Facebook Quietly Renamed ‘Follow Post’ to ‘Get Notifications’

Facebook has recently replaced ‘Hide All’ button with ‘Unfollow’, as a result, it looks like the social network has changed the label ‘Follow Post’ to ‘Get Notification’ or at least on some users. The below is the screenshot of this small tweak:

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When a user clicks on Get Notification option from drop down menu of a Facebook post, the user should start receiving notifications whenever someone likes or comments on the story, same as Follow Post. As you know the feature get automatically activated when the user comment on a post.
Have you noticed this minor change?
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Facebook to Gmail Users: Move Facebook Emails to Your Primary Tab

Is Facebook fearing Gmail’s new tabbed design? I think so. Facebook might in a worry of  Gmail’s tabbed layout, that’s why the social network is notifying users to move Facebook emails to their Primary tab. Gmail introduced tabbed design in late May to organize all emails to different categories such as Primary, Promotions, Social etc. It uses a special algorithm to filter emails, first, it scan the email and it move to a particular label.

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Likewise, all Facebook emails go to ‘Social tab’ in the new Gmail inbox, as it’s a social network. But Facebook wants to move their emails to ‘Primary tab’, which is our main inbox. Then we don’t miss any updates. The below are some screenshots of how Facebook is trying to invade Gmail inbox:
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The notification reads, “Emails from Facebook now go to your Social tab where you might not see them. Drag emails from your Social tab to your Primary tab to make sure you never miss an update.’
Clicking on the ‘Learn How’ button brings a popup showing how to move Facebook emails to Primary tab and also offers to send a sample email.
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Facebook again shows a popup to confirm you moved your email.
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By doing this all Facebook emails go to your Primary tab. Then you won’t miss any updates from Facebook. Have you seen this notification in your Facebook? Top Image:Gmail

How to Easily Schedule Your Facebook Page Posts to Automatically Publish Later

In order to make your Facebook page more active and engaging you must have to post more regularly according when most people comes online. If you’re managing a world-wide page you might have to spend all day for posting to accomplish this. So, here’s the relevance of post scheduling. Here we’re going to show you how to schedule updates to your Facebook page like posts, photos to automatically publish at a later date and time.
Well, Facebook has the ‘post schedule’ feature since 2012, but most people are not aware of this. This might be one of the less used handy feature. Recently this feature got an update, which will help the users to do the task more easily. It’s replaced the older, time consuming, painful method where you had to use separate drop-down menus to select each part of the date and time. But now the game changed. You can organize and line up a bunch of great content all at once.
Before going to the procedure, lets talk a little about the post schedule feature. Why should you need to use the Facebook post schedule? Here’s the answer: the foremost reason to use post schedule is, you doesn’t need to spend all day for posting contents, you can simply schedule it. As we said earlier, it’s very beneficiary to increase engagement in the Facebook Page. And another reason to use this is, you can schedule almost anything via post scheduler like posts, photos, web links etc. You can also tag while scheduling. Finally, if you’re using any third-party applications like HootSuite or Buffer to schedule posts, this may result in a lower engagement than the Facebook’s in-built post scheduler (my personal experience). We prefer Facebook it self to schedule posts. So, these are the reasons to use Facebook Post scheduler.

How To Schedule Facebook Posts

As the Facebook Post scheduler got update, it’s become easy to do the task. Just follow these simple steps:
1. Navigate to your Facebook Page
2. Enter your status or attach photo or video or links (as usual)
3. Now click on the small blue clock icon on the bottom of the status box.
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4. Click on the calendar icon or on the date link and select the year, month, and day on which to schedule your update. Also select in which time want to publish the post. (We recommend referring page insights to find out best time of day to publish )
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Note: You can schedule updates up to six months in advance, also you can backdate your post.
5. You’re almost done.Now just click on ‘Schedule’ button.
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6. Finally, a pop-up will appear informing your post has been scheduled including the date and time
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Facebook allows to edit the date and time even after a post is scheduled, that means you can reschedule it to another time.This can be done through Activity Log of the Page.
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So, this is all about post scheduling in Facebook. Hope you got idea about  how to schedule posts.
What are your thoughts? Have you been using scheduled posts? What results have you seen?
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Facebook Tests New Bookmark Feature to Save Links

Have you ever felt no time to read an interesting posts that have you just saw in Facebook.You’ll probably share it as ‘Only Me’ privacy settings, and read it later. Now you doesn’t need to do anything like that. Soon you’ll able to save the link for later reading. The social network is testing out the new feature on some select users. Facebook appears to be testing a new functionality which will enable the user to save links posted on the social network for reading it later.The new feature is quite similar to the popular apps Pocket and Instapaper. The move is first reported by the tech blog MyTechSkool, later Facebook confirmed to AllThingsD saying it’s an ongoing test on some select users.
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The ‘Save For Later’ feature is working as an app on mobiles. The user has to click on the bookmark icon and then it will save the entire article, not just the Facebook post. And the same will be appeared on Activity Log as ‘Only Me’ privacy status, report said. Facebook 'Save it for later' Saved App The saved articles directly goes to the ‘Saved'(app) section which is situated in the sidebar. It displays, the link title, website name, a thumbnail and also link saved time. The link can be deleted after reading it, report added.
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The MyTechSchool report also points out that Facebook had tested the same feature for its iOS app, an year ago, allowing users to save articles with a long press. However, the ongoing test is much useful to the publishers and Facebookers which may make Facebook a perfect News-reading place. There is no words on public roll-out out of the new feature. Readers: Have you seen ‘save-for-later’ feature on your Facebook? Top image: NDTV

Facebook Now Shows Unaccepted Friend Requests [Pending Friend Requests]

We know Facebook is all about connecting with other people and making new friends. Yet, sending too many friend requests can quickly get you serious trouble with Facebook, you may get banned from adding friends if they ignored and report your request. So it’s safe to re-think before making friend requests to unknowns. Even if you accidentally sent friend requests to anyone, it’s also considered as in the same way. What if you can see your whole sent requests in a singe place? Yeah! Facebook now shows to whom you sent friend requests (Yep! it’s also possible to see in Activity Log and DYI Archive). Actually, this option were there in olden days, then it disappeared as Facebook changes its user interface over the time frequent.
Now the ‘View Sent Requests’ link reappeared in friend requests page. The link will redirect to the page that contains your sent pending friend requests.

How to See All My Pending Friend Requests?

So, here is how to view your pending friend requests, just follow these simple steps:
  1.  Log in to your Facebook account,
  2. Click on the friend requests icon from the top bar ( Facebook friend requests ),
  3. Click on ‘See All’ beneath the list,
  4.  Then click on the ‘View Sent Requests’ from the left side.
Pending Friend Requests To cancel a friend request, hover over the button that now reads ‘+1 Friend Request Sent’ and select ‘Cancel Request’ from the menu. Facebook Pending Friend Requests Alternatively, you can directly access the pending friend requests page from here.

Facebook Experimenting with ‘Follow’ and ‘Review’ Buttons on Pages

It looks like, Facebook is testing ‘Follow‘ and ‘Review’ buttons on some pages. The both additions are placed near to Like button. The follow button was first spotted by Wimdu‘s Matteo Gamba and later Facebook confirmed to TNW saying, “This is something we are currently testing,”. The screenshot shows, the new follow button appears directly left to the like button.

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TNW points out, “When most Facebook users navigate to Wimdu’s Facebook Page, they don’t see the new button. This is thus a limited test in which the company is seeing how a fraction of users react to a change on the site.” On the other hand, we also noticed a new review button on some pages related to places. This is also located near to the like button. This feature will enable the users to review the pages for places directly.
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Facebook Redesigns Events Calender; Adds Time And Weather

Facebook has redesigned Events Calender again with a view of adding more utility in calender for making easier to plan your social life. The changes includes, addition of time for each events and weather forecast.

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According to a post made by Facebook employee, the new idea was originated from one of the social network’s hackathon events. He said “we made improvements to Events Calendar including: a new design, showing times for each event, and the weather for the next 10 days (with forecasts provided by Weather Underground, based on your current city). We hope these changes make it easier to plan your social life by adding more utility in your calendar” He’s also provided a screenshot of the revamped calender:
Obviously these changes would help the users by keeping track of events and birthdays easier than ever. And also helps to know if there is any conflicting events. On previous year, when Facebook introduced the new events page with list and calender view, it was actually a big update to its event feature. It’s helped a lot for making and organizing events on the social network. The integration of photos and messages with Events also certainly a noticeable update, it’s made Events more colorful. However, the latest addition of time and weather on Events definitely helps the users to organize birthdays and event more efficiently. It’s make the network truly social. What do you think about this new additions on Events?

Let’s Say Goodbye to Typos; Facebook Finally Adds “Post Editing” Feature For Web and Android

Have you ever deleted your Facebook post caused by any typos or auto-correct feature? From now, you doesn’t need to remove anything, Facebook just added the most awaited ‘post edit‘ feature, which lets you edit post’s text after they’ve published. The ability to edit posts first came to Android and now it’s available for web too. On Android this can be accessed by tapping the down arrow on the post and choose “Edit post”.

 How to edit Facebook posts after publishing it?

Here’s the simple steps to edit a status/update after publishing it:
  1.  Go to the post you want to edit
  2.  Click on the drop-down arrow in the top-right corner of the post
  3.  Choose ‘Edit Post’, and make changes.
  4.  Click on ‘Done Editing’
Editing posts was potentially risky matter for Facebook, since it brings the danger of a bait and switch with users. Imagine if a friend posted , “Who likes burger?” and get hundreds of likes and comments, then edit the post to read, “Who wants to beat up some cats?”. This could could be very trickery. That’s why Facebook has added an ‘Edited’ label to all its altered posts. This section provides the complete history of that post. And thus, this will helps to deter people from such deceits. The feature works on almost any Facebook post type, including status updates, links, photos, and videos. And will soon available to events on pages and photo albums too. Here’s how the Edit post function looks like on Facebook’s Web platform:
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The company said the feature will become available to 95% of all computer users Thursday. All Android users will gain access to it through an update which is now live on Play Store. Facebook said it plans to add the “edit posts” as well as “edit comments” features to its Apple iOS app soon. Image: Juan Mabromata/Getty Images Via Mashable

Facebook Introduces New Tools For Media Outlets To Highlight Public Conversations

Facebook just announced today, a new tool that enables news organizations to tap into public user conversations and display them online or on TV in real-time. Starting today, the social network company is making available its Public Feed API and the Keyword Insights API to selected medias such as Buzzfeed, CNN, NBC’s Today Show, Slate etc. The new tools insure media and news organizations better integration of Facebook with their broadcasts. They can display real-time activities about any topic, Facebook said in a blog post. The Public Feed API displays a real-time feed of public posts for a specific word, while the Keyword Insights API aggregates the total number of posts that mention a specific term in a given period, Facebook added. The working of these tools are just like Twitter Feed. News channels often use public Twitter messages during their broadcasts. Only those posts marked as public from Pages and Profiles with the “Follow” option enabled will be available for this stream. That means, if a post is not public it will not be shown. Keyword Insights API also able to display anonymous, aggregated results based on gender, age and location. A TV show can for instance use this option to include how many people on Facebook talked about a topic and show where they are located while showing if it is most popular among men or women and in which age groups, Facebook said. The tool will be made available to additional partners in the coming weeks, the spokesperson added.
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Facebook also highlighted a few data points about its users to strengthen its case that it is a hub for real-time television chatter. According to Facebook, between 88 and 100 million users log in between 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. — also known as the primetime TV block. In addition, during the Superbowl in February there were 245 million so-called interactions, or actions such as “likes” or comments, related to the event. There were 66.5 million such interactions during the Oscars, the company said. In the recent weeks, Facebook has been rolling out a series of products to track popular conversations on its platform, including hashtags, embedded posts and trending topics etc. The TheNextWeb points out ‘Even though they are taken from Twitter, Facebook might be better than on Twitter — there aren’t any character limitations, opening it up hearing more significant discussions instead of trying to interpret the statement based on 140 characters.’ Image Courtesy of Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Facebook Now Lets You Add ‘Professional Skills’ On Your Profile: Copies LinkedIn? [UPDATED]

Update: A Facebook spokesperson confirmed to TheNextWeb saying : “We are currently testing a new option where you can add your professional skills to the work and education section of your timeline.” Are you looking for a job using Facebook ? There’s a good news for you! Now Facebook allows you to add skills you have in your profile. Thereby you can attract employers. Professional Skills option in Facebook profileToday I noticed a new option on Facebook’s ‘About’ section which lets you to add your skills on your profile. I think it should very beneficial to job seekers, by adding your professional skills on your account, the chances of getting hired will increase. The new ‘Professional Skills’ option comes under ‘Work and Education’ head in about section. Users can add multiple abilities in their timeline.
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The new feature is an obvious copy from LinkedIn, it has the feature since 2011. Apart from skills, LinkedIn allows to add a section that highlights languages, patents, certifications and publications etc. Recently, Facebook has brought many tweaks/addition to its features. Addition of search module on Pokes, Like button on Event Pages are recent examples of them. Facebook is constantly trying to improve the user experience by tweaking its features. Will you add your skills in your Facebook profile? Let’s know in comment section. Image Courtesy:Viorel Sima/Shutterstock.