Facebook Party - Should you invite ALL your friends?

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Facebook Info -- Did you know that when you or your hostess invite "too many" people to an online party that the Facebook algorithm for what gets put into your guests or hostess' newsfeed changes? 

• This starts happening when the number is over 100 and becomes more drastic over 250. 
• At 250+, almost nothing that you post to the party will show up in the newsfeeds of people who have been invited but haven't clicked "going", and even things that the hostess posts will be greatly diminished.
• It then becomes more intentional work to post and tag people (have your hostess do the tagging her friends so you don't end up in fb jail for tagging too many people that aren't your friends on fb.) Just something to consider as you get ready to hostess coach those October parties. 

I suggest that the hostess keeps her invites between 75-100.

IT'S SUPER IMPORTANT that each hostess sends PMs to her guests - at least 20-30 of her closest guests. She can send a premade message but to send it in chunks of 5 friends (copy and paste) and USE their names in the message is best. The more personal, the better!

~ Amanda Kingsley

Why you should always ‘Like’ your own Facebook posts

If you’ve been using Facebook for a while you have probably noticed that many people “Like” their own posts just as soon as they post them. While this could be viewed as a form of vanity (I mean really, is it cool to “Like” your own posts?), in most cases it isn’t vanity at work at all.

Facebook has made numerous changes to their user interface of late, and one of the most reviled changes of them all were changes to the news feed and the introduction of the Ticker. Now, instead of seeing all of your friends’ posts, you only see a selected few (selected by Facebook of course) showing up in your news feed. Under the new “Edge Rank” system, friends that don’t “Like” and comment on your posts usually stop seeing them altogether before too long. 

In order to compensate for not showing your posts in some of your friends’ news feeds, Facebook added the ticker – a box in the right-hand column that lists the activities of your friends as they happen. This is where “Liking” your own posts comes into play. When you “Like” a post, that action is noted in your friends’ ticker boxes, giving them a chance to at least be made aware that you have posted something even if it doesn’t show up in their news feeds.

So the next time you see one of your friends “Like” their own post, they probably aren’t giving themselves a pat on the back. Instead, they’re giving you an opportunity to check out a post that might never make it into your news feed. I recommend that you “Like” your own posts as well!