Do you take Facebook quizzes? The Trump campaign used data analytics to take that kind of info, which you gave up voluntarily, and target you with extremely specific political ads. Here’s how they did it, and what you can do to stop it in the future.
Why (And How) You Should Hide These Six Popular News Sites In Facebook
Hyperpartisan Facebook Pages I’m an unapologetic liberal Democrat and Hillary Clinton supporter, but that doesn’t mean that I blindly believe and support every liberal post I see on Facebook. There were many uber-liberal sites that started bugging me once the election season got into full swing. I wasn’t following these pages, but I’d see the…
How To Arrange Your Facebook Favorites
This is a silly little thing but I bet I’m not the only person who had trouble figuring out how to do this. I spend so much time on Facebook, and I want it to be arranged just how I like it. Keeping things organized means that I can keep up on my pages and…
Doing Pinterest Right
I think I follow too many food boards on Pinterest. But at least I have my daughter’s lunch packed for the first day of school. Thanks for the inspiration, Kelby!
I tried The Latest Facebook Challenge; I Lasted Ten Minutes
Last week I read about a guy who did an experiment: For two days, he liked everything on Facebook. Stuff that was completely opposite of what he believed in, stuff that he most definitely did not like, stuff that he felt really bad about liking. It didn’t take long at all until his feed was…
Forget Teens, Here’s A Message For Their Parents
If you were online at all today there’s a good chance you saw this post, about how this woman’s sons are not allowed to be Facebook friends with certain girls anymore, because they had posted pictures that she deemed inappropriate. (I could write an entire post about the pictures of her own sons in bathing…
Today’s Agenda: Brrrrr edition
So I just spent six days in Buffalo visiting my mom and complaining about the cold, and it’s followed me back to Brooklyn. I had to move the car twice this morning and oh my, it’s freezing. The Ass is home with me for the rest of the week so we were going to go…
How social media has changed my life, in more than 140 characters
[The following post is sponsored by Bing] Thank you to BING Social Search for sponsoring my post about social media. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. *** Sometimes it’s hard for me to express how social media has changed my life, because…
A facebook thing not on facebook
I love these types of getting-to-know-you questionnaires, but I’m really not a huge fan of Facebook, so I’m posting it here (sorry, Angela!). *** 1. What time did you get up this morning? 8:10am, then again around noon. 2. How do you like your steak? Walking around a field eating grass, growing old. 3. What…
While I wait for YouTube to wake up…
I’m having a problem uploading my video this morning. I’ve loaded it twice (which took a long time) and neither one has processed yet – it’s been over an hour for the first one. It usually takes a few minutes. I usually make the video and start the uploading process as soon as I come…
