As a result of a new privacy agreement with Canada, Facebook has issued statements suggesting that there could be major platform changes ahead for developers. In a blog post this morning, Ethan Beard suggests that users may have to explicitly opt-in to granting profile information. This news comes as Facebook is under increasing scrutiny from privacy advocates including the California ACLU chapter which has released a new quiz application to inform users of what data applications have access to.

In a blog post on the Facebook developers blog today, Ethan Beard writes:

When users authorize an application, they will have…

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This is Day 8 of the 30 Days to 3,000 Fans program. You can learn more about the program here.
Want to have highly engaging conversations on your Facebook page? You better get good at mastering the art of the social media conversation. How is a conversation within social media any different than a normal conversation? It isn’t! If you are going to build a following on Facebook let alone any other site on the internet, you are going to need to put in the time necessary to build relationships with others. Whether it’s posting follow-up comments or reaching out…

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Fear of failure should not be a reasonnot to try something.Leadership is that you own and what youdo. (Frederick Smith,Founder of Federal Express).Honesty was the corner stone from all the successes, the Acknowledgment was the strongest motivation. Moreover criticism could develop the feeling of the self-confidence during it was said around praise. (May Kay Ash,Founder Mary Kay Cosmetics)

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Facebook’s most recent feature announcement about the new granular publisher controls received a lot of attention for being a move against Twitter. We’ve been covering the drawn out battle between Facebook and Twitter for months now but what’s more important is the immense amount of control that Facebook is attempting to give the user. While Facebook has been criticized on numerous instances for aggressive new features that push the limits of access to our friends’ information (news feed, beacon, etc), the company is trying to hand control over to the user rather than giving them the twitter-like option of private…

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The ultimate goal of any blog, however, is to get as many people as possible to become interested in your blog and visit it frequently. People who create blogs do not need to be very concerned about any bad feedback that is made about the blog because they should be grateful that people are making any comments at all. The fact that people are talking about your blog, even if it is negative criticism, should be considered as a great accomplishment for your site because that is exactly what you are trying to do. If the topics that are published…

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