Social Media news

 

 

Twitter Access Suspended by Nigerian Telecoms After Tech Giant Removes President’s Post

By Samuel Allegri

June 5, 2021 Updated: June 5, 2021

 

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Breaking Point: How Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook Became Foes

The chief executives of Facebook and Apple have opposing visions for the future of the internet. Their differences are set to escalate this week.

Reddit faces lawsuit for failing to remove child sexual abuse material

Lawsuit cites controversial FOSTA-SESTA rule

By Adi Robertson@thedextriarchy  Apr 25, 2021

Connectivity issues - 

HOW BAD MAPS ARE RUINING AMERICAN BROADBAND

ISPs are painting over US broadband problems, and the FCC is letting it happen

By Karl Bode  Sep 24, 2018

Social Media and Apps

 

https://socialmediaexplorer.com/social-media-marketing/heres-what-you-need-to-know-to-get-your-youtube-channel-up-and-running/

Here’s What You Need To Know To Get Your YouTube Channel Up And Running

by Christian Zilles | April 8, 2019

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5 Questions to Ask Before Hiring an Online PR Agency

https://www.contentfac.com/5-questions-to-ask-before-hiring-an-online-pr-agency/

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7 Secrets to Growing Your Facebook Live Show

By Sue Pinky Benson, RE/MAX Realty Team Agent and Social Media National Speaker

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February 2021 update:

 

Why WhatsApp users are pushing

family members to Signal

A backlash movement against the messaging app is partly rooted in a distrust of its parent company, Facebook.

Queenie Feb 5, 2021

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Today got this info from someone regarding facebook and fact check:

GO TO YOUR FB SETTINGS,

GO TO SETTINGS,

GO TO BLOCKING,

TYPE IN FACT CHECK,

THEN BLOCK ALL OF THEM.

THESE ARE THE FB "BOTS" THAT KEEP REPORTING YOUR POSTS.

 

Jan 25, 2021

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WhatsApp Has Shared Your Data With Facebook for Years, Actually

A pop-up notification has alerted the messaging app's users to a practice that's been in place since 2016.

Social Media and news

 

 Jan 13th update:

New Research Shows that 71% of Americans Now Get News Content via Social Platforms

Facebook's Top 10

@FacebooksTop10

The top-performing link posts by U.S. Facebook pages in the last 24 hours are from: 1. Dan Bongino 2. Ben Shapiro 3. Breitbart 4. Dan Bongino 5. Ben Shapiro 6. NPR 7. Fox News 8. CNN 9. Fox News 10. Fox News

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Battle to rein in Facebook, Twitter and TikTok to heat up in 2021

Social networks face lawsuits and calls for regulation in the new year.

Queenie Wong  Dec. 23, 2020

 

It's worth taking note of this update regarding piracy

Piracy and controversial copyright laws tucked inside COVID relief bill

Illegally streaming pirated content for profit could land violators in prison for up to 10 years

Facebook and Google Data and privacy

We are all concerned over personal data and privacy. I'll have on this page information regarding this topic: I'll update it often.

6 Facebook security mistakes to fix on Data Privacy Day
Our Facebook accounts are a treasure trove of personal information about us. Take a few minutes to make sure all of that data stays private.


Facebook's new privacy tool lets you manage how you're tracked across the web
Mark Zuckerberg's long-promised "Clear History" button is finally launched globally.


Data Privacy Day: Find and delete the scary amount of data Google has on you
Everything you do online while signed into Google, and even some stuff when you aren't, becomes a part of your Google profile, but you can wipe the slate clean with these steps.

Groups to join to promote your publication

Are you a writer? Ann expert in your field and published books?

Today I did some research and found this groups with large following:

1. PROMOTE YOUR BOOK
- The description of the group is: This group's purpose is to help promote your book or reliable, inexpensive service. Authors: find readers/ reviewers. Readers: find new books, meet new authors! Stay on topic or be removed. Feel free to drop relevant ads or review requests. It has 742 fans as of June 5th, 2019.

2. KINDLE READERS & KINDLE WRITERS
- This is a place for readers and writers of Kindle and e-books to share their favorite stories and experiences of using the new electronic media. I shall also be showcasing my own work here in the hope that people might be interested enough to buy some of my stories. 14k fans as of June 5th, 2019.

3. E Books Rock
- E Books Rock is a place to post links about your books. Feel free to post. The idea is to advertise, not beg for Likes or Friends. Enjoy! Open to all genres, international as well. Also on Google+ as E Books Rock. Join both groups and create more exposure! The purpose of the group is to promote authors, and to promote reading in any genre. Starting August 1st 2018, begin your post with Keyword:(and insert the genre your book or post is best described by) Example "Keyword: Fiction" then the post. This will make your posts searchable in the window to the left "Search this group". Posts with out Keywords will be deleted.
Members · 14,264 as of June 5th, 2019

4. Book Junkie Promotions
This page is for all authors to promote their books, blogs, radio interviews, tours, etc. You may promote as much as you wish, as many books as you wish, whatever genre. Anyone promoting anything else will be instantly banned. Blocking admin will also result in a ban. (We can see who you are!)
Members · 29,176 as of June 5th, 2019

5. Author Book Promotion
Book bloggers and readers can find new Kindle books here, and authors can promote their books here. I wish you all the best with your book promotion here and hope you all enjoy additional sales of your books.
Members · 11,959 as of June 5th, 2019

6. Passion for Books
Everything related to books. Authors of books are welcome to post photos of your books. You can also post your videos. And talk about your books. All the other publicities not related to books will be deleted and the member removed. And everything not related to books will be deleted.
Members · 38,325 as of June 5th, 2019

7. The Book Nest
The Book Nest is a place for readers and authors from all around the world to merge and interact. It is a forum where authors can promote their work and readers can recommend and discover new books and authors. Please make photo albums, post your book covers, book reviews, web links, photographs, poetry, book trailers, videos and announce events etc. The Book Nest is an open group where everyone is welcome!
Members · 14,673 as of June 5th, 2019

8. Free Author Book Promotion
This group is for people to promote their book absolutely free to over 7000 subscribers.
Members · 11,132 as of June 5th, 2019

9. AMAZON BOOKS, LIKES AND RANKINGS
Feel free to promote your Amazon books as much as you please...Liking, sharing and commenting each other is highly encouraged. The most interesting commentators will receive weekly chances of having their posters on the cover image of the group. And also once a month I shall host the most interesting and active author on my blog, http://unikorna.blogspot.ro/. Kisses everyone and good luck with your books
Members · 18,978 as of June 5th, 2019

10. Books
Don't wait for the last minute to submit your books to the Forward National Literature Award! http://www.fnlaward.com/
Forward National Literature (FNL) is an independent literary organization dedicated to honoring traditionally published works in twelve categories. As well as garnering attention to its recipients and likely increasing sales, FNL showcases a combination of previously undiscovered and well-known authors based on content, uniqueness, and readability. Because we do not want anyone to be discouraged, there is no entry fee.
http://www.fnlaward.com/
Members · 16,358 as of June 5th, 2019

11. BOOK PLACE
A group for anyone who likes books or is in any way connected with books, including readers, authors, librarians, editors, agents.publicists, illustrators, and more. This includes both print and electronic forms.
Please adhere to Facebook rules. No porn or illegal entries, since we don't want our group to be kicked out.
Members · 32,263 as of June 5th, 2019

Social Media - latest Facebook updates

We manage several Facebook communities. Today we received the following notice from Facebook regarding groups:

"At F8 we announced that we're introducing more unique features for different types of groups. As part of these changes, we are simplifying the types that are available for Facebook Groups. We will soon be adding a new type called General, and retiring 13 of the old types. This update to group types will not change anything for a group's layout, settings or the tools admins can use.

What's changing?

1. We're adding three new group types.

General: The standard set of tools available to all groups. Most groups will soon be General groups.
Jobs: Announced at F8, the new Jobs type will include tools likea new post type for members to share job openings and an easy way for job seekers to filter posts and apply on Facebook.
Health Support: Announced at F8, Health Support groups will include tools like the ability for members to ask the group's admins to post on their behalf, which allows a member to make a sensitive post without revealing their identity to everyone else in the group.
2. Retiring 13 existing group types and updating them to General type.

Groups that are currently one of the types listed below will become General groups. This update will not change anything for a group's layout, settings or the tools admins can use.

Close Friends
Club
Events and Plans
Family
Neighbors
Parents
Project
School or Class
Study Group
Support
Team
Travel
Custom
All group types have the tools and features available to General groups. The difference is that types such as Buy and Sell or Video Games also include extra tools to meet those groups' unique needs.

3. Groups with no type selected will be updated to General groups.

Groups that had no type selected will become General groups. This will not change the experience for the admins and members of the group. This will not change anything for a group's layout, settings or the tools admins can use...

The full information is at: https://www.facebook.com/community/education/blog/changes-group-types?fb_dtsg_ag=AQyB74M2TYxfAC_1zJRDjSZjoxhM9v1hIEn8BjXkrJEYVQ%3AAQyA_y8OPkzDuIhx8BEmPQ38EWZ4gL3GTCxm5X64R_n7Fg&jazoest=27738

Do you have facebook group? Are you doing any changes to it?

Blogging notes

I have used google's blog platform, the blogspot. I find it much easier to use. I have several blogs using blogger, including this BaysideDigital blog.

However, I will compile here some useful information regarding wordpress.

Here is introduction for wordpress at Wikipedia, you might like to learn about wordpress, which is a powerful tool, if you have the time to devote to it and learn all the tools available:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPress.com. As per Widipedia, it is owned by Automattic Inc. is a web development corporation founded in August 2005. It is most notable for WordPress.com, as well as its contributions to WordPress. The company's name is a play on its founder's first name, Matt.

You might like to check out content management systems.

Comparison of free web hosting services

Comparison of online backup services

Getting back to WordPress, this page has top 10 WordPress tutorials


Tips on building email list

Internationaliztion of Wordpress

Replacing Facebook with personal website.


Comparison of online backup services.

Do you post on Facebook about your personal and family life? You might like to read this article:
We Should Replace Facebook With Personal Websites
Personal websites and email can replace most of what people like about Facebook—namely the urge to post about their lives online.