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Facebook now penalizing pages that post ‘Like and Share Bait Posts’

Posted on April 23, 2014

We’ve all seen them in our news feeds, and most of us have “Liked” and “Shared” them at one time or another. I’m talking about “Like and Share bait posts”, and Facebook is now starting to penalize Pages that publish them.

Like and Share bait posts typically contain images that consist of a touching photo along with a written message that tons of people are sure to agree with. After all, plenty of folks have a daughter they love with all their heart, right?

The common thread between all of these bait posts is that you will be asked to “Like” and “Share” the post if you agree with the message or find the image to be “touching” in some way.

Sounds harmless, right? Well, it really isn’t. [Read more…]

Q&A: Why can’t I send a message to my friend on Facebook?

Posted on March 12, 2014

Question from Rishabh R.: Yesterday I was chatting with my friend, and after our conversation was over, we both logged out.

But today when I logged into my Facebook account and opened the message column and tried to message her again, it showed an error.

Our previous conversation is there, but my friend’s name is in black colour. When I tried to click on her name, it wouldn’t click. The same problem is not happening with my other friends. So I just wanna know have I done something wrong? Or maybe my friend has?

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I prevent others from sharing my photos on Facebook?

Posted on January 27, 2014

Question from Brenda L.: I hate it when people share the photos I post on Facebook without asking first. Some of them are personal family pictures that I don’t want shared all over Facebook. How do I stop it?

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Q&A: How do I get my Facebook Ticker back?

Posted on January 26, 2014

Question from Debra: Hi Rick. Weeks ago, I pressed the “Hide Ticker’ tab in a moment of boredom. It has disappeared now and there’s no option to get it back.

If I minimize my screen to tiny writing, I can see it’s still there. But it’s not possible to use FB easily with a font that small. Can you help? I enjoy the Ticker!! Thanks!

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

Facebook to show fewer text-only posts from Pages in fans’ newsfeeds

Posted on January 22, 2014

Facebook announced yesterday that they plan to start placing fewer text-only posts from Facebook pages into the newsfeeds of the users who have “Liked” the pages.

This change will effectively limit the reach of a given page’s posts even further than the already diminished reach due to the rather unpopular EdgeRank algorithm. [Read more…]