Facebook’s run of bad news continued over the weekend after an internal memo from 2016 was leaked to the internet. The memo, which was written by Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, and entitled “The Ugly,” bluntly argued that growth was Facebook’s goal, and that anything bad that happened as a side-effect, like bullying, users committing suicide, or organizing terrorist attacks, were not … Read More
Facebook has been having a rough week. The social network is making moves to protect people’s data – starting with the data advertisers use. Facebook announced Wednesday that it would be ending “Partner Categories”, which allows the use of data provided by third-party companies. This can be problematic because it can sometimes be a loophole through which discrimination against things … Read More
Facebook is removing the audience reach estimates you see while creating a custom audience. After a week full of scrutiny on the way Facebook uses people’s information, they’re making some major changes to the way publishers and advertisers can create audiences. But for now, the changes are only seen at the custom audience level. The research team from Northeastern University … Read More
Maybe Instagram is listening? After it moved away from a chronological news feed to one that prioritized “relevance” based on an algorithm, people complained. And complained. And complained. Today, Instagram announced that maybe they were listening after all. We're working every day to improve your Instagram feed—with your feedback top of mind! We want to start talking more about what … Read More
First there was fake news, state-sponsored Russian trolls, and now #DeleteFacebook is trending. The chaos started over the weekend when the NY Times published a piece about Cambridge Analytica, a firm used by both the Trump Campaign and the Brexit Leave Campaign in 2016. Whistleblowers from within the company claim that the firm harvested data from more than 50 million … Read More
In November of last year, Facebook identified a bug in their Page Insights for Organic Reach, in which they were overreporting the number of people reached by a given post organically by not removing duplicate visitors. This bug only affected organic reach insights; paid posts were calculated correctly. Basically, organic posts were counted every time a user refreshed their screen and viewed … Read More
With special counsel Robert Mueller having handed down charges to 13 Russian nationals working at 3 different companies, the story of Facebook’s role in how the U.S. runs its elections is not going away anytime soon. Especially not with the 2018 midterm congressional elections kicking into gear. The 37-page indictment alleges that the Russians stole American identities, posed as political activists … Read More
Ever since Facebook announced their plan to de-prioritize publishers, those in the field are looking to other platforms to rely on. LinkedIn is primarily known as a social platform for business professionals to connect, but lately publishers have shown interest in promoting content and utilizing it from a marketing standpoint as well. News sites in the UK such as The … Read More
With Facebook’s announcement last week detailing their move away from publishers, many businesses could be turning to Snapchat soon for refuge. On January 18, Snapchat’s platform content head Mike Su emailed all publishers with an introduction to Josh Stone, the app’s new manager of media partnerships, whose role will include managing Discover publishers day by day. In the email, Su writes: … Read More
