Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 29, 2009

There is such a thing as hashtag spamming. I use it to call people to action to benefit a nonprofit/charity: Example Tweet: #CharityTuesday :: Add a “Cause&# Twibbon to your Twitter Avatar: [link]. Campaign] Example Tweet: WATCH: Flash mob takes off shirts, stops traffic in Hong Kong [link] || #350ppm.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

In late September news trickled out about a change in Facebook’s Edgerank algorithm that was causing big drops in reach for many branded pages. The new algorithm also factors in negative feedback and penalizes posts that have been actively hidden by viewers or reported as spam. The flash-study found that branded pages lost about 6.5%

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 2, 2011

Danielle Bridiga, from the NWF, says “I’m still not sure if it’s going to hold out and join Twitter and Facebook but I think it’s certainly kept my attention a bit longer than other flash in the pan platforms.&# NWF is in the “imaging&# stage of what the potential is for the platform.

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NetWits

MAY 23, 2008

The direct mail world was broken the instant the first email was sent, but 80% of all email sent is spam. Causes on Facebook breaks it. You can dismiss some of these things as fads or just a flash in the pan. And the nonprofit fundraising world is being broken a little bit at a time too. Kiva breaks it. Room to Read breaks it.

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