Category Archives: Social Networking

Thriving Industry of Facebook Like Farms

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I’d love to say I invented the phrase Like Farm, but it’s entirely possible I read it somewhere before as a brief search turned up other articles on the growing phenomenon. For awhile now, I’ve been watching my own news feed fill up with random images and slightly saccharine quotes. It’s been one of those things that ebbs and flows, but recently the flow has seemed stronger? Part of my recognizing this issue is an ongoing angst with how much of it is simply stolen content. I’m sure many of … Continue reading →

No Such Thing as Most Recent on Facebook

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I know, I know, the people who actually read my blathering posts are seeing the word “Facebook” in the title and sighing inwardly if not audibly. But it’s one of those topics that bubbles to the surface rather frequently. Today was because of a conversation amongst a group of photographers – of which I was a virtual fly on the wall. One stated that Facebook users are generally lazy. His feeling was that Facebook provides all these tools (interest lists, etc.) to pick and choose what people and pages they … Continue reading →

Facebook – Please Make Edgerank Optional

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I’ve posted more than my share of thoughts on Edgerank in my blog over the past several months. And as I’ve said before, I consider my speaking on this issue as to be in the same vein as commenting on an issue in one’s community. It’s not intended as a criticism so much as a concern about the future of a place I interact with friends, etc. For those who have missed the previous posts or stumbled onto this and have never heard of Edgerank. Edgerank is the name of … Continue reading →

Facebook – Originality Not Rewarded

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This is the last post on the subject of Facebook and Edgerank for awhile, but today’s post is something I’ve had bubbling in the back of my head for awhile now. Each previous post on the subject this topic seemed too far off to include and those posts were long enough as it was. Before I go any further, I want to preface this post by saying that this is not an indictment on the things my friends share, just an observation about the way Facebook’s news feed currently operates … Continue reading →

Formulas for Relevance

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With great irony only a couple of days after my last post on Facebook’s new promote feature, I posted a new photo to my Facebook page and it wasn’t even relevant to me! Seriously, the only place my own post on my page appeared to me was in Facebook’s Ticker sidebar! I thought for a second, maybe Facebook flipped me to the “Top Stories” view and I hadn’t noticed. Nope, I was on most recent view and no amount of refreshing my browser brought my own page post into my … Continue reading →

Facebook Promoted Posts – Business As Usual?

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I’d been reading various places that Facebook was going to roll out “promoted posts” soon – most interestingly, the earlier bits of info. I’d read on it indicated it was for individuals not Facebook Business pages, i.e. you’d pay for your friends to read your news if it were dear enough to you… I still won’t be surprised if that comes to pass! As the option came to my own Facebook Page yesterday, I wondered what others thought about it and ran across this post that not only covers the … Continue reading →

Pinterest – More of the Same

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Well, today Pinterest released their revised terms of service and while I’m glad to see they’ve removed the language about “selling” things that are pinned, but I never thought that was a real thing to begin with. How were they to know whether material ‘pinned’ to their site was done so by someone who had the right to enter into that agreement in the first place? I look forward to hearing an actual lawyer’s take on the new TOS, but as far as I can tell, the liability issue remains, … Continue reading →

Facebook Interest Lists

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Ah, it’s been entirely too long since I posted on my personal blog. Other things I could have posted about like the day spent un-hacking my photography site – so not cool. And I’m sure there are some other odds and ends, however, mostly it’s been about trying to complete my re-work of all my print collections. I’m not done but can finally see the end in sight! Ah, but today I logged in to Facebook and saw that Interest lists have passed from my hack of the regular lists … Continue reading →

Pinterest on Pause

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My last three posts are something of a roller coaster, but this will probably be my last on the subject of Pinterest for awhile. As I explained previously, I’m good with people sharing my work so long as it links back to me. After all, word of mouth is powerful advertising! It’s that connection back to me that I care about. However, I can tell you from discussing this in a number of forums that there are photographers and other visual artists who do not feel the same. While I’d … Continue reading →

Pinterest – It’s what you make of it

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By comparison, yesterday’s rambling post was very much on point. Yes, I discussed how I came to be on Pinterest, but the main point was an idea I hope others will like enough that they want to add their voices. Don’t expect a coherent theme in today’s post because it’s much more random. This post covers thoughts I’ve had since, observations, and topics from conversations I’ve had as a result. First off the roster is a follow-up suggestion by Ami, a friend who has been on Pinterest much longer than … Continue reading →