Archive for the Social Media Category

Heads-up to any Pinners out there, Pinterest recently announced it changed its home page algorithm. According to company engineers, this new algorithm should increase user engagement by promoting interactive and diverse content. Although Pinterest’s algorithm will analyze your previous activity to determine suggestions, it will place a greater

If you didn’t know about TikTok before the coronavirus, chances are you have it on your phone today. Get this: recent data shows this video-sharing app hit 2 billion downloads worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. As TikTok’s popularity continues to soar, more people are interested in how the company

In the run-up to the 2020 presidential election, Facebook wants to do its part to promote high-quality original journalism. To achieve this goal, the social media giant said it’s tweaking its News Feed algorithm.     In a blog post published on June 30th, Facebook announced it would employ this

On March 18, 2019, users of Google+ received an email from “Google+ Team” titled “Save your Google+ content before March 31, 2019”. The email is legitimate and is not fraudulent or a scam. Here’s what the email says: You’ve received this email because you have content in

Perhaps the thing I admire the most about Amazon is that they are constantly trying new things. Of course, some of these things fail and others are massively successful. When something doesn’t work out, they learn from it. One of my favorite quotes is from Jeff Bezos

Laundry detergent packets such as Tide Pods are poisonous and extremely dangerous to eat. They are concentrated and come in a variety of different chemicals. Potential effects of eating detergent include seizures, pulmonary edema, respiratory arrest, coma, and death. Sources: American Association of Poison Control Centers http://www.aapcc.org/press/83/

Kyokye recently reached out to me and we were chatting about his Snapchat account. I tuned into Snap today and there was was jumping off of a cliff. Here’s a pic he recently posted from Nanakuli: When I asked Kyokye about his Snaps he said: Being from

Late at night on October 1, 2017, a horrific event took place. A 64yr old man, Stephen Paddock, holed up in his hotel room at Mandalay Bay, opened fire on people having a good time. At this point, the media is still trying to figure out if

On April 28, 2017 Yik Yak closed its app down. On that day, they published an article on their blog. The blog is now gone. I scraped the content and it is here as a “mirror” to be preserved in case anyone ever wants to see it.

No. Unfortunately, if you change the URL on your Facebook Business Page, people visiting the old URL will not automatically be redirected to the new URL. Instead, they will see “The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.” This is shame

Yes. If you change the URL on your Pinterest account, people visiting the old URL will automatically be redirected to the new URL. This week I’ve been assisting a brand with a bit of a rebrand. The company name is changing, so all the social profiles and

Yesterday, May 3, 2017, the news broke that Wicked Weed is selling to Anheuser-Busch. Lots of people congratulated Wicked Weed, and plenty of people had negative things to say. This is because Wicked Weed has a massive fan base who LOVE them. On Facebook, the announcement had