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#HashTagsGoneWild
I started this blog in January 2009 and was a fairly prolific poster back in those days, writing on a wide variety of topics from tips on managing multiple passwords to understanding text message...
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Facebook Announces Video for Instagram
I was waiting to post today because I knew Facebook was making some sort of big product announcement this afternoon. Unfortunately, it turns out that the announcement is related to Instagram, a product...
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QuickTip: Turn Facebook Notification Sounds Off (Or On)
A few months ago, Facebook did one of those cute things it likes to do where it adds an annoying new feature and doesn't bother telling anybody about it. In this case, they added a sound when...
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Read Teeny-Tiny Text on Facebook Images
Like 4,338,607 (to date) other people, I'm a huge fan of Star Trek legend, social activist and awesomely cool George Takei's Facebook page. Thanks to him, I can be guaranteed that at least once a...
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Download Your Facebook History
If you've ever tried to find something you've posted on Facebook in the past, you know how difficult it is. You go to your Timeline and start scrolling through it and it keeps jumping around so you...
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Monthly Round-Up: July 2013
I'm starting a new feature on T4L where on the last day of the month I'm going to highlight various posts from the past month that were notable for one reason or another as well as share reader...
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Best Image Sizes for Facebook Personal and Page Timelines
Back in March 2013, Facebook started rolling out changes to the Timeline format for personal profiles. I'm not sure if everybody's got them yet but I don't see a lot of comments from my friends anymore...
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Monthly Round-Up: August 2013
I started this new feature last month and said I would publish it on the last day of the month. But then it occurred to me that if something big were to happen on the last day itself, it might get...
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Facebook’s Latest Assault on Your Privacy Is… Not So Bad
Last Thursday, Facebook announced it was removing the option for users to not show up in search results on the site. Now, historically I've been more than happy to complain when Facebook made a change...
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The Twitter Hashtag: What Is It and How Do You Use It?
This post was originally published in February 2009. It has been updated to reflect some changes to how hashtags work, answer some related questions I've received over the years, and update some...
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QuickTip: Get a Custom Username for Your Facebook Page
Back in June 2009, it was quite a big deal when Facebook announced that users would be allowed to get custom usernames/URLs. There was a whole big rush to sign up starting at midnight on a certain day...
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QuickTip: Edit Your Facebook Posts
Back in September, Facebook started letting users edit their posts. But based on how many people I still see posting a comment about a typo in their original post, a lot of people still don't realize...
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P̶i̶m̶p̶ Decorate Your Facebⓞⓞk Status with Special ᙅᖺᗩᖇᗩᙅ☂ᗴᖇᔕ
These days I'm seeing more posts in my Facebook news feed that are full of icons that go waaaaay beyond . And even though I think some people use them a little TOO much (making the actual message...
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Three Types of Facebook Posts To Be Wary of Sharing
Many years ago I visited my cousin who was living in Los Angeles. It was summertime, I was planning to go to Disneyland and I made a comment about how I couldn't imagine how uncomfortable the heat must...
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