Paying For Promotion: Facebook Sponsored Posts Are Killing Bloggers’ Traffic
A lot of people are feeling screwed by Facebook right now. If you haven’t noticed, Facebook has recently changed their algorithm to dramatically decrease the overall reach of posts. The hard numbers haven’t been officially released yet, but some creators have reported at least a 30% decrease in their overall fan page interactions. At the [...]
Plus-Size Student’s Bikini Photo, Tumblr Rant Against Body Image Ideals Goes Viral
Stella Boonshoft made a defiant statement about body image two weeks ago when she posted the latest photo of herself on her Tumblr blog “The Body Love Blog.” She wrote: “WARNING: Picture might be considered obscene because subject is not thin. And we all know that only skinny people can show their stomachs and celebrate [...]
UPDATED: Facebook’s New Algorithm Change Slashes Fan Page Reach by Up to 40%
[UPDATE 10/22/2012 3:30 p.m. PT] Facebook has responded to NMR’s post with the following statement: We’re continuing to optimize News feed to show the posts that people are most likely to engage with, ensuring they see the most interesting stories. This aligns with our vision that all content should be as engaging as the posts [...]
Facebook, Tumblr Go LGBT Purple For #spiritday
Social media sites are adding a splash of purple today to honor the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination’s 3rd annual “Spirit Day,” which takes a stand against bullying. The event encourages participants to wear purple in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth, but the event isn’t limited to only that. Many [...]
Dear Businesses, This is How You Respond To a Facebook Rant With Awesomeness
Early last week, a man by the name of Richard Neill made a comedic post on BodyForms Facebook page. BodyForm is a European Maxi Pads company that’s known for its commercials on TV depicting woman having the time of their lives during their periods. Neill claims to have watched these videos as a kid and [...]
In Honor Of 1 Billion Users, Facebook Compares Themselves To Chairs….Wait, What?
Facebook is like a chair. No, wait, it’s actually like an airplane, or is it a doorbell? No, I’m pretty sure it’s like baseball because everyone likes baseball, or something like that? What’s this now? Facebook is actually like a great nation. Nevermind, now Facebook is like a handshake, now a milkshake, now a garden [...]
Coca Cola Strips ‘Winner’ Of His Prize Over Vote Farming Scandal
The Internet needs to find a new way to cheat.A Georgia lawyer refuses to take defeat sitting down after the Coca Cola Company stripped him of his grand prize for defrauding an iced tea sweepstakes. According to him though, he’s done nothing wrong — he was just using the Internet to his advantage. The lawyer, [...]
Facebook Presents New ‘Gifts’ Service to Send Your Hollow Birthday Wishes
Facebook seems firmly in the whore business now after the debacle with their IPO. Today, the floundering social network site announced a new tool they will be employing in a desperate bid to make their business model profitable: gifting. Considering they already remind you when one of your fairweather acquaintances celebrates a birthday, in a [...]
Homecoming Queen Prank Victim Gets Support From Facebook Community
When West Branch, Michigan, high school sophomore Whitney Kropp was elected her high school’s homecoming queen, she was surprised at first given the fact she wasn’t “popular.” That surprise turned into humiliation when she found out that it was actually a prank and was laughed and teased by her fellow classmates. She told the Detroit [...]
The Next Step? Facebook Wants To Take On Google in the Search Engine Business
Pop quiz, hotshot: In 2004, you started the hottest company on the planet and everybody said you would be a mega-billionaire if you just kept doing what you were doing. Fast forward to 2012: Your current business model for making money stinks, and Wall Street knows it. What do you do? If you’re Mark Zuckerberg, [...]
