Facebook “shadow profile” is an industry term for personal data amassed by Facebook from multiple sources: info you provide, plus information shared by your friends (via the sharing of their contact lists, for example), and online tracking pixels. Because the …[Continue]
Social Networks Tips
Snapchat 101: Snaps, Chats, and Stories
Snapchat use is exploding, especially among female millennials and teenage girls. The ephemeral nature of Snapchat communication is one of its biggest draws. Young people that have grown up with social networking are becoming more aware of the footprint left …[Continue]
Should Students be Forced to Hand Over Passwords?
A new Illinois law created to enable school administrators to investigate cyberbullying went into effect on January 1, 2015. It allows school adminstrators to demand social media passwords from students suspected of online harassment. Soon after one school district sent …[Continue]
How to Improve your Twitter Security Settings
Although Twitter has made fewer privacy faux pas than Facebook, it’s still a good idea to periodically review your Twitter privacy and security settings, as things do change from time to time. Now that Twitter is serving ads, for example, …[Continue]
Is Snapchat Private?
No, Snapchat and all other social networks are inherently not private. And the fact that Snapchat promises to erase your photos lulls many users (especially teens) into a false sense of privacy. In addition to the ability for the recipient …[Continue]
Free Twitter Analytics for Everyone!
Once only offered to advertisers, marketers, and verified users, now all Twitter users have access to free analytics to view how many people their tweets reached, and how much engagement they generated. To see your Twitter analytics, just visit analytics.twitter.com. …[Continue]
How to Delete Comments on Instagram
Yes, you can delete your own Instagram comments, whether posted on your photo or someone else’s. And (best of all!) you can delete any comment on one your Instagram posts. I recently received a hate storm of vicious comments on …[Continue]
President Kennedy Has a Twitter Account (Really!)
Can dead presidents tweet? It seems they can! The John F. Kennedy Library has a Twitter account (@JFKSaid) that tweets Kennedy quotes (complete with appropriate hashtags) in response to current events. Or, as they describe it, “President Kennedy’s words in …[Continue]
