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Are Memes Really Just Slacktivism?

Care2

New memes get started everyday. Remember the FB meme challenge that asked women to post what color bra they were wearing that day? Many thought the meme was connected to raising breast cancer awareness, but that was not the intention behind it. Here’s the original meme: “Right girls let’s have some fun.

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Reaching Gen Z on social media: Expert advice vs. Gen Z opinion

Candid

But other suggestions, like using pop culture slang and memes to catch Gen Z’s shorter attention span, feel a little off. When asked how they would find a nonprofit to support, 67% said they would “ask friends or family,” and 59% said they’d “search for options on a search engine.”

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New on SSIR: Are we addicted to Slacktivism?

Amy Sample Ward

According to ABC news : According to the trend-tracking website Know Your Meme , the cartoon fad started with Facebook users in Greece and Cyprus in mid-November. There has to be something going on that’s getting everyone excited enough to search for a cartoon character and change their picture.

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Tips to Beat Declining Facebook Reach

Tech Soup

Similarly, Facebook "decided to downplay stories from publishers on users' news feed, in order to promote more personal stories from their favourite people," as observed by Search Engine Watch. Facebook has admitted to this trend, and it has also been supported by data. Humor/funny memes.

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More on Burma - Protests in Real Life and Online

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

ll find 72 results found by Google desktop, 9,494 Google news results, 2,283 blog posts in the last 12 hours according to Google blog search, 3,498 videos found in Google video (#1 is Jim Carrey), 22,978 blog posts about Burma in Technorati and 275 groups in Facebook.

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Notes, Reflections, and People I Met at Podcamp Boston

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I attended two sessions with Christopher Penn - one on search engine optimization or how to make google love you with Julien Smith. Website grader - useful tool to search trends. SEO in firefox - extension lets you dig into your search results and tells you who your're doing. I love her writing about social media trends.

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10 Facebook Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Perhaps they can not get a Facebook ad budget approved or they are simply stuck in the outdated “social media is free” meme. According to the Global Trends in Giving Report , 32% of online donors gave through Facebook Charitable Giving Tools in 2020. either way, Facebook organic reach is estimated to be an abysmal 2%.

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