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Evolution of Privacy on Facebook

Mindjumpers

During the last couple of years, Facebook’s default privacy settings have become more and more permissive – and often with great confusion to the users. I have found this chart that illustrates Facebook’s evolution of privacy from the early days in 2005 up until recently.

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Yikes! 10 Years on Facebook…!

Ari Herzog

I created my Facebook account as a graduate student when the site was only available to people with.edu email addresses. The date was Saturday, April 30, 2005 at 1:16 a.m. I will share everything I do online to Facebook, turning it into a firehose similar to how FriendFeed operated. Facebook bores me.

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Experiment: Do Other Social Networks Hate YouTube Links?

Hootsuite

You could upload it directly to Facebook , create a TikTok , post it to LinkedIn , Tweet it , or make it into an Instagram Story. There’s a theory going around that social networks (mainly Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter) give preference to posts that use their native video solutions. Why can’t they just tell us what they want?!

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Evolving on Facebook From Then to Now

Ari Herzog

Reviewing my Facebook history from Day One (which you can learn how to download yourself ), I’ll guess I joined the social networking site in the spring of 2005 shortly after I gained an.edu email address in graduate school. Because search engines can see pages, so too can any person whether or not a Facebook user.

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‘China’s Facebook’ Renren Seeks NYSE Listing [Data]

Idaconcpts

According to AsiaTimesOnline.com , Renren, known as the “Facebook of China&# , will be listed in the New York Stock Exchange next month, raising up to US$584 million. literally “on-campus network&# ) is a Chinese social networking site with an interface similar to that of Facebook. What is Renren?

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Why I Want to Delete My Facebook Account

Ari Herzog

In five words, I am tired of Facebook. I joined the social networking site in early 2005 as a graduate student, when it was only available to users with.edu email addresses. I sync the accounts today, and it’s odd to find someone not a Facebook user. I’m merely prioritizing my time on the site.

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Why Every Brand Should Have a YouTube Channel

Socialized

Many businesses post exclusively to YouTube to take benefit of many advantages that the site provides. YouTube is the second most popular social media site in the world and is only exceeded by Facebook, ever since it was introduced in 2005. They use engaging content to draw and engage their target audiences.

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