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Is Facebook’s Social Graph Beacon 2.0?

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As we all adjust to this new way of doing things, there are a couple of things that need to happen: Consumers need to be informed of their privacy options on Facebook, and maintain control over them. I’m not saying people necessarily liked these changes.) This can be difficult, as it is very complicated and rapidly changing.

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Debunking Five Social Media Myths

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Unfortunately, the Journal didn’t say e-mail was dead, but reported on Oct. Everyone knows MySpace is the social network for kids, but in truth, in October, 2006, comScore reported More than Half (51%) of MySpace Visitors are Now Age 35 or Older, as the Site’s Demographic Composition Continues to Shift. But its reign is over.”.

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Harmless Twitter Prank or Malicious Act?

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I was reviewing my Twitter follower list this morning and came across a potentially disturbing account tweeting what appears to be someone’s private information. I reported this account by sending a Direct Message to @spam on Twitter.

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The Next Big Thing in Social Networks

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How much information are you willing to make public in order to improve your social networking experience? As you make purchases and pay bills, friends can see your score go up and down, and they can comment on various items on your account, offering information that credit agencies might use to adjust your score.

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Live Tweeting Requires Ethical and Legal Considerations

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On the other hand, the art of critical commentary goes back to at least Shakespeare’s time, so it’s definitely established both in common practice and in the law that reproducing information, even copyrighted information, is acceptable under certain circumstances. Some may, some may not.

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Third Grade Show and Tell: Online Privacy

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I emphasized that this information was nobody’s business and should never be shared with strangers, whether on the computer or off. Who is asking them for this information, and why? According to a report on NBC’s Today Show last August, “Tweens (children 9-11) represent $43 billion in spending power”!

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My Brief List of 54 Twitter Rules (Did I Miss Any?)

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Report spammers. Unfollow, block and report racists and pornographers. Don’t tweet information about your children, such as their names or location of their school. Don’t tweet information that is confidential to you or anyone else. Don’t rely too heavily on retweeting other people’s content. Or anywhere else.

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