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-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 08:45, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Social Media Friction Growing‎

Hi. I have reviewed Social Media Friction Growing‎. The article is not yet publish ready. I have left some feedback on the review to give insights for where to begin improving. Beyond that, the article will also eventually need a rename because it is not distinct enough. As a word of caution, Wikinews is often very hard for new contributors. Please be patient. It takes most new contributors about two to three unpublishable articles before they begin to master the standards. (But it is worth it when you do get over that initial learning curve. Very fulfilling.) If you need further advice, please let myself or another reviewer know. :) --LauraHale (talk) 09:43, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

The article name needs an active verb that makes it distinct, and explains the first paragraph. From reading the article, I cannot really figure out what name it should be because I am unsure of the event that occurred in the past 24 to 48 hours that is being reported on. --202.171.164.181 (talk) 09:59, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

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I'm trying to talk about how Vine is now #1 in the iTunes charts and that this type of thing is making the divide between facebook and itunes even bigger --ChimpNews (talk) 10:48, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Facebook trialling Pay-per-Message

Hi. This article was reviewed as not-ready for publication. See review comments. --Pi zero (talk) 20:48, 9 April 2013 (UTC)