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]
From Steven O’Hear at TechCrunch Europe, my eyes popped out of my head when I read this – and it’s a feature, not a flaw. As an example, a privacy quirk on Facebook appears to produce the following scenario: User A sends a friend-request to user B but they choose not to accept, at least […]
As I mentioned before, Farmville and other social games, use sophisticated psychological mechanisms to keep you playing. But that might not continue for much longer on Facebook, as their major producer, Zynga, is having a bit of quarrel with Facebook, with the former threatening to leave. Zynga Gunning Up (And Lawyering Up) For War Against […]