Facebook Users Liked, Loved, and Hahaed Over 300 Billion Times in 2016
It was February 24 of 2016 that Facebook implemented new “reactions” for the social media site. Instead of simply “liking” a post as had been the standard for years, users…
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Twitter Adding Individual Profiles to Make Customer Service More Personal
Just about every major company uses Twitter for customer service these days, and it really is a great way to quickly resolve customer issues. It’s always felt a little “impersonal”…
Twitter Shuts Down Conversation Reply Notifications For Users You’ve Blocked
As a part of their continued effort to fight harassment on their platform, Twitter has announced another change to their notification system. Effective immediately, users will no longer receive notifications…
Facebook To Allow Users to Look For, Apply For, And Even Interview For Jobs All Through Facebook
Facebook figures that most people already get their news, conversation, and photos of friends’ dinners from the social media network, so why not let them find a job there too?…
Facebook Auto Play Videos Now Have Sound (But You Can Mute Them)
If you’re not a fan of the silent videos that automatically play in your Facebook news feed, there’s a change on the way. Those videos will no longer be silent….
Twitter Kills Lists After Abuse Complaints, But Restores Them Hours Later
Earlier this week, Twitter made an announcement it was removing a feature often used for online harassment. And then they brought it back just a few hours later after users…
Facebook Testing Popup Posts That Mimic Chat Windows
You know the little popup window in the bottom of your screen on the desktop version of Facebook when you get a message from someone? Facebook is testing a new…
Chinese Clone Weibo Is Worth More Than Twitter – Again
Bad news just keeps rolling in for Twitter. As the company was announcing their slowest revenue growth since going public, new numbers came out that showed the Chinese clone of…
Twitter Posts Slowest Revenue Growth Since Going Public, Advertising To Blame
Thanks to a decline in ad revenue, social media giant Twitter has posted their lowest revenue growth since the company went public four years ago. Projected to hit $740 million…
Facebook Rolls Out New Updates To Stop Race Based Ad Targeting
While Facebook has never had an official way for companies to target ads to people of a certain race (the site doesn’t even let user identify their race), there have…