A month ago, Facebook began phasing out the Facebook Fan Page, changing the action of “becoming a fan” to “liking.” The change was part of a broader plan to spread the Like button across the web and to lower the barrier for users to become connected with brands. Not everyone “likes” Facebook’s small but important wording change, though.
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Facebook Faceoff: “Like” vs. “Become a Fan”
Facebook has confirmed that it is testing a new feature with a small group of users that allows a member of the social network to “subscribe” to another user’s updates , in the same way that Twitter allows users to “follow” each other.
Snazzy new social thing walled off Ping, Apple’s latest foray into social networking, won’t play nice with Facebook – despite the connection appearing in Steve Jobs’s on-stage demonstration and in the documentation.…
Yesterday, news broke about a new feature Facebook is testing out called “Subscribe.” For a second, I thought it might be the
When Six Apart launched Vox , a blogging/social network platform with strict privacy controls, in 2006, investor D avid Hornik had high hopes. Vox is an “amazing blogging platform,” he said, because “Finally I have a place where I can post pictures and video of my kids without concern about who is looking at them.” Vox will be shut down on September 20, says Six Apart.
Heard of Tagged ? Back in 2005 it was a teenager-only social network, catering primarily to U.S.
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