In case you missed it, Gizmodo reported last Monday that Facebook is actively and methodically suppressing conservative news stories, and has been doing so for a while. Even if these allegations are false, it’s well within Facebook’s power to do such a thing without anyone knowing, which is a frightening thought when you consider the fact that most Americans… Continue reading How should Facebook determine which news stories we see?
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Facebook is now wrapped in a massive political bias scandal
Facebook and Google have become the primary sources of news for a significant chunk of the developed world, which means that both companies are in a position to influence the opinions of millions of people by filtering out news stories that don’t match their agendas, and highlighting the ones that do. That’s a frightening thought, and in… Continue reading Facebook is now wrapped in a massive political bias scandal
Facebook is making its own morning show
Back in the day, people would flip on the television or grab the newspaper as soon as they woke up, but nowadays, most people open up Facebook first thing in the morning. Wanting to take full advantage of that fact, Facebook has decided to partner with an advertising company by the name of DigitasLBi to create a… Continue reading Facebook is making its own morning show
You might be able to make money from Facebook posts soon
Most of us spend an unhealthy amount of time on Facebook, and probably put an equally as unhealthy amount of effort into our posts, but can it really be considered unhealthy if you make money by doing so? Facebook doesn’t offer any way for individual users to make money from their posts, but the company distributed an… Continue reading You might be able to make money from Facebook posts soon
Facebook Messenger is now open to third party chat bots
Bots are the next big thing for messaging apps, and Facebook wants to make sure that it’s one of the first companies to implement them. During its annual developers conference on Tuesday, the company announced Bots for Messenger, a new API that will allow third parties to add their own chat bots to Facebook Messenger. There are… Continue reading Facebook Messenger is now open to third party chat bots
Facebook’s e-commerce push might involve Apple Pay
Facebook may want WhatsApp to remain a regular messaging app, but Facebook Messenger is a whole other story. With Messenger, Facebook wants to emulate the messaging giants of Asia that haven’t found much success in the West, which means the company wants to turn Messenger into the digital equivalent of a Swiss Army knife. The idea behind… Continue reading Facebook’s e-commerce push might involve Apple Pay
Facebook wants to be the dictionary for the language of the internet
Often times, it seems like conversing with people on the internet requires knowledge of a completely different form of English from what we use in regular conversations, almost like a different language, and each internet sub-culture has its own dialect of this language that looks like gibberish to outsiders. There’s no way a single person can… Continue reading Facebook wants to be the dictionary for the language of the internet
Zuckerberg: It’ll be a decade before virtual reality becomes mainstream
I’m sure by now you’ve seen the photo of Mark Zuckerberg grinning as he walks through a crowd of people rendered mindless by the irresistible escapism provided by the virtual reality headsets that’re strapped to their faces. Whether or not that was an accurate description really depends on how you interpret the photo, but even if you don’t get an Orwellian vibe from… Continue reading Zuckerberg: It’ll be a decade before virtual reality becomes mainstream
Facebook ads are about to become significantly more engaging
Most internet users have learned to subconsciously ignore advertisements, with many going so far as to remove them entirely with ad-blockers, which is obviously something that advertisers don’t want happening. For years, their solution to the problem has been to make ads as annoying as possible and difficult to avoid, but they’re finally starting to realize that… Continue reading Facebook ads are about to become significantly more engaging
Advertisements might be coming to Facebook Messenger
WhatsApp may be popular, but Facebook doesn’t make any money from it, mainly because it’s a standard messaging app and nothing else. Facebook Messenger, on the other hand, has the potential to make tons of money because it emulates billion dollar Asian messaging apps like Line and WeChat. Not only does it allow users to… Continue reading Advertisements might be coming to Facebook Messenger