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HOW TO: Unfollow A Post In The New Facebook News Feed

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:41:35 +0000

You know what happens when you’re among the first to comment on a Facebook post where a friend announces a new job, an engagement, or anything else that produces a stream of “Congratulations.” Your phone ends up constantly buzzing, and the notifications area is always active. But there’s a way to comment on a post and then mute notifications.

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Facebook Changes Icons For Status Update Box

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:48:18 +0000

With the redesigned News Feed, Facebook has been making little aesthetic changes in the icons native to notifications and the status update box. The icons accompanying actions such as “Update Status” and “Add Photos/Video” recently got a bit of a redesign.

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Facebook Prompts Some Pages To Share Links

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:24:13 +0000

Facebook loves tweaking the status update boxes on users’ News Feeds in order to get them to share more, such as asking what they’re thankful for around Thanksgiving. Now it seems like status update boxes on page administrator screens are getting that treatment, too. Sister site Inside Facebook reported Wednesday that some pages are being prompted to share links back to their homepages.

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Facebook Testing Detailed Emoticons In The Status Update Box

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:39:50 +0000

In the past few months, Facebook has been using the status update box to ask about users’ favorite Halloween candy and to inquire about their holiday plans. Now it’s taking that process to the next step, as TechCrunch reports that Facebook is testing emoticons within the status update prompt. Now when users say that they’re feeling happy or chowing down on pasta, they can have smiley faces or forks accompanying their posts, and detail more specifically what they’re doing.

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PostRocket’s SmartLink Helps Facebook Pages Create Images For Links

Justin Lafferty — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:56:15 +0000

Facebook recently redesigned its link previews — and for good reason. As Mike Maghsoudi at PostRocket discovered, links are the poorest-performing type of post on Facebook, even though they’re usually utilized most often. Maghsoudi blogged about how Facebook pages can get results from links they post, introducing PostRocket’s newest feature: SmartLink.

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Facebook Uses Status Update Box To Ask How You’re Doing

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:04:04 +0000

Facebook has been toying around with the status update box quite a bit in recent months. The site changed the prompt messages for Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the holidays. Now it’s simply asking, “How are you doing?”

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Facebook Asks What You’re Doing For The Holidays

Justin Lafferty — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 14:52:15 +0000

Much like Facebook did for Halloween and Thanksgiving, some users (and page administrators) are seeing a holiday-related prompt where the usual, “What’s on your mind?” message is.

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Facebook Getting Into The Halloween Spirit

Justin Lafferty — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 15:50:39 +0000

Facebook is a hot spot for photos of Halloween costumes, but the spot above users’ news feeds is dressing up, too. An AllFacebook reader tipped us off to specialized status update prompts, with messages such as “Describe your Halloween costume,” and “What are your favorite scary movies?” in place of the generic “What’s on your mind?” question that usually greets Facebook users.

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Friday The 13th Statuses Are Most Popular On Facebook

Jackie Cohen — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:28:37 +0000

Status updates about Friday the 13th are going up roughly once every second as of this writing.

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Now You Can Assign Past Dates To Facebook Timeline Posts

Jackie Cohen — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 11:19:39 +0000

Timeline profiles now include a tiny clock icons in the window for publishing status updates.

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Facebook Users Are Obsessed With The IPhone 4S

Jackie Cohen — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:00:37 +0000

Status updates about the iPhone 4S are going up about once every other second on Facebook, although that’s just the publicly visible posts.

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Asking People To Like A Facebook Post Really Works!

Jackie Cohen — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:44:35 +0000

Yes, asking people to like a post on Facebook works — it results in twice as many likes and comments as not making that simple request.
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Facebook's Most Viral Meme Is N.Y. Same-Sex Marriage

Jackie Cohen — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:26:21 +0000

All weekend long, Facebook users have been discussing the New York Senate’s vote to legalize same-marriage. Status updates, wall posts and comments on the subject, both for and against, continue to go up at a rate of about once every few seconds.
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Security Company Updates Travelers' Facebook Statuses

Meredith Singer — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:29:38 +0000

A security firm in the U.K. has come up with a new product to help homeowners feel safe when they go out of town: Updating Facebook statuses to make it look like they’re sitting in your living room.
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Make Sure Your Facebook Status Updates Are Safe

Andrew Parker — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:00:02 +0000

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