Is Your Business Spending Too Much Time on Facebook?
Countless articles and studies have focused on the negative psychological consequences of Facebook. They include everything from depression (seeing friends’ awesome vacation photos while you’re sitting at a computer can spark FOMO, or “Fear of Missing Out”) to relationship problems (a British survey found that nearly one-third of divorce filings in 2011 mentioned Facebook). Researchers […]
Your Facebook ‘Like’ Is Now Protected by the U.S. Constitution
Clicking “Like” on a Facebook post or page is now a form of speech protected by the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment, according to an opinion issued on Wednesday by a federal appeals court, which overturned a previous ruling to the contrary. The decision (.PDF) to consider a Facebook “Like” as protected speech may set a […]
Facebook-Flavored Ice Cream Is a Real Thing – Facebook Marketing
Can you imagine tasting a social network? Two enterprising ice cream makers at Valentino Ice Cream Shop in Tisno, on Croatia’s Murter island, came up with the novel idea. One of the owners, Admir Adil, noticed his 15-year-old daughter was incessantly checking Facebook, so he thought it only appropriate to create a flavor for other […]
Facebook Will Remove Ads From Pages, Groups With Offensive Content
Facebook will restrict advertising from appearing on pages and groups with controversial content, the company announced Friday. Facebook will conduct a review of ads on the social network beginning next week and said it will remove ads from all groups and pages that contain “violent, graphic or sexual content” by the end of that week, […]
Facebook Insights Gets a Makeover – Facebook Fan Page Marketing
Facebook Page owners, rejoice: Facebook Insights, the social network’s analytics dashboard for public Pages, is getting a makeover. A small, random group of beta testers will get access to the new desktop design on Wednesday, with a broader rollout to follow at an unspecified date. The new design is simpler, cleaner and more intelligible. Stats […]
