Facebook Urges Users To Use Google Plus

Ken AshfordSocial Media & NetworkingLeave a Comment

Well, what else can account for their recent changes? Take a look at your Facebook page today, and let us know if you laughed or smashed your screen. Facebook has changed its look, adding a “top story” listing of the newest postings by your online friends, and the reaction is … well, not warm. The” top stories” on each person’s page, automatically generated by … Read More

Facebook Urges Users To Use Google Plus

Ken AshfordSocial Media & Networking1 Comment

Well, what else can account for their recent changes? Take a look at your Facebook page today, and let us know if you laughed or smashed your screen. Facebook has changed its look, adding a “top story” listing of the newest postings by your online friends, and the reaction is … well, not warm. The” top stories” on each person’s page, automatically generated by … Read More

Why Google Plus Might Be Better Than Facebook

Ken AshfordSocial Media & Networking2 Comments

I was burned by Google Buzz, Google's previous attempt at social networking.  The main problem with it… it didn't work. Google+ is Google's next attempt at social networking, and although my invite hasn't arrived yet, everything I read about seems promising.  It has a cleverer, and to my mind, better approach…. than Facebook.  Here's a short list of factors that … Read More

The Social Psychology of Facebook, or, Why Social Networking Makes You Feel Like Sh*t

Ken AshfordSocial Media & Networking, Women's IssuesLeave a Comment

Everybody is happier than you, you loser.  That's what a Stanford study, published in this month's Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, reports.   As most people (and certainly those like me with social psych degrees) know, people always tend to think that others are happier than they are.  "The grass is always greener…." and all that.   But the Stanford … Read More