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Why Social Media Will Challenge Marketers in 2019

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In 2007, when I joined Facebook, it was all about the one degree of separation between you, and who you knew. 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. Absolutely.

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The Takeaway from Social Media in 2010

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. Online privacy means a lot to us, but for a majority of us, it’s only important when we know our privacy has been invaded. In social networks and social media, every time we join a new shiny network, or register for something online, we give up a little piece of our privacy, like a sculptor chipping away at a piece of marble.

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Children and Facebook-15 links to Help Parents Learn

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I’m listening to the pushback from Facebook users and parents who are concerned about Privacy. I’m compiling an exhaustive list of blog posts and articles related to Facebook, children, and privacy and how it impacts all of us. Facebook: Children evade social websites’ age limits.

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Social Media: What’s Right, What’s Wrong, and What’s Next?

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What’s right in social media? As much as some people are apt to point out the #FAILS in social media, this was the big win of 2010. What’s wrong with social media? The semantics of social media education. The barriers in social media are not so high that it is an exclusive club.

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Protecting Children from Social Media

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How can you protect your children from social media? It hasn’t been a problem yet&# , “My kids are good, they’re responsible and know what they are doing, nothing has happened, nothing ever will&#. “Facebook seems harmless&# , and besides, all they do is text&#. Update their status on Facebook.

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10 social media sites, blogs and links you might have missed

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I’ve been writing and talking a lot about Facebook and children and parents lately, and the site Togetherville is at least a step in some direction. I came across Tlists when I showed up on one of it’s lists of “The most listed Tweeters on 921 lists about Social Media&#. What are the top brands on Facebook?

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How are Those 2022 Predictions Working Out?

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With that said, I’ll start by going out on a relatively sturdy limb and say that social media, as a source for information, disinformation, and entertainment, in all its various shapes and forms, has been the absolute center of our global universe for the last five years. It’s not just Twitter and Facebook anymore either.

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