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The Power of Google+: Privacy "Circles" the Entire Experience

Stay N' Alive

Facebook has always had one strength that no other social network (other than perhaps FriendFeed ) has seemed to fully get: The fact that you could add friends to lists, and target your updates so only those lists, and specific people you chose, can see the updates you post. It's that simple. There's no avoiding Circles in Google+.

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Why Social Media Will Challenge Marketers in 2019

Direct Marketing Observations

In 2007 when I joined Twitter, those were not front of mind questions for those of us using the social network for the first time. Now it’s about so many “other” things besides you and yet, in 2019, it still comes back to you, particularly when we have to synthesize the latest batch of Facebook data privacy breaches.

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Facebook news today

Sherrilynne Starkie

The social network has today agreed to add gender-based hate to its list of unacceptable content and has committed to ridding its site of it and is updating its guidelines to training moderators. . A report out today says that the little-used blogging feature is about to get an overhaul to compete with Tumblr.

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Will private conversations change Twitter?

Sherrilynne Starkie

Social network Twitter has introduced a new feature: Private Conversations and it just might be a game changer. The privacy shift comes as Twitter seeks to bolster user growth and compete with instant messaging platforms such as WeChat, WhatsApp and SnapChat. Recognize these models? unfinishedbusiness. But at what cost?

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Facebook: Too Big to Fail

Socialized

You have to wonder why the Obama administration isn’t hinting at a bailout for Facebook in the event that the social network’s latest privacy kerfuffle threatens the very vitality of the global poking grid. It will back down on a few missteps, tweak the privacy settings, and update its privacy agreement.

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An Update on TikTok’s Self-Serve Ad Platform

Likeable

Maybe they made the investment in good reps because they needed to mitigate the very valid worries about privacy and the Chinese government. Whatever the reason, the reps are enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and relatively helpful compared to those at other social networks. Metrics like CPM, CPV, and CPC compete reasonably well.

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Our Shifting Notion of Search, Social and Mobile.

Direct Marketing Observations

In 2000 Google was a 2 year old start-up still trying to create an identity and compete with Yahoo and MSN. Online social networks are redefining our offline relationships both casual and personal. Social networks are not what they used to be. Take for example search. We will define it. doesn’t it?

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