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Holy engagement, Batman! How HuffPost blew up the State of the Union on Facebook

Mandy — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:53:09 +0000

How did The Huffington Post get 32,694 Likes, 2,525 comments and 4,268 shares on Facebook for Obama's State of the Union address? How about a sort of Facebook take on live-tweeting? It was an experiment, to be sure, but it seemed to work out well. [...]

How to Maintain a Safe, Positive and Public Facebook Life

Mandy — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:48:31 +0000

Tips for maintaining a safe, positive and public Facebook life. [...]

How To Set Up Facebook Subscribe For Journalists

Mandy — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:49:14 +0000

Facebook Subscribe allows Facebook users to share their public updates with other users, even if they are not friends. I've created this step-by-step guide for users who want to take advantage of this feature without putting their own privacy at risk. [...]

Facebook comments can’t guarantee a lack of anonymity

Mandy — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:52:30 +0000

There’s a conventional wisdom out there in the online journalism world that: 1.) News site comments will automatically be better if people have to use real names, and 2.) Using Facebook for your comments will accomplish this.

I’ve said many times before that I don’t think anonymity is the problem. My campaign on that seems to be [...]

Creating one Facebook page for both sides of your life

Mandy — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:16:49 +0000

Thanks to Facebook’s near-constant changes to their privacy settings, it’s tough to keep documentation on them up to date. In preparation for staff training here at TBD, I’ve completely overhauled these resources for anyone wishing to use Facebook for their professional journalism uses as well as their personal lives. I hope you’ll find these useful.

Intro [...]

Facebook friends: Please stop spamming me

Mandy — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:54:59 +0000

Social networking is supposed to be about connecting with old friends and making new ones. It can involve marketing products, but it takes individualized recommendations to be anything but spam. [...]

Your Facebook fan page might not be in your control

Mandy — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:03:16 +0000

If you allow employees to create your company's Facebook fan pages on their personal accounts, beware. You may never get control of that page if the employee leaves the company. [...]

How much does Facebook know about you?

Mandy — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:03:00 +0000

Just how much personal info do you tend to share on Facebook? Probably more than you think. Luckily new privacy policy changes and a few handy links about privacy settings can keep your info safe (safe-ish?) on Facebook. [...]