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Thursday, July 12, 2012
Can Facebook Fix Bad Behaviors?
Facebook has persuasive powers, but can the social network curtail bad behaviors such as smoking? That's what researchers want to find out. A study in the most recent issue of Science magazine tries to figure out whether or not Facebook has the kind of power to help people change for the better. It might sound Big Brother-like, but it's more like helping good behavior go viral. Researchers are trying to "seed" good... read more>>
Some Facebook Pages Can Add Location To Posts
Location, location, location: Location is always important, and some Facebook page administrators are now seeing the option of adding it to their pages' posts and photos. Sister blog Inside Facebook reported that the process for pages with access to the feature is similar to the process for Facebook users to add location to their posts and photos, with the option of including a map of the location. According to Inside Facebook, page administrators... read more>>
Businesses See Success With Facebook Promoted Posts
Earlier this year, Facebook launched promoted posts for pages, giving page administrators the ability to greatly enhance their reach (just don't bring it up with George Takei). Already, businesses are seeing incredible results through promoted posts, such as more clients and a better return on investment, according to new figures released recently by Facebook. Promoted posts, which are available to pages with between 400 and 100,000 likes, push specific posts to fans'... read more>>
Facebook Revamps Help Drop-Down Menu, Help Center
Facebook quietly rolled out a revamp of its help center, with a robust drop-down menu and access to help pages without users having to leave the page they started from. Rather than being taken to the help center after clicking help in the upper-right-hand corner of the screen, Facebook users now see a drop-down menu that says, "Hi (User Name), what do you need help with?" A handful of options are then... read more>>
Facebook's Marne Levine Honored At Institute for Education Media And Technology Roundtable
Facebook Vice President of Global Public Policy Marne Levine was the honored guest at the Media and Technology Roundtable Thursday at the residence of Elena Poptodorova, Bulgarian ambassador to the U.S., hosted by the Institute for Education. Among the topics Levine discussed, according to the IFE: Facebook is a mission-driven company, and it strives to make the world more open by giving people the power to connect and share. Levine's role and how she... read more>>
Glassdoor's Integration With Facebook Appears To Compromise Anonymity
Glassdoor is a great way to get the inside scoop on a company before you send in a job application. Job seekers can compare salaries and read anonymous reviews from employees to get a better sense of what it's really like to work at a certain place. But now that Glassdoor has integrated with Facebook, users can see which friends are on Glassdoor, taking away the sense of anonymity. Glassdoor has a... read more>>
Bleapp App Brings Scratch-Off Games To Facebook
The Facebook lottery may be a scam, but Facebook users can still play scratch-off games on the social network thanks to a new application from Bleapp. Scratch Off allows page administrators to create contests and promotions that simulate scratch-off lottery tickets, where players use their mouse cursors as coins and remove the top layer to see what they have won. Pages that incorporate Scratch Off can put the app behind a like gate,... read more>>
App Enables Like-And-Win Facebook Contests
Like-and-win contests run afoul of Facebook's guidelines on promotions, but Netherlands startup The Page Creators claims to have found a Facebook-approved way around this rule, apparently through the use of tabs, with its new Like & Win application. Like & Win allows page administrators to create customizable contests with the aim of generating more likes and collecting data on those users. Entries can be exported, and the contests' form fields and overall... read more>>
How Facebook's Open Graph And Consumer Behavior Are Shaping The Next Generation Of Social Media Marketing
To say there's been a shift in the way people engage with brands would be a gross understatement -- it's more like a huge leap. But all things considered, it's not surprising. The rise in social media usage has lent the volume and visibility needed for widespread peer-to-peer recommendations, and consumers have always been better than marketers at influencing other consumers. What we're seeing now is actually an outburst of what has... read more>>
Judge In Facebook Sponsored Stories Case Recuses Herself
The case in which five Facebook members sued the company for violating their privacy rights with sponsored stories has taken an odd twist. Not long ago, Facebook agreed to settle the case, donating $10 million to charity. That settlement needed approval from a San Jose, Calif., judge, who recused herself from the case Wednesday. She gave no reason for her decision. Reuters reported Wednesday that District Judge Lucy Koh has stepped away... read more>>
Facebook Rolls Out Redesigned Events; Users Can Choose Calendar Or List Format
Facebook's overhaul of its events feature took a big step forward Wednesday, enabling users to view their events in either a calendar or list format, with the changes originating from one of the social network's hackathon events. Wednesday's introduction of the calendar and list formats followed Facebook's moves in June to allow users to export events to users' calendars and introduction of a revamped gear menu, as well as a test by... read more>>
Partnership Between Facebook, NBC Olympics To Mix TV And Social Media
Can't outrun Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt or defend USA basketball star Kevin Durant? You can still be a part of the 2012 London Olympic Games through NBC and Facebook. The social network and the TV network announced a partnership for the Summer Olympics. People who like the NBC Olympics page on Facebook have access to exclusive content and the Talk Meter, a new data tool. In addition to connecting with fans through... read more>>
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