Only 50% of U.S. Adults Use Social Media http://mashable.com/2011/08/26/adult-social-media-stats/

……….which means 117 million adult Americans are using social media. Heck, I’d even settle for 11.7 million.

Only 50% of U.S. Adults Use Social Media

mashable.com

Social media is not ubiquitous. In fact, says a Pew Internet Survey released on Friday, just half of U.S. adults are logged on to sites like MySpace, Facebook or LinkedIn.

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Tucked near the end of Facebook’s 1,200-word blog post detailing a slew of privacy changes was a short obituary for a Facebook feature unveiled with great fanfare last year: Facebook Places, a check-in service that allowed users to share their locations on Facebook and redeem coupons.

Facebook quietly admitted that it would be “phasing out” Places, which had been available only on cellphones, while at the same time expanding the ability to add locations to posts by allowing users to tag cities, venues and landmarks in everything from status updates to Wall posts using any device.

Read the entire post via Facebook Axes Places: Who Will Miss It?.

“Around The Web” Feature on Facebook Pages Shows Foursquare, Other Location Links.

Now that sponsored stories have had almost half a year to germinate, a growing number of pundits are saying that these ad units perform about 50 percent better than other types of promotions on the site.

via What’s The Deal With Facebook’s Ad Prices?.

Today, Facebook announced that they’ve partnered with Skype to offer free and fast video calling, and some other improvements to chat.  Sound interesting?  Hopefully it will be more embraced than it was in 2007 when MySpace first introduced it. Read all about Facebook’s announcement on their blog… Call Your Friends Right From Facebook.

Facebook remains the most frequently used social network, but LinkedIn has become the most valued, according to a recent study by ROI Research and sponsored by Performics.

Read entire post via MediaPost Publications.

If you are responsible for managing multiple Facebook Fan pages, you’ll be excited to know that you can now have quick access to all the pages you manage and find out about recent activity with one URL…

http://www.facebook.com/?sk=pages&ap=1

Gotta like Facebook’s new fan page administrator view! Will definitely save me and my clients time and money!

If anyone posts a status to your wall saying anything about a dislike button, DO NOT CLICK IT! Doing so will will prompt the user to install a JavaScript, not a virus. This JavaScript can then post the same message to friends walls. It could also install rogue applications and lead you to bogus surveys in an attempt to gather personal information, entice you to sign up for expensive SMS services and download spyware.

There is no Dislike button on Facebook and any mention of one is certainly a scam and should be avoided.

Don’t click on…
‘How to See Who Viewed Your Profile’…

While a large part of Facebook is dominated by real people, there is a small pool of spammers out there tricking the larger part of Facebook. These spammers are spreading deceitful messages through apps and events. One of the newly popular app that comes from the elite spam group is the “How to See Who Viewed Your Profile” application.

If you’ve been stung or want to know more about this, read the entire post… Facebook Profile Viewing App/Event: ‘How to See Who Viewed Your Profile’.