Despite efforts by Facebook to raise awareness, nearly 13 million of the 183 million users of the social network in the U.S. and Canada either have not accessed or are not aware of its privacy controls, according to a new study by Consumer Reports.
Facebook made a change to the friends box on timeline for profiles, adding users’ friends’ names to the eight thumbnail images that appear in the box.
Offerpop’s Chief Marketing Officer Mark Cooper told us about the company’s participation in Facebook’s preferred marketing developer program.
The creators of Timeline Remove have come out with a new variation on the browser plugin called Restyle Timeline, roughly one week after accusing a competitor of copying the removal tool. This newest browser plugin doesn’t replace that first product, Timeline Remove, but rather offers another approach for those disgruntled with the Facebook layout: restyling, not removing.
With 33 percent of female and 52 percent of male Facebook profiles completely visible to the public, most people remain unaware of the full extent of privacy settings available, let alone how to find and use them.
Now that the rollout of timeline for pages is complete, what’s the status of the migration of profiles to timeline?
The more work- and school-related pages get us to click like, the greater the potential for non-vacation content to stream our way when we’re trying to enjoy time off.
Timeline previews are kicking in on Facebook profiles, now that 37 million pages have had the advanced layout published.
Consumers’ tendency to use the word “page” to refer to a profile has many folks thinking that timelines will default everywhere on the site, pages and profiles alike.
Elaine Mesker-Garcia, who manages social media for Fuddruckers and Luby’s, talks about the difference between running corporate pages and franchisee pages on Facebook.
