- Humans of Hindutva: Don't Use Facebook To Publish News
The creator of the popular 'Humans of Hindutva' page pn Facebook, has finally decided to create her/his own news website, having tired of Facebook's arbitrary ways, accusing that Facebook removes / brings back f…
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- Will Facebook's new Context button succeed in helping users identify fake news?
Facebook's fake news problem is real and it is having a devastating effect on the world as we now it. The social sharing sites' new context information button provides relevant information to any linked article shared in…
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- No. # reason to quit Facebook: Enough of watching activity streams of people who merely floated through your life
The timeline of insignificant people is the number one reason people will stop using Facebook. 'Mind-boggling privacy settings and inability to categorize "friends"' are just the most popular Facebook peeves. Jill Krasny…
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- Why Indian organizations ban websites: Objectionable content is just an excuse to hide other motives
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) reportedly blocked Facebook, on its campus, as it believed the site carried objectionable posts that Muslims would not like. However, the Indian Express reports that the actual reason …
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- The real truth about Facebook Fan Pages: Only 16% actually see a piece of your content
In a presention for its so-called premium service, Facebook revelaed that when a Facebook page owner posts a piece of content to their Facebook page, and that content spams the News Feeds of that page's fans, only 16% of…
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- How Facebook is basically a walled garden Monica Geller would have designed
Facebook's 'no nipples' rule has upset breastfeeding mothers who think that Facebook's censorship attitude is symptomatic of a society that is not prepared to accept breastfeeding. Describing Facebook co-founder mark Zuc…
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- Two simple but highly effective ways to use Facebook: reducing all the privacy risks
Danah Boyd writes about two smart, young people who manage their Facebook presence smartly:
1. Super log off: One young person deactivates her Facebook account every time she logs off.
Deactivation does not delete y…
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- Face is evil part3: Facebook doesn't fool everyone with its new privacy policy changes
The Electronic Frontier Foundation didn't like it. Danny Sullivan didn't like it. And neither did Gawker. Did I forget the mention the non-stoppable guys at the Onion?
1. Facebook exists for making money out of our re…
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- Facebook is evil (contd.): Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Uses a 'Ghostwriter'
Professional first adopter/product evangelizer Robert Scoble need not be gloating with the email he received from Zuckerberg on Facebook's privacy issues. Gawker speculates that Zuckerberg might have used the services of…
Topic: Internet and Websites, Facebookisevil | Read more
- The Chronicles of Facebook the evil (and what can we do about it)
How big is the Facebook problem, what can we do about it and what are people saying about itI compiled this rambling report from my web clippings saved in a file titled 'facebook is evil'. The file was getting bigger by…
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- Will Facebook and Twitter ever make some real money?
Like Facebook before it, Twitter has done deals with cash-rich heavyweights, which has given some hopes that the company is actually profitable. How realistic is that thinkingWhen you put the revenue into perspective and…
Topic: Internet and Websites, Twitter, Facebook, Advertising | Read more
- Myspace versus Facebook, Revisited
The Compete Blog reports more about the Myspace vs. Facebook comparison story:
If you’re MySpace, the graph below certainly stings – in the past two years, average stay for a visitor to the site has dropped from 30 m…
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- The Online Journalism Handbook: How online journalists can use Facebook
On facebook, you do the usual stuff that you would do on any social networking site: set up your profile page, a profile that projects your professional personality. Look at other journalists on Facebook and see what wor…
Topic: Media, Onlinejournalismhandbook, Facebook, Social networking | Read more
