Yesterday, Facebook blogged about the difference between Pages and Groups, two different ways beyond a personal profile to establish a presence and connect with people on Facebook. Profiles, Pages and Groups are visually almost identical (for now), but Facebook explains the distinction:
Only the official representatives of a public figure, business ...
Marta Kagan, US Managing Director at Espresso gave a keynote last year titled "What the F**k is Social Media." This keynote is comprised of a nice overview of the space along with nice statistics that the last year has afforded.
Some key takeaway points:
Visiting social sites is now the 4th most ...
Last year I compiled a large list of popular social networks in the U.S. and around the world. Using recent data from Alexa, I've updated the list for June 2009.
What's Changed Since Last Year
Facebook, which had already beat MySpace globally, surpassed its rival in the U.S., and stole a lot of ...
I'm engaged, so I see a lot of wedding services advertisements on Facebook. Film school ads pop up, because I was a film major. Some simply say, "Are you a 24-year-old male?" to grab my attention. These targeted ads don't bother me because the advertisers don't learn any of my ...
It's been a week since the Iranian government announced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's landslide election victory over popular reformist candidate Mirhossein Mousavi, which sparked lasting, national demonstrations. Protesters believe the election results are fraudulent, and see this moment as an opportunity for change, or perhaps revolution.
Certainly, if a revolution is possible, ...
In just over 4 hours, Facebook will allow users and Page admins to choose unique usernames! What this means, like on many other social media sites, is that users can obtain much more desirable, convenient, easy-to-remember URLs. Gone are the days of http://facebook.com/people/Chad_Brunswick/92219538. Hello http://facebook.com/chadwick! (Or whatever.)
At 12:01 a.m. tonight, ...
Once again, Mark Zuckerberg is rolling out another Facebook redesign.... and shockingly enough, it seems to mimmick Twitter even further!
Announced today through the Facebook Blog, the new changes are quite extensive and are definitely the largest we've seen since the creation of the news feed. The first update is the creation ...
From the historic outcry over the News Feed rollout, or the debacle that was Beacon, any time Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shares his thoughts on the Facebook Blog, there's a 50/50 chance it's because people in Facebookland are unhappy.
Most recently, Zuckerberg responded to controversy surrounding a change in Facebook's ...
With Facebook nipping at the heels of MySpace for U.S. web traffic, what's MySpace's solution? Kick out 90,000 registered users!
Fortunately, according to CNN, those 90,000 banned users were also convicted sex offenders. This revelation is thanks to the Connecticut attorney general, who subpoenaed MySpace's user files to check for ...
The Facebook Blog reports one of the fruits of their most recent "Hackathon" (an all-night coding extravaganza) is a cool visualization system that displays all the interactions between users on Facebook. Check out their nifty demo video to see what "Palatir" is all about.
