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(RE: Mark Zuckerberg Complains About His New iPhone on Facebook)
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(Re: Facebook’s Privacy Policy is now longer than the Constitution)
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Oh, wow. ReadWriteWeb’s article on Facebook’s login with AOL has caused a mass uproar, with people who search “facebook login” on Google thinking RWW was actually Facebook, and complaining in comments about the “redesign”:
Dear visitors from Google. This site is not Facebook. This is a website called ReadWriteWeb that reports on news about Facebook and other Internet services. You can however click here and become a Fan of ReadWriteWeb on Facebook, to receive our updates and learn more about the Internet. To access Facebook right now, click here. For future reference, type “facebook.com” into your browser address bar or enter “facebook” into Google and click on the first result. We recommend that you then save Facebook as a bookmark in your browser.
Sigh. Be sure to read the comments, considering 90% of them consist of “redesign” complaints.
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At first I laughed. I thought it was kinda funny.
But then, addiction set in.
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Me: Well, there's always birthdays. Yours is in three months, right?
Her: Wow, exactly three months is right. How'd you know?
Me: I have a good memory. Why would you doubt that?
Her: Because you have my Facebook profile open on your screen.
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Zuckerberg Shows How Not to Use Site's Privacy Settings →
Facebook made a sweeping change to user privacy settings this week, leaving many users feeling a bit chilly and overexposed right before the holidays.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the company’s publicists did their best to spin the new settings as enhancing privacy, while in fact profile details about users become far more widely available to strangers.
Just how byzantine are the new settings? It seems even Zuckerberg didn’t realize that hundreds of his own personal photos featuring family and friends, beer and bare chests were exposed by the changes.
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Just over a month ago, Facebook rolled out a new homepage redesign. Now it looks like the social network isn’t completely satisfied with the results, as it’s now testing yet another homepage redesign. (via Mashable)
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In 18 short months, Facebook has aged seven years. New data from Pew says the median age for Facebook users has gone from 26 in May 2008 to 33 today. So, where have the late 20-somethings started hanging out online? Look around and you’ll find them tweeting away. In December 2008, only 20 percent of people in the 25-34 age bracket used Twitter, but now 31 percent can be found DMing and @ replying. Twitter now claims the second youngest users with a median age of 31. (via Holy Kaw!)
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Facebook Translator →
This tool will translate normal English, with correct spelling, punctuation and sentence construction into the weird and surreal language that seems to be in wide use on the popular social networking site Facebook. Unfortunately there’s no way to translate from Facebook back to English, and in this regard I share your frustration if you are having trouble understanding what your friends are saying in their status updates.
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Why Facebook Should Clone Google Wave →
History is littered with good ideas that didn’t work out because they were ahead of their time. Tablet PCs didn’t work out a decade ago, but with technology advances, they’re poised to make a comeback. Microsoft’s local information web site Sidewalk.com was a bust in 1997, but now sites like Yelp and Google Maps offer local information that many people couldn’t fathom living without. Virtual currency sites like Beenz and Flooz never took off, but the idea is making a comeback on social networks.
This week we saw the release of the highly anticipated Google Wave. Wave is an innovative communications platform that combines asynchronous communication (like email) with real-time communication (like chat), an application platform, and discovery tools. It’s been touted as both an email killer and a Facebook killer. In short, there’s a lot of hype, and while Wave may prove to be a huge success, I think one thing it potentially represents is a great opportunity for Facebook.
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Four Teens Sued for Obscene Fake Facebook Profile →
Imagine this: four teenagers take to Facebook to create a fake profile that continually misrepresents your son as a gay racist. Then consider that profile amasses 580 plus friends. You’d be pretty pissed off, right?
For one mom in particular, Laura Cook, this nightmare is a reality for her and her athlete son. Fighting back, she’s now suing the four teenagers, on behalf of her son, on five separate counts including defamation and emotional distress. She’s seeking compensatory and punitive damages for amounts not yet disclosed.
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Jesse Eisenberg will play Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Justin Timberlake will play Napster co-founder Sean Parker, and Andrew Garfield will play Eduardo Saverin, the Facebook co-founder who had a falling out with Zuckerberg as the social site started to really take off.
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