Sherrilynne Starkie

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Facebook’s fake news battle in Canada

Sherrilynne Starkie

Placing false stories lower in News Feed. Fact-checkers will write articles to provide more information on a news story and these will be highlighted below the original story in Related Articles. How Facebook Canada’s Fact-Checking Will Work. Fact-checking stories. More Ways to Fight Fake News on Facebook.

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Facebook Reader a welcome feature

Sherrilynne Starkie

I liked that it had the ability to search through feeds to find specific content. Today, we are hearing reports that Facebook is going to launch a reader application, and my first thought was, I hope this won’t change Facebook’s current update feeds. Related articles. Facebook would not confirm the reports at the time.

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Facebook and hashtags: at long last

Sherrilynne Starkie

In addition, users can create updates directly from a hashtag feed to insert themselves directly into any open discussions. This article first appeared on the Thornley Fallis blog. Related articles. This is bound to make the lives of social media strategists a little bit easier. Related posts: Facebook news today.

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New look and feel for LinkedIn

Sherrilynne Starkie

Now network updates and articles are featured at the top of the feed. Related articles. There is also a continuous stream of updates with no need to click to “see more”. Users can see what connections are talking about and can engage by liking, commenting updates (sound familiar?). Content curation on the rise.

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Facebook mention: for celebrities only

Sherrilynne Starkie

Besides that, I don’t want to fill up my feeds with irrelevant updates about things I care little about. This article was originally published on Thornleyfallis.com. Related articles. I have this self-imposed rule because my own personal goal in social media is to make real connections with real people.

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Measuring the impact of Facebook video content

Sherrilynne Starkie

Ever notice that the video ads you see in your Facebook news feed start running even if you don’t click on play? People respond differently to the videos that the see in their Facebook news feeds. A version of this article was first published on Thornleyfallis.com. Related articles. There’s a good reason for that.

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Taking part in the Facebook 10-year challenge?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Personally I saw this dozens, maybe hundreds, of times in my Facebook feed over the last week or so, and yes, I certainly took part in it myself. Her supplementary article, published January 15th, has received more than half a million Facebook engagements and 601,300+ social media engagements in all, according to Buzzsumo.

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