Social Networks and the Love-Hate Feelings They Inspire

One thing I’ve noticed with Facebook is that it is quite addictive, more than any of the other social networking sites that are around. Most of my friends and people I know have migrated here and are happy to stay, neglecting their other profiles and promoting their Facebook pages. I think [...]

What’s on Your Mind?

I must confess. I love writing status updates. I’m absolutely addicted in telling everyone I know what’s going on in my day. I’m so addicted I probably would even write a status update that would say “I love writing status updates.” Sure the character limits [...]

Facebook’s New Look

So you probably woke up one morning last week, logged onto your Facebook account and noticed something completely different. For a lot of us the change was startling considering we were so used to the old one. If you haven’t seen for it for yourself, Facebook has once again [...]

Burger King Asks Facebook Users to Pick (Sacrifice) their Friends

WWYDFAW? Confused already? Let me break it down for you: What would you do for a Whopper? I imagine you’ve already thought of something but now add in the incentive of a free Burger King Whopper and the possibilities could go on for days. It’s good to know then that the popular fast food chain [...]

Link: Indiana Jones Does Social Media Campaign Right on Facebook

There’s a great post on the Indiana Jones Facebook campaign. I was one of the people who sent out the free Indiana Jones hat, and I will agree – they did a great job with the Facebook stuff.
The Wednesday morning before the movie hit theaters two days later the company provided Facebook users the ability [...]

Help me… help you: the True Social Media Heartbeat

The amazing thing about social media is the idea behind communities. It’s very much a “help me, help you” mentality.
I consistantly amaze my family with how I solve the harder questions (how do you get grape juice out of the carpet? How did they film that one scene in that other movie? etc.). I even [...]

Political Spam or Death!

It seems that Facebook users are having difficulty with their political statements being labeled as “spam” on Facebook. This has lead MyDD.com to post an article, How to Respond when Facebook censors your political speech. In the post Shai referrs to it “draconian online corporate policies in a variety of contexts.”
It’s no surprise that online [...]

(Link) You have joined the Dismal Future application

A humorous look at how your Facebook might be used against you in your upcoming performance review.
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(Link) The Beacon: Clever or Creepy?

I personally am going to go with creepy. It reminds me of the scene in the Tom Cruise movie, “Minority Report”, where Cruise’s character was walking through the mall and getting custom ads because of his retina scan.
Here’s the beginning of the post:
Today is apparently “Beacon Day” in Wurreyville. I was going to post today [...]

Facebook and the problem of fake names…

Today the blogger world was in bit of an uproar when John Swift (an alias) was kicked out of Facebook for using a false name.
John Swift’s account has since been restored but it leaves the question should Facebook have allowed it? Or not? Myspace has had a large problem with “fake” stars prompting many [...]