#EatDownTipUp Campaign Hopes to Save Restaurants Post-Sandy

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy that hit the east-coast of America, a new Twitter campaign is hoping to help restaurants bring in more money to repair damages.

The #EatDownTipUp initiative aims to help the restaurants that lost power for almost a whole week in Lower Manhattan. Many of which were severely damaged in the historic storm.
Standard tips in America range from 15-20% of the bill, but this Twitter campaign hopes to recover from the economic hit that many suffered due to the storm.
The campaign began when celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain sent out this tweet:



#EatDownTipUp’s official website said that; “from this one tweet, a movement was born and a group of renegade NYC residents banded together to help restaurants in need.”
The site links to a Foursquare page that lists the restaurants that people can help support as well as a ‘Restaurant Stories’ section that explains the trials and tribulations that some of the eateries have gone through.

How much do you think this campaign will help?

Facebook Tests New 'Pages Feed'

Some Facebook users can now see a ‘Pages Feed’ option where they can view all the updates they Like in a single stream.


As activity increases throughout users and pages, this means more competition for places in the News Feed. With this potential move, users will be able to see the more posts from pages that they are interested in. Facebook regularly adjusts its algorithms to determine the best mixture of content available for each user.


In the process, some have complained that they now cannot see the content that they are most interested in and care about. Many feel that Facebook is sabotaging their marketing campaigns.


The Pages Feed shows that the site is attempting to show viewers the posts they really care about rather than overwhelmingly clogging their News Feed with activity from friends and businesses.


Those part of the test group can access the Pages Feed link on the left-and side of the site in the bookmarks sidebar. Having the feature does not seem to eliminate all posts from the main feed though. It will continue showing top posts and sponsored content, but the link may serve as an unfiltered stream of page activity.


“We’re always testing new features, but have nothing further to share right now.” Facebook said in a statement.


It used to be that users could filter their News Feed in many ways, a pages-only feed being one of the options. This was available in 2009 and 2010 but seems to have been removed last year.

Facebook Testing New Timeline Format With Single Column of Posts

Be prepared for another change to your Facebook profile: Timeline could soon be getting a makeover.
The social networking giant is testing a new design for profile pages that places all posts in a single column on the left, while activity updates, friends, places, apps and other sections are on the right.



The current format, a two-column layout, includes posts on both sides, forcing users to look back and forth. When Timeline rolled out site-wide last December, many complained that it was confusing. One Facebook page, “I hate FB Timeline, and want to disable it ASAP,” was started shortly after its launch, and now has nearly 26,000 likes.

In its new incarnation, Timeline no longer has the vertical line that divides a profile in half. This change, ironically, makes it look less like a timeline, according to Inside Facebook, which revealed the updated design. Clickable dates that help users navigate through profiles, however, are still listed on the top right.
What’s more, modules on the right-hand side are now smaller than posts (they were the same size, before); so, Timeline has blank spots that would have previously been filled with posts.




Facebook is testing the new format with a “small percentage of users,” it told Inside Facebook. The company did not immediately respond to Mashable for a request for comment.



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