Ari Herzog

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Why Facebook Breeds Voyeurism

Ari Herzog

Rachel Jonat joined Facebook in 2006. She spent several hours a day on the site to see what her “friends” were sharing and to share her own updates. In 2011, she quit the site and wrote about her decision : “I want more from my friends than status updates. .” Over time, she recognized the time suck.

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Unfriending Facebook Friends

Ari Herzog

It is because of our mutual appeal toward social networking sites, such as Facebook, that I hardly blinked when I read her recent update, “Facebook is fun and all, but seems to be a colossal waste of time.&#. How many of your Facebook friends are people you call or email on a regular basis? Do you care?

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Why Facebook Breeds Voyeurism

Ari Herzog

Rachel Jonat recently shared why she quit Facebook , extracting in part: I want more from my friends than status updates. I’d rather give up the 189 Facebook friends, the majority of whom I don’t have or want the phone number of, and focus on the people near and dear to me. people who watch everyone else Facebooking.

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Facebook Prevents Me From Being Friendly

Ari Herzog

In an effort to reach out to people I know in real life to be my Facebook friends, and cognizant people take their time logging into the site and responding to friend requests, I sent 20 requests inside of 10 minutes. If I can’t choose how I want to use the site, you can’t tell me to self-regulate.

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Facebook LinkedIn Twitter in 2013

Ari Herzog

Of the three largest social networking sites in the United States, I plan to use Facebook the most, LinkedIn the second-most, and Twitter the least. Facebook in 2013. Because Facebook is the world’s largest network, it is productively beneficial to spend most of my time there. Concluding Thoughts. Contact Ari today!

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What Facebook Likes Really Mean

Ari Herzog

A recent survey indicates a mere 24% of Facebook likes come from genuine customers who like the brand. “Since not all Facebook fans are loyal customers, this gives marketers an opportunity to leverage the social network to encourage purchases and loyalty among their fans,” the eMarketer article explains.

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Bye Bye Facebook, Bye Bye Twitter

Ari Herzog

Six years on Facebook and three years on Twitter taught me a valuable lesson: social networking sites are about more than being social and can be the impetus for business, income, and relationships. Maybe facebooking and tweeting have nothing to do with it, but they might. LinkedIn MySpace Facebook Twitter Time.

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