You may have heard rumors that from January Facebook will expect all page posts to be ‘Boosted’. More
January 2015: Facebook Pages Changes
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Did you know you can now edit your Facebook posts?
No, neither did I. I’ve already written about editing Facebook Comments. But, I didn’t know you can now edit Facebook posts as well. I discovered this nugget of information at a social media training session last weekend. More
Facebook Privacy. Don’t get mad, change your account settings
Facebook have updated their Data Use Policy and inevitably, once again, there are several new “Facebook you can’t distribute my information” posts and emails doing the rounds. It’s been said before, and I’m sure in a few months’ time it’ll have to be said again:
Facebook is a commercial concern, not a public service. If you play in Facebook’s backyard, Facebook gets to set the rules, not you, and In order to play in their backyard you have to agree to their rules of the game.
If you don’t like the rules, go play elsewhere. It’s that simple. More
Facebook issues proposed changes to its Data Use Policy and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities
Facebook are set to update their Data Use Policy and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. The proposed changes come as the result of a settlement in a court case concerning its use of personal data in advertising. More
Facebook Promotions Simplified
Facebook have simplified their requirements for your business to run a Facebook promotion. You longer need to use a Facebook apps, promotions can be offered via your timeline, which is good news for many small businesses. More
Yup. I agree. Unless you have a highly motivated and engaged audience Facebook now makes it really hard to make things happen. Unless, that is, you spend some dollars with them.
All the more reason to brush up your SEO and Analytics skills and make sure you are concentrating your efforts and money in the right places.
7 reasons why Facebook doesn’t care about your business page – DashBurst.com.
New Facebook privacy controls are being rolled out
Check out the new Facebook privacy controls that are being rolled out now – see the above screen grab. More
Instagram performs a U-turn and will re-word Terms and Conditions
In what has to be a damage control exercise, Kevin Systrom co-founder of Instagram has admitted they made a mistake and promised to re-word their terms and conditions text. On the Instagram company blog he posted: More
New Facebook Privacy Controls
Facebook have announced new ‘better’ privacy controls to be rolled out by the end of the year. It’s mostly good news, but for some people there is a sting. More
Police in Global Arrests over $850m Facebook botnet crime spree
“An alleged cybercrime ring said to be responsible for losses of $850m (£530m) looks to have been foiled by the FBI – by using Facebook.Facebook users were targeted over two years beginning in October 2010.”
Read the full post:
Police in Global Arrests over $850m botnet crime spree – BBC News
Facebook – See Your Year in Review
There’s an end of year gift from Facebook – go to your Facebook Profile Page and on the right, under your cover picture, you’ll see the above link. Click the link and you’ll be shown a summary of ‘your 20 biggest moments for the past year’. More
Facebook comments can be edited (you did know that, didn’t you?)
Why not share this post with all your Facebook friends who insist on typing two or more comments because they haven’t worked out how to edit the one they got wrong… (you did know this, didn’t you?)
Don’t waste your time cutting and pasting Facebook privacy/copyright statements
Today Facebook issued an email about the next steps in its Global Site Governance review, and there’s been a resurgence of the ‘protect your privacy by pasting this message’ hoax.
To cut to the chase, if you are sent a message about cutting and pasting a Facebook copyright or privacy statement, don’t do it and don’t share it. It’s totally irrelevant. If you want to know more about this, read on. More
Social Media – Blessing or Curse?
Here’s a link to a simple way to stop your friends from embarrassing you on Facebook. I’ll bite my tongue and I won’t say ‘unfriend them’ or send them a link to my post on the privacy hoax post.
This won’t protect you from their silly comments etc. but it does keep unexpected pictures and comments out of your timeline.
Here’s A Simple Way To Stop Your Friends From Embarrassing You On Facebook