Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 5, 2011

These best practices will also be demonstrated live in the upcoming webinar How Nonprofits Can Successfully Use Twitter and LinkedIn. To jump-start your group, you will need to promote it on your website, in your e-newsletter, and in your social networking profiles. Subtlety is an art on the Social Web. for Nonprofits.

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The Verge

JUNE 15, 2021

That’s the bet behind IRL, a young social network that has been quietly growing over the past year and just attracted an eye-popping amount of money to take on Facebook. According to Shafi, the goal is to become “a super messaging social network” over time. “We Image: IRL.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 30, 2009

5% A social networking site (like Facebook). 1% Yes… they donate on our website after reading something on Facebook, Twitter, etc. 7) Is your nonprofit monitoring your Website stats to see how much traffic is coming from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, LinkedIn Groups, etc.? [ [link] ]. 25% Twitter. [ [link] ].

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 2, 2009

When I first started myspace.com/nonprofitorganizations almost 4 years ago I had no idea that it would evolve to become as large as it has, or that the brand/community/concept would spread to Facebook , then YouTube , and now Twitter. I was able then to tap into that community when I expanded into Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 17, 2010

There is also the Nonprofit Organizations MySpace , the Nonprofit Organizations Twitter profile , the Nonprofit Organizations YouTube Channel , and the Social Media for Nonprofit Organizations LinkedIn Group. This is the risk of building communities on social networking sites over which we have no control over.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 27, 2010

First, spam was going to kill email. It certainly is true that most email sent these days is spam, but that hasn’t managed to kill it. More recently, facebook and twitter were considered likely candidates for killing it off. 2) Elgg: Elgg is a powerful open source social network tool.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 18, 2013

Recently both LinkedIn and Facebook dropped their integration with Twitter indicative of a trend – a maturing of the Social Web, if you will – where automated tweets or updates are generally frowned upon as they tend to be formatted poorly, lack authenticity, and clutter News Feeds on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

Complaining about the errors on Twitter along with @Kanter, @pgjones00 was Mark Mann: It is in beta, let’s not forget! Tags: community networking jumo nonprofits social media social network. So, patience and persistence are the keys to success. I’m really interested to hear what you all think!

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Some common metrics to monitor are website traffic, blog traffic, e-newsletter subscribers, Facebook fans, Twitter followers, online dollars raised, volunteers, and event attendees. If your nonprofit is on the right track with social media, then you’ll notice an increase in the metrics from month to month over time.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Twitter has removed a total of 2,160 accounts linked to Chinese regional and state propaganda campaigns, the social network has announced as part of its latest data release on misinformation campaigns. 2/ A pro-Tanzanian government network adversarially leveraged copyright reporting to harass activists.

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The Verge

MARCH 21, 2022

Early in March, a bunch of Facebook users got a mysterious, spam-like email titled “Your account requires advanced security from Facebook Protect” and telling them that they were required to turn on the Facebook Protect feature (which they could do by hitting a link in the email) by a certain date, or they would be locked out of their account.

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Borrow their Twitter followers. This is where the hijacking of open social platforms come in. Twitter is a famous example. Just click on the “followers” list of your competitor’s company and you have a list of Twitter handles worth getting to know. Grab their Twitter handle and offer them your far superior service!

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Instagram is asking some users to provide a video selfie showing multiple angles of their face to verify that they’re a real person, according to screenshots posted to Twitter by social media consultant Matt Navarra. Instagram is now using video selfies to confirm users identity Meta promises not to collect biometric data.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

for a while, people meant ‘facebook’ although that’s a social network of people you already know. What Twitter isn’t… Twitter isn’t a message board, or a social network of people you already know… So, is it a community? What Twitter gives us: freedom.

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Amy Sample Ward

JULY 1, 2012

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). You can join the conversations in the comments, or click through to the original posts to find what others are saying.

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See3

NOVEMBER 24, 2008

Last week we asked our friends on Twitter, " What do you have more of - Facebook friends, Twitter followers, or LinkedIn contacts? Based on the responses we received, it looks like Facebook wins, followed closely by Twitter and LinkedIn. Next week’s question: Do you have a secret for dealing with spam email?

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

Apple suggests we spammed the App Store review process. Earlier today, Apple promoted Fortnite competitor PUBG Mobile in the App Store , although Sweeney did the same on Twitter in a jab back at the iPhone maker. They chose to terminate Epic's account; they didn't *have* to. That's not so.

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NTEN

JANUARY 24, 2011

Scenario: Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, bacon and spam. It seems your baby steps into the world of user-generated content and social networking have turned on you. Worse, there are a couple of thousand anti-spam-bots gunning for you now. Suddenly you're a spammer. My name is really mud.

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The Verge

MARCH 10, 2021

Prompts like these have been explored by other social networks to cut down on bullying and harassment. Instagram rolled out similar prompts back in 2019 , Twitter announced it was testing them last year , and they’ve also been spotted on Facebook. the pop-up box reads, before encouraging users to “Edit” it, or “Post anyway.”.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Marc Apple, owner and chief strategist at Forward Push Media , said that no one is on social networks 24/7, but across generations most people check email every day. “In In my opinion, email is the original social media,” Apple said. said that in part, the growth of social media is tied heavily to email. “If

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Amy Sample Ward

AUGUST 15, 2011

To follow more of the things I find online, you can follow @amysampleward on Twitter (which is just a blog and resource feed), or find me on Delicious (for all kinds of bookmarks). Like ‘how many times can I invite my Facebook friends to a fundraising event before it’s considered spam?’ Doing Good.

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Amy Sample Ward

MAY 14, 2009

I had the great honor of moderating the panel Tools Galore in Online Communications: From Google Earth to Wiki’s and Twitter this panel will give you the nuts and bolts of the latest tools organizations can utilize to ramp up their next online campaign. spam filters: are you using spam-like words in any of your content?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Facebook’s organic reach is equivilent to sending 100 donors a fundraising email and having 98 of them classified spam and consequently blocked. Nonprofit social media managers have to deal with weird, random mean people on Twitter. Nonprofits have to pay full price for advertising on social media. Don’t.

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Care2

APRIL 21, 2010

As social networks try and become profitable they are experimenting with new ad models and trying to drive more traffic to increase ad revenue. Promoted tweets are what Twitter plans on offering to organizations that want to advertise on Twitter. Also, “advertising on social networks has a poor track record.&#

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 16, 2008

He invested some of his social capital in my cause and I want to invest in his. Relationship : It's spring fundraising season and I'm getting spammed. Dr.Mani - Spamming for Good??? Are you spamming for good or are you using the three R's effectively? Are you spamming for good or are you using the three R's effectively?

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The Next Web

JANUARY 31, 2014

So considering the fact that Google’s Web spam team is working ‘round the clock to be able to identify and penalize unnatural link building methods, and that their leader has just declared war against low-quality guest blogging – it doesn’t take a genius to know what the nearest Google penalty is going to target. Fast forward to 2014.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Jessica Kirkwood , VP for Social Media,HandsOn Network agreed to write this about their latest social media experiment and what they were learning. Behind the Scenes Experimentation with Social Gaming for Social Good from HandsOn Network by Jessica Kirkwood. Follow them on Twitter @HandsOnNetwork.

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The Verge

JUNE 10, 2021

So we’ve combed through the preview pages, Twitter, and a good chunk of the internet to see what interesting features got left out of the presentation. Safari is getting the pull-to-refresh mechanism found in Mail and many social network apps. Filtering for spam texts. iOS and iPadOS 15. if you live in Brazil, that is.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Think about tie-ins to holidays, other marketing messaging, and creating a synergy between Facebook posts and email newsletter or Twitter updates. The most common complaint from Facebook users is Newsfeed spam, and the most popular Pages post once a day or less. This helps you focus when writing and makes planning ahead easier.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

A good CMS should also include a built-in Spam filter to keep obviously unrelated content from cluttering your comments sections. Allowing visitors to sign in using their Facebook and Twitter accounts can make it easier for them to share your nonprofit’s information with their networks and followers.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

The Real-Time Web: it's more than just immediate delivery of Twitter messages to an always-on mobile device, disrupting the concentration that civilization is based on and bringing a rush to crazed social media addicts obsessed with the hottest new buzzwords. Twitter as Trigger. You can pre-order the report here.].

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 14, 2025

The initial Block Party product focused on the platform then called Twitter , helping users easily filter out spam, harassment, and other unwanted content, while easily blocking other users based on their on-site behavior. Image: Block Party ] “It completely changed my experience on Twitter,” Chou says.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

According to Mashable : One controversial issue among social networks is how hard they should push for user acquisition. Most social networks these days let you to import your email address book in some way ( Twitter is the latest), but most make it clear if they???re spamming??? One site that???

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Care2

JANUARY 24, 2012

In comparison there are 750 million Facebook accounts and 300 million Twitter accounts. 188 billion emails are sent daily, though granted a portion of those are spam. Over on Facebook, 60 million Facebook updates are made and 140 million tweets are sent through Twitter (and many of those could be considered spam too!).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 5, 2009

CNET's Caroline McCarthy published an article called " Crowded Roads Ahead for Charity 2.0 " based on an interview with Toby Daniels of Think Social and Scott Harrison of charity:water reflecting on how the landscape has changed for fundraising on social networks.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The new algorithm also factors in negative feedback and penalizes posts that have been actively hidden by viewers or reported as spam. Lists turn Facebook into a media consumption channel in addition to a social network. She writes on technology, writing and social innovation and can be found on Twitter @MeghKeaney.

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