Social Media News
Jun
I had the strangest experience on Facebook recently. I logged into my own account and entered the name of a friend into the search bar. Upon hitting enter, I suddenly found myself looking at status updates from people I didn’t know.
My original reaction was ….”who the heck are these people?” Then I realized I was logged in as someone else! I wasn’t logged in as the friend I was looking for either… it was a complete stranger!
I have absolutely no idea as to how I suddenly entered this person’s account, but I did. I was able to view EVERYTHING – their privacy settings, contact information, and more.
What did I do? I logged out immediately and sent an email to Facebook via a copyright infringment form – since it was the only contact form I could find.
What could have happened? If I were the non-ethical type, I could have done some damage in this person’s account.
The lesson. Not all Facebook account hacks are done maliciously. If you find that your account has been compromised, it may have been an accident.
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May
Facebook and Privacy are a combination of words that have been handcuffed together and receiving a lot of attention lately. In a post we wrote earlier this week, we discussed the announcement that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made on Wednesday afternoon that satisfied many Facebook users: Facebook simplified its privacy controls.
The old setup confused and irritated many people. The privacy settings page contained a lot of text and more than 100 different control settings to choose from. The array of customizable controls essentially complicated the privacy settings and Facebook users found it difficult to figure out what information they were sharing.
We want you to know all about the new and improved privacy control features Facebook is rolling out. The blog, All Facebook, put together a summary guide of the 10 Things You Need To Know About Today’s Facebook Privacy Changes.
The full article contains all the good details- below we provided you with a quick look of the list of the 10 things we think you should know about:
- You can opt out of applications
- You can hide your friends list
- You can hide your interests
- Much information is still public by default
- Instant Personalization is still opt-out
- You can hide information from the past
- You should review your settings
- There is now a single directories settings page
- Privacy now only takes one click
- Settings will be rolled out over the next few weeks
Take a look at the new Facebook privacy control page. Let us know what you think about the simplified features.
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May
Attention Facebook Users: Facebook is simplifying its privacy controls. Facebook has been growing and making many changes to the site over the past few years. Recently, Facebook tried to give users’ more control over their privacy settings- but all of the customization options were just too confusing.
In response to many complaints and criticism, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that his company would “simplify” privacy controls starting with a re-designed privacy settings page.
So what does this mean for Facebook Users? On the official Facebook blog, Mark Zuckerberg posted, “Today we’re starting to roll out some changes that will make all of these controls a lot simpler. We’ve focused on three things: a single control for your content, more powerful controls for your basic information and an easy control to turn off all applications.”
We will keep you updated by posting new information up on our blog about the new Facebook privacy features, so check back soon.
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Mike McDonald of Web Pro News spoke with Vanessa Fox, founder of Nine by Blue, and Avinash Kaushik, Google’s analytics evangelist at SMX West in Santa Clara. Both spoke about how real-time search and social search affects marketers.
What does this all mean for marketers?
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May
What happened this week in Social Media?
Facebook Location Feature Leaked
LinkedIn Celebrates it’s 7th Birthday
Foursquare Adds “Like” Button to Venue Pages
Twitter to Release “Embedded Tweets”
Microsoft Spindex Puts New Spin on Social Networking
Digg.com Cuts 10% of It’s Workforce
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