Posts about Zuckerberg's world-destroying data gathering machine.
Facebook helps out the satire-challenged Paid Members Public
This has been lurking in my tabs for a while. Facebook is starting to experimentally mark satirical articles [http://mashable.com/2014/08/17/facebook-satire-tag/] – from The Onion in particular – as such: > “We are running a small test which shows the text “[Satire]” in front of links to satirical
Facebook demobbed Paid Members Public
I just made a spur-of-the-moment decision – while sat in a local coffee shop – to remove Facebook from my iPhone. I’m not killing my account or anything like that – understanding how it operates is part of what I do – but the main app is gone. Why? Well, it’s becoming
Gawker plumbs the Facebook traffic valley Paid Members Public
Another reminder of the dangers of building your business on one company’s platform [http://recode.net/2014/08/31/why-building-a-web-business-built-on-facebook-is-so-scary/] : Those are Gawker’s figures – and why did that valley happen? > Read and his co-workers think that this is the result of some algorithm changes Facebook made in
Surviving the Facebook click-bait algorithm change Paid Members Public
[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/08/jWtARPhoWqVxrSSD.jpg] One of the most dangerous things you can do on the internet is start depending on one other company almost entirely for your traffic. A few years ago, I ended up working briefly with a business that
Our Facebook masks slip a little Paid Members Public
Second video of the day: It’s rather ironic that it hit the web a few days before the news that Facebook is running experiments on our emotions [http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22229754.900-even-online-emotions-can-be-contagious.html#.U7KOUFbtlbz] . There’s a whole bunch of interesting research to be done on constructed
Oculus joins the Facebook flotilla Paid Members Public
Is Facebook becoming a good old fashioned conglomerate? Felix Salmon thinks so [http://feedly.com/e/tRs6jlWF]: > Zuckerberg knows how short-lived products can be, on the internet: he knows that if he wants to build a company which will last decades, it’s going to have to outlast Facebook
Facebook: pay for eyeballs or get social Paid Members Public
The Facebook game has changed, and anyone who is surprised hasn’t been paying attention. Social@Ogilvy published research showing that the reach of posts from brand pages on Facebook has been plummeting [https://social.ogilvy.com/facebook-zero-considering-life-after-the-demise-of-organic-reach/] , something borne out by the couple of pages I have a hand
Are you ready for your corporate approved social interaction experience? Paid Members Public
Cliff Watson [https://medium.com/understandings-epiphanies/aae8d5f880cc]: > You see, we’ve come to define “social” in unintentional Orwellian double-speak. “Social” has come to mean the exact opposite of what it’s meant for centuries. Instead of actual interaction and communication, we define “social” as once- or twice-removed ego validation
