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Instagram Does the Two Step - And Steps In It

Social Media Marketing

Instagram was all the rage, and I've even heard from a number of sources that it is now one of the definitive social networks for the teen and tween demographic. But with yesterday's announcement of pending changes in its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service , Instagram is quickly falling from grace. So what happened?

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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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LinkedIn’s University Pages: Brilliant or Dumb?

Firebelly

Photo Credit: Flickr: smi23le. However, LinkedIn’s desire to recruit a younger audience to the career-networking site has already begun to raise some concern. Along with privacy issues for the new young users, some now say the company’s creditability could be called into question.

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Digg: Your Privacy is an Illusion

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Nearly four months later, the social features appear to be here to stay. As Digg becomes more of a social network and less of a social news network (or a hybrid that incorporates both elements), it has a lot of obstacles it needs to face. I figure if you want private communication, go to IM.

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Protecting Children from Social Media

Direct Marketing Observations

“I’m on top of it, I know what this social networking thing is all about&# , “My child doesn’t really use it&# , “Does it really matter? This graphic by Forrester Research, refers to the types of people that hang out in communities and what they do in those communities. and you know what?

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Google+ v. Facebook: The Battle For Our Love

Waxing UnLyrical

So far, G+ has only been handy if I want to chat with social media marketers, educators who are using social media in the classroom, and the few friends of mine who are early adopters. (We We haven’t started referring to non-social media enthusiasts as “normies.” Image: Tony the Misfit via Flickr, CC 2.0.

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Facebook's Need for Better Communication

Social Media Marketing

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. Image credit (top): Gordonblixt (Flickr). Image credit: inF!

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