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Instagram Does the Two Step - And Steps In It

Social Media Marketing

It didn't seem possible just eight short months ago when Facebook announced that it was acquiring the fledgling hipster photo sharing app for $1 billion. But with yesterday's announcement of pending changes in its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service , Instagram is quickly falling from grace. It was the photo sharing site of choice.

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Facebook's Need for Better Communication

Social Media Marketing

It seems that every time Facebook makes a change, it's a major gaffe. With Mark Zuckerberg being named the Time Person of the Year for 2010, you would think that there would be a little more thought that goes into the company's approach to privacy, major UI changes, and how those are communicated to the very people those changes affect.

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Has Social Media Killed Off Privacy?

Laurel Papworth

What with Tom Tom selling our GPS data to the police that then book us for speeding, and facial recognition connecting our faces to our social networks and the privacy implications that entails, are we thinking enough about the big issues in our rush to upload, tag and share content in online communities?

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Google+ v. Facebook: The Battle For Our Love

Waxing UnLyrical

But the ability to put people in them is not a big enough draw for me to entirely abandon Facebook if only a small number of my contacts set up Google+ profiles. Image: Tony the Misfit via Flickr, CC 2.0. are all still over at Facebook. Image: Meer via Flickr, CC 2.0. LinkedIn was like Facebook, but for work.

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Monday Roundup: Secrets

Waxing UnLyrical

Image: Steven Depolo via Flickr, CC 2.0. Why: Online privacy is a valid concern in today’s connected world (yes, even for me). area, she loves helping for- and non-profit clients, both small and large, turn corporate codswallop into community cool. Twitter Facebook Google+ LinkedIn Monday Roundup: Secrets.

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Smear Tactics: Great for BBQ, but PR? Not So Much

Waxing UnLyrical

A couple of days ago, The Daily Beast broke a story about Facebook spreading a smear campaign against Google. According to the article, Mark Zuckerberg and his team hired Burson-Marsteller , a well-known public relations firm, to plant negative stories accusing Google of being careless with Gmail users privacy.

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Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Besides major usability issues , duplicate stories submissions , and ads that literally scream at you , Digg has yet another issue to deal with: privacy. I figure if you want private communication, go to IM. Plus, the privacy is only one way (incoming only). I was responding to Kelly who says that the privacy is still one way.

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