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Social Media’s Privacy Rebuild: Where Users Are Going Next

April 23, 2019 | by Isaac Maltzer | Digital Trends, Social Media

Facebook is no stranger to controversy. After a maelstrom of bad press ranging from poor data privacy practices to election tampering, public trust in the social media giant—and, let’s face it, social media at large—has been irrevocably damaged. While some might think this is finally the death knell for social media, we at Civilian think it’s…

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Facebook no longer limited to the living.

February 13, 2015 | by Accepted Protege | Advertising News, Digital Trends

Have you ever wondered what will happen to your social media accounts after you die? For the people that have lost loved ones, this has been a delicate and frustrating process to go through. After some years of users complaints, Facebook announced the introduction of a new feature that allows for users to designate a…

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Would You Pay to Use Facebook?

September 23, 2014 | by Accepted Protege | Civilian Water Cooler, Digital Trends

A recent post from Nationalreport.net made rounds this week titled, “Facebook To Begin Charging Users $2.99/mo Starting November 1st“. Naturally, the internet exploded. Users from all over expressed their outrage over the social media kingpin capitalizing on their growing 1.3 billion person user base. But we can all rest easy for now. The article was…

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Facebook Unveils Social Search Feature

January 15, 2013 | by Civilian | Digital Trends

If information is power, then wouldn’t having more information about your friends be powerful enough to bring you closer together? It would appear that the masters at Facebook would agree. How do I know? CEO Mark Zuckerberg just unveiled a new search feature on Facebook.

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3 Ways to Thrive During the Defacing of Facebook

December 8, 2010 | by Civilian | Digital Trends

The face of Facebook is slowly being chipped away. I don’t mean Mark Zuckerberg’s face is deteriorating, nor do I mean that pixels are falling off your screen or that the site will stop growing. In all likelihood, its user interface will continue receiving regularly scheduled facelifts and its database of users will continue to…

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