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Growing Privacy Concerns Put Social Networks’ Targeting at Risk

Ignite Social Media

Currently, most social networks use web browser information to power a pixel or tag (Facebook Pixel, Twitter Tag, Pinterest Tag, LinkedIn Insight Tag ), which is a snippet of code that is placed on a brand’s site. Without cookie data, social networks lose access to valuable information.

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The Unfriendliness of Kid-Friendly Social Networks

Socialized

Everyone’s talking about the launch of Togetherville , a social network designed to bring parents and their kids together with the goal of learning responsible social networking. In other words, they are not using a social network. Why ease children into this process? That will come in time.

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Can My Social Media Actually Hurt My College Admissions?

SocMed Sean

Many people get some of their self-worth from social media, loving the attention they get from posts that connect to people. However, the items that we post to social media can actually be damaging to the college application process. Can my college recruiters see my social media? They do in many cases.

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Social Data Analysis: The Pros and Cons of Social Data

Oktopost

Ultimately, brands can leverage social data to optimize marketing strategies, manage reputation, foster better customer relationships, and sustain profitable growth. But this process comes with its own set of challenges. Jump ahead: What Kind of Social Data Can You Analyze? What Are The Key Components of Social Data Analysis?

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TikTok Auto Captions: How and Why To Use Them

Hootsuite

Calculate it on a post-by-post basis or for an entire campaign — for any social network. Creators can enable this feature during the content creation process and even edit the captions for accuracy before publishing. Calculate it on a post-by-post basis or for an entire campaign — for any social network.

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WhatsApp’s Privacy Policy Change & What It Means For Brands

Unmetric

If you’ve not gotten the notification yet or simply clicked Agree without reading, here’s some news, WhatsApp is changing its terms and privacy policy. As opposed to public shaming that brands are subjected to on social networks like Twitter and even Facebook, asking people to WhatsApp messeage a brand seems more private and immediate.

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Has Social Media Killed Off Privacy?

Laurel Papworth

The Social Web becomes the Intelligent Web. The information submitted is collated across the Internet and processed automatically to do “facial recognition”. I’ve finally figured out how to use my iPhone as a GPS Navigation system. Your nearest and dearest click on the photo and type your name, right between your eyes.

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