Facebook @ Mentions now work in comments

Facebook has expanded its @ Mentions feature to include comments. This means that users can now mention/tag Facebook friends, Facebook Pages, Facebook Groups, and Facebook Events in comments to News Feed stories and wall posts, according to Inside Facebook.

Previously, users could only use @ Mentions on content they were creating from scratch, such as wall posts and status updates, and not when they were adding to already existing content. Now users can type the @ symbol when writing a comment to get the drop-down menu for @ Mentions. When a user is tagged, they receive a notification stating that a friend “mentioned you in a comment.”

Facebook first added @ Mentions in September 2009, allowing users to mention Facebook friends, Facebook Pages, Facebook Groups, and Facebook Events by typing an @ symbol followed by the first few letters of whatever they wanted to tag, and then selecting it from the drop-down menu that appeared. The @ does not remain part of your post; it’s merely the syntax that invokes the tagging feature itself. Instead, your post simply gets a link to the relevant page on Facebook.

The ability to use @ Mentions in comments was requested by many users immediately after Facebook added the original feature. Back then, the company said that “it may happen” but did not elaborate as to why it may not want to roll it out. Now it’s finally here.

The update will likely lead to users navigating to more pages and posting more content on the social network. Users are always more likely to be more active if they get a notification about being mentioned. Facebook is once again increasing visits and engagement on its website.

Facebook received 250,000 resumes in 2010

Last year, Facebook received almost 250,000 résumé applications. To help those applying to the company, IB Times put together a list of five questions you should ask yourself to see if you’re ready to work at one of the hottest technology companies:

1. Are you enthusiastic and passionate about Facebook?
2. Do you know anyone who can assess or vouch for your cultural fit?
3. Are you suited to work in a bold and open environment?
4. Can you make a difference?
5. Can you let go of work-life balance (for most of the time, at least)?

How does Facebook’s résumé count compare to other online giants? Well, Facebook is still a relatively small company but it’s very clear that the number is quite large, though definitely not the highest. For example, Google, arguably the largest Web company, receives somewhere around 1 million résumés each year, with the record for one week being 75,000.

Google had some 24,400 employees last year, while Facebook had over 2,000. It’s therefore fairly impressive that a company that is 12 times smaller, and has significantly fewer positions available, received just four times fewer applications last year.

In December 2010, the social network was named the best company to work for in the US. I’d therefore be very surprised if Facebook did not set a new résumé record for itself this year.

Facebook bans 20,000 accounts daily

Facebook chief privacy advisor Mozelle Thompson appeared before the Australian Parliament’s cyber-safety committee this week to discuss Internet-related security issues. Thanks to the event, we learned that about 20,000 users are kicked off Facebook every day for various infractions, including for lying about their age.

“There are people who lie. There are people who are under 13 [accessing Facebook],” Thompson told Federal Parliament’s cyber-safety committee, according to The Telegraph. “Facebook removes 20,000 people a day, people who are underage.”

Although the company requires its users to be at least 13-years-old, the limit is easily circumvented, like on pretty much any website on the Internet. “While the social network has mechanisms to detect liars,” Thompson admitted that “It’s not perfect”.

The original report suggested that the 20,000 accounts banned daily are all for individuals found not to be at least 13-years-old. This is not true; the number actually includes accounts deleted for any serious rule-breaking. Furthermore, it does “not include the proactive efforts that actually prevent fake or under age accounts from being created.”

“At Facebook, we take safety very seriously and we were pleased to participate in a hearing in Australia to talk about our safety policies, practices and systems,” a company spokesperson said in a statement. “As we explained in the hearing, these efforts include removing numerous accounts everyday for activities including spamming, posting inappropriate content, and violating age restrictions.”

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3. Sign up with Facebook, Twitter, Squiddo, LinkedIN, Hubpages, and MySpace. Put up real profiles and check you pages at least weekly. Connect with others with common interest and spend some time actually looking at their profiles.

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5 Strategies To Help You Tweet Better

Twitter is one social media platform that is steadily growing. Most of us already using Twitter for connection and engagement want to tweet more efficiently to benefit those who follow us. We follow people for different reasons and in my own experience, it is basically to make our daily lives richer. We follow people not just for information, but also to be able to reach out and know more about the people we tweet with everyday.

Some people may argue that Twitter is not a place to befriend people. I have been told several times by some people that if i wanted to be friends with a person, then I should join FaceBook, but I disagree. I always believe that the only way we can really learn more is to also know more about the people we are getting our information from. As I have always said in my previous articles, to each his own. One thing I know is true, it doesn’t matter if you have thousands or a handful of followers, we can all be better Twitter users.

Strategy #1 – Listen to your stream -  Before you start sharing your links or retweeting, a good way to start your tweet day is by checking your @replies to see who has been saying hello or asking you questions. Twitter is alive 24/7 and even if you go offline, people will be there asking you about things or RT’ing you, it is better to start by replying. This will allow you to build your relationships with your followers even more.

Strategy #2 – Be considerate to all your followers – It is not easy, but it is also important to take your followers into consideration when you choose the links you share. Vary your tweets if you can. Of course there will be times when you really want to concentrate on a certain subject for awhile, but you don’t want to alienate the rest of your listeners.

Strategy 3 – Read the links before you retweet – I found it strange once when a follower asked me if Twitter will change how people view blogs and articles. The first thing that came to mind was that the person must just be retweeting and not even bothering to read the links he or she shares with others. We should be responsible enough to read before we share. Not only do you learn yourself, but remember people also rely on your credibility.

Strategy 4 – 50/50 rule – In simple terms, balance your tweets. Share info and engage in conversations.

Strategy 5 – Reciprocate but be true to yourself – I reciprocate but I always make sure that I do not deviate from who I am and what I believe in. Some people ask me to tweet their articles and I don’t mind doing it as long as I believe in what is written and agree with that opinion. We are not in any way obligated to do anything that is against what we believe in.