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ShortFormBlog: Facebook and NASDAQ collectively not looking great right now
onaissues:

Facebook Privacy Policy Change Paves Way For Off-Facebook Advertising - Forbes
In case you missed it, Facebook has revamped their “data use policy” to make it clearer that it can use information about you to display ads to you outside of Facebook. 

is facebook going too far on this? what do you think?
discoverynews:

imwithkanye:

What are the best times to post to your favorite social media platforms? Bitly crunched the numbers and here’s what they found:

Twitter
Post 9am-3pm ET, Monday through Thursday
Especially post 1-3pm ET, Monday through Thursday
Avoid posting after 8pm ET during the weekends
Avoid posting after 3pm ET on Friday and at all on weekends
Facebook
Post 1-4pm ET during the week
Especially post midweek 1-3pm ET
The very best time is Wednesday at 3pm ET
Avoid posting between 8pm ET and 8am ET during the week
Avoid posting on weekends
Tumblr (graphic posted above)
Post from 4pm ET onward
Especially post from 7pm-10pm ET onward, with Monday and Tuesdays being good
Post on Friday evenings

(Sounds about right. Tumblr’s popularity in the evening supports my assessment that everyone likes to live-blog TV.)

posted at 7pm, as noted