Josh Benner

Tag: Facebook

  • Repentance, Facebook, and Wells Fargo

      Has anyone else noticed that Facebook and Wells Fargo are both essentially running the same commercial. Both companies have been the subject of recent scandals. Facebook with data collection and publishing algorithms. Wells Fargo was just hit with hundreds of millions of dollars in fines for securities fraud. Both commercials point to their origin…

  • Facebook: The social network that changed the world turns 10

    This post is based off of a previous post entitled: Facebook 2004 and Facebook 2011. Seven year anniversary of joining the Social Network. Originally published November 16, 2011. I can still vividly remember it. Talking to a friend from high school on AIM, him sending me the link to some obscure site that he had…

  • Facebook ads extra layer of security

    Facebook announced today that they are going to be unveiling a couple of new security features for the site. One of the features is becoming increasingly common with websites where users login and it will prompt additional infromation from users if Facebook believes a person may not be legitimately logging onto the site. Given that…

  • Facebook ads, starring y-o-u

    Facebook announced a new feature called ”sponsored” stories today. Advertisers will have the opportunity to sponsor certain types of responses, such as ”likes” or check-ins from users, and from those responses, they will be able to put these in the right margin as ads. As an example, let’s say that Target wants to have ads…