Big changes from Facebook

There was a bunch of confusion among Facebookers last week when they started the week looking for their Fan pages which seemed to be lost.  Facebook replaced “Become a Fan” with “Like” and sort of forgot to tell everyone.  It seems changes are weekly and it’s starting to bug users.

But the reason for the change became clear at the company’s F8 conference on Wednesday when it announced a “Like” button plug in for websites which takes web surfing to a new personal level by linking back to Facebook.  For example, it means that if my friends visit an online store that I’ve been to they could call up what products I liked on that site.  Venture Beat has a couple of good articles and if you want the nitty-gritty details, check out Robert Scoble’s post -  Facebook’s ambition.

It also means that Facebook added Instant Personalization which it says “helps you connect more easily with your friends on select partner sites.”.  This has some people upset because it’s another privacy setting that defaults to ”allow” and has to be changed if you don’t want to share information.  If you want to change it go to:  Account – Privacy Settings - Applications and Websites – Instant Personalization.

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We’re really excited to announce the launch of Social Media Club Niagara.  SMC Niagara’s goal is to bring together everyone who is interested in social media, whether you’re using it for work, personal or just want to know what it’s about.  There’s no membership fee just come and join us.  Our first meeting is on Thursday, May 27 at 5:00pm at Doms Pasta and Grill at the corner of King St. and Academy in St. Catharines

SMC Niagara is part of the international Social Media Club organization, founded in 2006, which has 92 active chapters in nine (9) countries, and 65 in the process of forming.

Follow us on Twitter @smcniagara,  on our Facebook page or joing on our LinkedIn group.

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