Facebook Subscriptions 2018 – Stop the Whining
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Facebook Subscriptions 2018 – Stop the Whining

What does Facebook Paid Subscriptions really mean? I don’t like my data being sold more than anyone but I recognise a free service has to monetise in some way. So offering ad-free Facebook subscriptions – which NO ONE will actually take at least long term – is an option. In most communities (bulletin boards, forums…

Cambridge Analytica vs Beacon – Facebook Australia Quantium

Cambridge Analytica vs Beacon – Facebook Australia Quantium

Ancient history? From Beacon to Cambridge Analytica, and Quantium. How Facebook and Twitter work with big data companies in Australia and beyond. In 2007 Facebook got into trouble for Beacon – I wrote about it at the time – a service that reported on your behaviours online and offline for “personalisation” purposes. From Beacon to Cambridge…

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Facebook Privacy: First Day Back To School photos

Is it ok to post “First Day Back to School photos” on Facebook? Who will see them? Is it safe – or just “normal”?  This morning School Kids across Australia are whining and whinging and generally getting antsy. Lunches made, new books packed in new school bags, iPads for those Santa thought were “nice”, crappy…

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Facebook: Reclaim Privacy Security and Safety

Facebook keeps changing around what is private and what is public in the default settings. But the crowd is smarter than the individual company so ReclaimPrivacy have tools for you. Also a diagram on private to public social networks. What will take Facebook’s place as the most secure, most protected, most private of sharing spaces…

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Facebook: Open Graph "Like" is the new Beacon

Facebook has recently launched a new version of F8 (their development platform) with Open Graph connectivity. You can now “Like” fanpages (instead of “Become a fan”) and with external sites like Pandora, if you “Like” the website (connect to it) you’ll get updates on music. This is basically Beacon in a new dress. For example,…

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