]
It’s not often I come across material that is genuine and emotional but also relevant for this blog. Below is a link from a clinical psychologist, describing how she used Facebook to help her get over the death of her father. Whereas previously, she didn’t think much of it professionally (although admitting it was a […]
Social media scientist (his words) Dan Zarella has compiled some very curious datamining results from Facebook. Among which are what he reckons to be: – the best days to share – the effects of digits on sharing – the effect of readability on sharing – and the most and least ‘shareable’ words on Facebook […]
Apparently, there is a generational difference in how people perceive Facebook, over the last six weeks at least. In that time period, Facebook’s ‘buzz’ has dropped in the +35 age group, but risen in the 18-34 group. With thanks to the pollsters at YouGov BrandIndex Older Users Hear Facebook Is Bad News [STATS]
