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Facebook downvote system is in testing to help spot problem comments faster

02/12/201802/09/2018 Julie Campbell

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At the moment, the feature is being offered in a small number of public page posts seen by a limited group. A new Facebook downvote feature is currently undergoing testing by the social media giant. The goal is to make it possible for users to “downvote” comments. The testing is only in its initial stages so the vast majority of users and pages won’t see the feature yet. So far, the Facebook downvote button is limited to a few handfuls of Public page post comments and can be seen exclusively…

Social media trends show LOL is virtually dead

08/13/201508/12/2015 Julie Campbell

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Recent research has shown that emoji, “haha” and “hehe” have taken down the laughing short form. Although LOL used to be an extremely popular way of expressing that a statement was considered to be very funny, when it comes to the latest social media trends, it looks as though the usage of that shorthand has dropped into near nothingness. It should be noted that this research was specific to Facebook and did not include other social networks. Moreover, research also did not take texts or messenger program communication into account.…

Social media marketing anti campaign pushes 99 Facebook free days

07/15/201407/12/2014 Julie Campbell

A new movement is growing that is encouraging people to sign off for ninety nine straight days. The “99 Days of Freedom” project has now begin as an experiment in the promotion of happiness, which is effectively working as an anti social media marketing campaign that is encouraging people to give up their use of Facebook for ninety nine consecutive days. The relationship that users of the social network have with it appears to be quite a love-hate connection. While most users do access it quite regularly, this doesn’t mean…

Mobile commerce project at Facebook begins testing phase

08/19/201308/17/2013 Jennifer Goula

The massive social network is hoping to start powering smartphone and tablet based shopping for others. Facebook has just confirmed recent announcements that have been made at several reputable media outlets which indicated that it is now testing a new mobile commerce and payments system in which consumers would be able to use credit card data stored on Facebook in order to make purchases through third party apps. This represents a tremendous move by Facebook to step into the smartphone and tablet based shopping channel. In order to use the…

Facebook and eBay announce partnership for e-commerce

10/14/2011 Julie Campbell

Board member at eBay and executive at Facebook, Katie Mitic, announced a partnership between those two organizations, which was created in order to form a new series of e-commerce apps with features for social networking. Mitic explained that the Open Graph on Facebook – that is, its connections map among its users and their “friends” – will undergo a seamless integration with eBay service apps. It is eBay’s hope that outside developers will come up with apps that will work with its e-commerce platform so that it will build more…