Tag Archives: Facebook

Let The Super Bowl Adstravaganza Begin! (Gildan Apparel Edition)

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

New York Times stalwart ad critic Stuart Elliott weighed in with this report yesterday: Early Kickoff for Marketers at Super Bowl ADVERTISERS got an early start this year on Christmas, as holiday ads began appearing in mid-October. The front-running is … Continue reading →

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It’s Good To Live In A Cognoscenti Town

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack has a piece in WBUR’s Cognoscenti today: Facebook Announcements Can Be Confusing. Let Us Explain When you’ve got mail from Facebook, nothing good can come of it. Exhibit Umpteen: The latest Facemail that launched … Continue reading →

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Facebook Members To Vote On Whether They Can Vote

Posted on November 28, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

From our M.C. Escher desk As the hardtracking staff has noted this past week, Facebook is trying to turn the last vestiges of its Faceocracy into a Zuckocracy. Specifically, the billion-strong social network wants to terminate the voting power of its members over changes … Continue reading →

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The Digital Tuning Fork

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Excellent Neil Swidey piece in Sunday’s Boston Globe Magazine about the rolling focus group that social media networks like Twitter and Facebook have become. Cambridge’s Bluefin Labs decodes social media chatter Facebook users “like” things 2.7 billion times a day. People share … Continue reading →

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An Email From Facebook? That Can’t Be Good (III)

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

All this week the hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack has been on Facebook like Brown on Williamson. And here’s more fallout from The Grate Facebook Email that changes the site from a sort-of democracy to a flatout Markocracy. Via the Wall Street Journal . . … Continue reading →

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Herald Scoops Globe On Facebook’s Privacy Grab

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

For the past several days the hardtracking staff at Sneak Adtack has been chronicling Facebook’s new data-sucking policies, which essentially strip control of online information from the Faceherd. The Boston Herald noted the change – in its usual minimalistic way – in … Continue reading →

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An Email From Facebook? That Can’t Be Good (II)

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The hardtracking staff  at Sneak Adtack noted yesterday that Facebook has alerted its Faceherd to several changes in its Data Use Policy, including: New tools for managing your Facebook Messages Changes to how we refer to certain products Tips on managing your … Continue reading →

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An Email From Facebook? That Can’t Be Good

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff received this email from Facebook today: Okay. For starters: 1) Any Facebook reference to privacy means you’ll have less. 2) Protest all you want, but Facebook is a master of two steps forward, one step back. 3) … Continue reading →

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Spacebook: 13 Million US Facebookers Don’t Use Privacy Controls

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

A Consumer Reports investigation reveals that a fair chunk of Facebookniks are pretty casual about protecting their privacy. Via the Boston Globe: Nearly 13 million US Facebook users do not use, or are not aware of, the site’s privacy controls, according to a … Continue reading →

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Facehook: Selling Mobile-Only Ads

Posted on June 7, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

In its never-ending quest to generate ad-itional revenues, Facebook has trashcanned its policy of selling desktop and mobile advertising as a package. Via All Things D: Facebook Would Like to Sell You a Mobile Ad A frequent refrain from the growing … Continue reading →

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