Sherrilynne Starkie

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Facebook news today

Sherrilynne Starkie

The company’s blog says, “A few months ago we began testing a new requirement that the creator of any content containing cruel and insensitive humor include his or her authentic identity for the content to remain on Facebook. How Facebook could take on Tumblr. Yes, @Facebook, it IS graphic violence (Trigger warning).

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Facebook and hashtags: at long last

Sherrilynne Starkie

Similar to other services like Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or Pinterest, hashtags on Facebook allow users to add context to a post or indicate that it is part of a larger discussion. This article first appeared on the Thornley Fallis blog. This is bound to make the lives of social media strategists a little bit easier.

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Native advertising is here to stay

Sherrilynne Starkie

Last week Yahoo and Tumblr, too, announced the launch of integrated ads. Jeff Jarvis , a respected journalist and blogger (of Dell Hell fame) blogged about the Times launch: “Do you find value in reading an opus from Dell about “Reaching Across the Office from Marketing to IT“? I go to Dell to buy hardware, not words.”.