Posts about Zuckerberg's world-destroying data gathering machine.
Facebook Instant Articles for all publishers, come April Paid Members Public
Interesting news from the folks at Facebook – Instant Articles for all [http://media.fb.com/2016/02/17/opening-up-instant-articles/]: > We’re excited to announce that on April 12th at Facebook’s F8 conference, we will be opening up the Instant Articles program to all publishers—of any size, anywhere
Facebook's Like button evolves into Reactions Paid Members Public
Facebook’s Like button evolves into Reactions [http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2016-facebook-reactions-chris-cox/] The Like button is about to get a whole lot more nuanced, with a new range of emotions available to react to posts. The change is rolling out in the coming weeks. But how to implement it
Facebook made local newspapers redundant Paid Members Public
The problem with local newspapers [http://scripting.com/liveblog/users/davewiner/2015/12/15/0641.html]: > John Robinson notes [http://johnlrobinson.com/2015/12/when-the-social-networks-beat-you-to-the-story/] that his local paper is much slower than Facebook and Twitter, often reporting local stories two days after it appeared on social media. What’
Facebook and publishers: live by the algorithm, die by the algorithm Paid Members Public
As anyone who has been trained by me of late will know, Facebook is the 1000lb gorilla in the traffic generation game right now. It’s been steadily rising as a percentage of traffic referrals to publisher sites, and it by far blows away all other forms of social media.
Facebook's secret weapon against YouTube: comments Paid Members Public
Om Malik has written a fascinating post about why Facebook might be a bigger threat to YouTube [http://om.co/2015/06/08/facebook-vs-youtube-battle-for-online-video/] than people have considered. And it’s all down to comments: > The crucial difference is that on Facebook, you see people actually talking (and tagging)
Facebook's Instant Articles - an instant opportunity (with a price) Paid Members Public
Facebook is offering publishers another Faustian bargain. Will they accept?
Beware Facebookers bearing gifts… Paid Members Public
There’s a fascinating piece from David Carr on the New York Times website today, looking at the relationship between Facebook and news publishers [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/business/media/facebook-offers-life-raft-but-publishers-are-wary.html?referrer=&_r=1] . But it needs to be read with caution. Some parts of
Inside the Facebook censorship machine Paid Members Public
Fascinating interview with Monika Bickert [http://recode.net/2014/09/12/how-facebook-decides-between-censorship-and-safety/] , the head of global policy for Facebook: > We use technology to help us triage reports, and we also use Microsoft’s Photo DNA to help us prevent images of child exploitation from being uploaded to the site,
