How not to be hated on Facebook YourTango.com, a self-described "community for love, sex, dating and relationship advice," has created an instructional video called "Facebook Manners and You." Styled after one of those frighteningly cheery '50s educational films, the video's instructions for proper behavior on the "electric friendship generator" is funny in a hits-close-to-home way. (I mean, no it doesn't. No one has ever posted embarrassing photos of me on the Internet!) (See the 25 best blogs of 2009.) The video covers everything from how to dump someone (do not break up with your partner by changing your relationship status) to the best practices for starting a hate group (don't create an "I hate so-and-so" group. 1.
A Completely Unscientific (Yet Accurate) Look at Social Sites Interested in joining a community based site but not sure which one is right for you? There are many different options out there that will cater to your specific interests and demographic. You can start by asking yourself a few questions. Is your interest in technology more Linux-based, or more camera-phone-to-take-picture-of-self-based? Comment gérer une Page créée par des Fans ? A Closer Look at Facebook's New Privacy Options Chances are you wouldn't tell grandma about the wild party you went to last Saturday night. Likewise, you might have spent Sunday evening at home knittin' a mitten and only feel secure enough in your manhood to share pictures of your fiber craft with family. While real life communication lets us share different things with different people, online social networking has tended to have two modes: public or private. Last week, Facebook announced a move to support a much more sophisticated understanding of privacy that's more like what real people have in real life. It's a major shift in how Facebook works. When Facebook announced last week that users will now have a new set of privacy options for sharing content, we got the story wrong. We think most other reports on the news missed a key point, too, though. A Different Understanding of Privacy How can anything shared on the internet be considered private? Privacy on Facebook Now: The New Privacy on Facebook Perhaps no longer!
Breaking down barriers to Facebook organizing Two years ago at the Personal Democracy Forum in New York, Eli Pariser and I took MySpace to task for censorship on their site. We began dropping hints about an "Internet user's rights movement." The main goal? Internet users working together (like a union) to win input into things like the "terms of service" that big sites like MySpace were able to change on a whim -- the equivalent of one side changing a contract after both sides signed. At the time, such a movement seemed far-fetched. But then, it got a little more real. Then, this Thursday, Facebook did something very bold: They offered "users around the world an unprecedented role in determining the future policies governing the service." Hundreds of people have already given feedback to Facebook about the "10 Principles" they proposed to guide their site. But I'm starting this blog to draw attention to a principle that was left off Facebook's list -- or that at least needs to be made more explicit:
When Do You Use Twitter Versus Facebook? Soren Gordhamer is the author of Wisdom 2.0: Ancient Secrets for the Creative and Constantly Connected (HarperOne, 2009). His homepage is: www.sorengordhamer.com. You can follow him on . There is growing body of people who actively use more than one social network, and do so with quite different purposes. Though on the surface many social networks seem similar, to use them skillfully it helps to better understand the different roles they can play in one’s online activity. Twitter Connecting with Someone You Don’t Know If I want to connect with someone I don’t know, either for business, social, or personal reasons, I first look the person up on Twitter. Of course, you can send people messages you do not know through Facebook, but such communication, to me, is more welcome via Twitter, as people still see Facebook (as much as they are trying to change) as oriented toward communicating with people one already knows. Breaking News New Learning and Discovery Facebook Local News/Events Conclusion
Twitter to Facebook: 5 Ways to Post to Both There once was a time when our Facebook friends wanted nothing to do with our Twitter updates. Now that Twitter is growing at an astounding rate and rounding the mainstream bend, more of our Facebook friends have developed a fancy for Twitter themselves, and it's becoming commonplace to highlight our tweets on our Facebook walls. If you're new to Twitter, or just haven't followed the Twitter to Facebook trend in recent months, we've found a few quick and easy ways to turn your tweets into status updates. From auto-updating your Facebook status, to more calculated updates, we think these five ways to share Twitter updates with Facebook will satisfy those of us with a predilection for maintaining dual social presences. More Status Update Resources from Mashable
How to Use Facebook: 5 Tips For Better Social Networking Facebook is a social networking site that is enormously popular, but it can be a frustrating user experience. The design of Facebook leaves a lot to be desired and there are almost too many choices for things to do on Facebook. Also some of the more popular Facebook activities are trivial instead of useful - throwing sheep is an oft-quoted example. Having said that, there's no doubt that Facebook is a powerful social networking tool. So how can you best utilize it and find the good apps? In this post we aim to find out. Tip 1: Update Your Status Regularly This is a simple thing to do to keep your Facebook profile active. Tip 2. Groups are a core feature of social networking on the Web. There is a bit of a trick to setting this groups feature up. To set lists up for your Facebook account, go to your Facebook homepage and click the "more" link on the left-hand sidebar. Tip 3: Add Your Content From Other Sources (Carefully...) Tip 4: Brighten Up Your Profile With Photos and Videos
How to customize the new Facebook home page 3 Tips for Customizing the New Facebook Home Page With the new “real time” stream on Facebook’s redesigned home page, Facebook is relying less on its ability to algorithmically select interesting content for users and more on users’ abilities to group and categorize their friends to create the most interesting stream. Here are a couple quick tips for customizing it the new Facebook home page to make it work better for you: 1) Hide friends whose updates you don’t want to see. The easiest way to get started is to hide friends from the News Feed. 2) Group friends into Friend Lists and use them to filter your feed. The next step is to group friends into what Facebook calls “Friend Lists.” To create Friend Lists, go to the Friends tab and click “Make a New List” on the left side of the page. 3) Change your default home page filter. You can change the default stream you see on the home page by dragging a friend list or network filter above “News Feed” on the left. Sponsored Post
10 Solid Tips to Safeguard Your Facebook Privacy Facebook statistics show that it has 250 million active users each with an average 120 friends. More than 1 billion photos are uploaded every month by its users, over 70% of whom use applications like games and quizzes in Facebook. Unfortunately, most users don’t know the implications of entering personal information, making friends, and playing games on Facebook. This guide will show what you can (and cannot) do to safeguard your Facebook privacy. 1. Organize Friends in Lists What do you do when your boss, mother-in-law, or a casual web acquaintance sends you a friend request on Facebook? Tip: On your left sidebar, all your friend lists may not show up by default. 2. Click Settings > Privacy Settings > Profile. If you choose Customize in the drop down, you can be more specific. Also go to the Contact Information tab and choose how you want your contact information to be shared on the Internet. 3. On the Photos tab of your profile page, click Album Privacy. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.