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FTC Releases Statement About Facebook Privacy #DeleteFacebook

Bill Hartzer

Accordingly, the FTC takes very seriously recent press reports raising substantial concerns about the privacy practices of Facebook. Here’s what actually happened: Someone set up a survey/poll/question web site. To take the poll/survey you had to log in with your Facebook account. That event was NOT a data breach.

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Is LinkedIn the New Old Boys Network?

Adam Sherk

While MySpace continues to have a strong pull with younger demographics the age distribution is fairly even across the other social media sites, although users age 50+ prefer both Facebook and LinkedIn over Twitter: The Pew Internet study also takes a detailed look at specific activity on Facebook by age and gender that is worth checking out.

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FTC Releases Statement About Facebook Privacy #DeleteFacebook

Bill Hartzer

Accordingly, the FTC takes very seriously recent press reports raising substantial concerns about the privacy practices of Facebook. Here’s what actually happened: Someone set up a survey/poll/question web site. To take the poll/survey you had to log in with your Facebook account. That event was NOT a data breach.

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How Social Media Has Become a Tool For Clinical Research

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

A new survey shows that the internet is edging out doctors as people’s primary source of information on clinical trials. Further surveys have shown that 80% of these e-patients would be interested in participating in a clinical trial. Custom Social Media Reports for Google Analytics. Drive more pre-qualified patient referrals.

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Debunking Five Social Media Myths

Socialized

Unfortunately, the Journal didn’t say e-mail was dead, but reported on Oct. MySpace Is Where the Young People Hang Out. Of course the demographic at MySpace, and on every network, continues to shift, and is interpreted differently from study to study. But its reign is over.”. That was three years ago!

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9 Surprising New Facts About Social Media in America

Convince & Convert

This point was driven home in The Social Habit II, a new report from Edison Research and Arbitron that follows up on their landmark study in 2010 (and their 19th study about the Internet overall). 52% of Americans have a profile on Facebook, Linkedin, MySpace or elsewhere. 98% of super socials use Facebook, and 45% use MySpace).

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9 Surprising New Facts About Social Media in America

Convince & Convert

This point was driven home in The Social Habit II, a new report from Edison Research and Arbitron that follows up on their landmark study in 2010 (and their 19th study about the Internet overall). I encourage you to peruse the entire report, which you can access for free in a day or so. Tweet me or Tom ( @webby2001 ) to get the URL.