It is a mystery to me why people join social networks, but do not share who they are on these networks. On Twitter, instead of their face—we see that egg shaped avatar; on Facebook there is the profile with the question mark, and on some blogs the author’s identity is nowhere to be found. This does not make any sense to me. Social media is about relating.
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A Website is the Hub of Web Presence
Not long ago, leaders of parishes, dioceses, religious communities, schools and other organizations were pleased and proud to announce that their community or institution had a website. It was a major achievement. If they had a good website, it was because they (or someone else) put a lot of hard work into it. But today, a website is not enough to be truly present to our current members, visitors and…
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Facebook User Profile and Facebook Page: What is the Difference?
From time to time, people ask me about Facebook page and often they don’t know that Facebook user profiles and Facebook “pages” are two different ways to be on Facebook. The question came up again this week, so I thought it would be worth a few words here.
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Websites with Catholic Content worth Sharing
One of the things I like to do for my Facebook and Twitter followers is to give them links to good Catholic content. In this post, I would like to share with you some of the sites which I use for that content.
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Is There a Facebook Group in Your Future?
A few projects that I have been working on lately have necessitated research into Facebook features and functions. Groups were on my list this week. What I discovered first was that Facebook released a new design for groups in October 2010—that’s right a year ago, where was I? No matter, I know about it now.
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Facebook Changes? No problem.
First of all, I am not complaining about the recent changes to Facebook. I am too busy trying to figure out where my friends are and who really is seeing my posts. No, seriously, I am an adult, a relatively intelligent adult. This is supposed to be intuitive. I certainly can intuit. And so my inner voices encourage me to go on.