Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg scoffed at suggestions that the Facebook news feed had anything to do with election results: I do think that there is a certain profound lack of empathy in asserting that the only reason why someone could…
Facebook Lets Users Buy Their Way Onto News Feeds
As much as Facebook would love to still portray itself as a collection of care-free hackers working for its social network users, the company now has investors to answer to. Now that the company has gone public, it will have…
Facebook Sponsored Stories Double in Size
If you didn’t like Facebook’s sponsored stories you’re really going to hate this. Facebook has decided to double the size of brand pages sponsored stories in your News Feed. Now every time you see a brand that your friends like…
Facebook Testing a New Sharing Notification Icon
It is hard to tell what will be shared to your Facebook wall these days. If you aren’t careful, you could end up leaving your entire web history on your Facebook page. It’s enough to make someone want to spend…
Facebook Testing “Trending Articles” in User News Feeds
Mashable is reporting that Facebook has begun to test a “Trending Articles” feature in user news feeds. The feature inserts articles from Facebook social reader apps into a user’s news feed amongst status updates and likes. Social reader apps are…
Facebook Sponsored Stories: Unavoidable For Brands?
Facebook is going public soon. You already knew that I’m sure. You probably also know that Facebook makes most of its money from ads. Not all of it, but a very significant portion. If the company’s relationship with Zynga ever…