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Facebook goes down, and we all take to Twitter to talk about it

Facebook experienced some downtime today… and we all had fun rediscovering Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Official_Craig/status/648583460609761282

 

But in the end.. all was right with the world:

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Facebook launches Slingshot

UPDATE: Wow… this is a frustratingly addicting app. It isn’t that I have to reply with an image… I have to provide an image, to view the “locked” image that was sent to me.

That just opens up an endless loop of image sharing!

The app also allows me to “Reply” to an image in an unlocked format. I’ve had a little fun with the form-function on that feature…

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(ORIGINAL POST)

Facebook is set to roll out a new “disposable message” app “Slingshot” today.

Similar to other apps like Snapchat, and the recently shuttered Facebook Poke, Slingshot allows the user to share a photo or video moment with a friend, or a group.

The next step, however, is where the app differentiates itself a little. In order to reply, you also have to include an image or short video. If you want to participate, you have to do more than just comment.

With Slingshot, we saw an opportunity to create something new and different: a space where you can share everyday moments with lots of people at once.

 

– Slingshot Blog

Slingshot in the Apple App Store
Slingshot in the Apple App Store

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Teens are sharing more, but privately

1403785_10090459In a 2012 follow up to a 2006 survey, The Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found that:

  • 91% of teens posted a photo of themselves online (up from 76%)
  • 53% posted their email address on social media (up from 29%)
  • 20% posted their phone number (up from 2%)

But that doesn’t mean the information is widely available.

  • 60% of teen Facebook users had set their profiles to “private”, and 89% of them indicated that adjusting their profile privacy setting was (at worst) “not too difficult”.

More online:

Teens, Social Media, and Privacy | Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project.

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Meet Your Church’s New Director of Social Media

I’d like to introduce you to Chris.

She manages social media interaction at your church.

Chris saw an exasperated mother’s posts on her Facebook feed, and offered to watch the kids last Friday night.

Chris uses her WordPress blog to keep a public journal of what she’s finding in her daily… ok semi-weekly… Bible reading.

Chris’ tweets got the word out about a new family that needs help unloading their moving van.

Chris live-blogged last week’s sermon on her iPad.

Here’s the thing… Chris isn’t on staff at the church. She isn’t even in an official volunteer role. She doesn’t have an account on your website CMS, and she doesn’t know the login for your church Twitter account. But, whether she knows it or not, she is leading your church’s social media interaction.

So while your office staff debates whether you should establish a Facebook page, or a group; As you pour over each carefully crafted 140 character sermon nugget; As you stand in the digital pulpit and preach to the virtual masses; don’t forget about Chris and what REAL ministry is.