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You Can Now Set Up Fundraisers On Your page


Got a cause? Now, instead of following a link to take you to a fundraising page like GoFundMe, Facebook announced this morning the introduction of "Personal Fundraisers," which will allow you to either set up your own page or donate to a cause right on the app.

While they introduced the ability to donate funds last year, this new update will allow people to set up their own fundraisers, pending Facebook approval, of course. They will spend the next few weeks testing the new feature, allowing people to set up pages that fall into one of six categories:

Education: such as tuition, books or classroom supplies
Medical: such as medical procedures, treatments or injuries
Pet Medical: such as veterinary procedures, treatments or injuries
Crisis Relief: such as public crises or natural disasters
Personal Emergency: such as a house fire, theft or car accident
Funeral and Loss: such as burial expenses or living costs after losing a loved one
The additions will also include a "donate" button available during Facebook Live broadcasts. According to the announcement, the feature "gives public figures, brands, businesses and organizations new ways to fundraise on Facebook for the nonprofits they support.'

While this is a great addition and will surely do a lot of good for charities and causes, let us pause for a brief moment of silence in honor of yet another victim of the vicious appetite of the social media megalodon. We're sorry, GoFundMe, but the reality is, you were just a tasty little guppy aimlessly floating around in an ocean of apex predators. You had a great run.

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Facebook looking at 'Like' replacement with several emotions, report says
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Remember the recent rumors about Facebook considering a "dislike" button? Well, it might be much more than that: A multi-faceted button with several different "reactions" to a post, including anger, sadness, surprise and love.

According to Engadget en Espanol, Facebook will commence testing the new feature in Ireland and Spain tomorrow (Friday). The image posted on Engadget is a Photoshopped concept of how the new multi-Like might look; we've checked Facebook in several countries around the world, including Ireland, and we haven't seen anything similar yet.

f Engadget's report is true, the new emotions will be displayed as a drop-down menu below the regular "like" button, and it will be available both on Pages and regular user profiles.

As far as Facebook's Ad Manager is concerned, all the new reactions will be considered as a "like" — for now.

In September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company is definitely working on a way to express empathy in a reaction to Facebook posts, though not strictly a “dislike” button. “We are very close to shipping a test of it,” he said at the time.

We've contacted Facebook about the possibly upcoming feature, but have not yet heard from them.
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BY STAN SHRODER @ MASHABLE