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Oh, no! Somewhat scraped publicly available information from the internet! Pffft. #facebook

What happened is that someone wasted hours compiling already available material and then posted it on the 'scary' Pirate Bay website, as if they were disclosing secrets of national security. It's no more alarming than finding the yellow pages in a brothel. If you want to meet friends and share information with the world then stop whining when the person looking over your shoulder can see it all too.

Mark Ford, East Grinstead, UK

via bbc.co.uk

A comment that echoes my sentiment, on the BBC report about a security company harvesting Facebook users' info.

Filed under  alarmism   Facebook   internet   life   privacy   sensationalism   stupid  
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Posted 22 hours ago

pic: 666 Facebook friends as of today. I wonder who No. 666 is...

Filed under  Facebook   friends   funny   life   photos  
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Posted 1 day ago

pic: "Najib Razak. Many who like Anwar Ibrahim like him"...

Eh, Facebook, you sure, ah? 

;P. 
Filed under  Anwar Ibrahim   Facebook   funny   Malaysia   Najib Razak   photos   politics   screen shots  
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Posted 16 days ago

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary, How Does Your Facebook Page Grow?

From our work so far, it appears that the most explosively popular Pages catch on as closely connected groups of like-minded people contact one another. Individual influencers aren’t nearly as crucial to a Page’s success: Pages grow if people are easily engaged by the content, not because of the actions of a couple trendsetters.
via facebook.com

With individual fans and short-chain sign-ups cascading into a networked mass, apparently.
(Not super-influencers.)

Filed under  diffusion theory   Facebook   social media   social networking   tipping point   viral marketing  
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Posted 4 months ago

PIC: CAPTCHA du Jour: Is Facebook sending a subliminal message? ;).

Filed under  CAPTCHA   elitism   Facebook   funny  
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Posted 5 months ago

"Icelandic frog advert makes Malaysian woman a Facebook cult hit"

A Malaysian woman, Essasa Sue, has become an accidental Facebook cult hit in Iceland after it was discovered her name was similar to a popular advertisement’s catchphrase.
via telegraph.co.uk

This is what happens when you randomly coin a name!

Filed under  Facebook   funny   internet celebrity   kawaii   Malaysia   weird  
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Posted 7 months ago

My circle of friends is lopsided, haha.

Filed under  Facebook   friends   funny   social networking  
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Posted 7 months ago

"Facebook CEO's Private Photos Exposed by the New 'Open' Facebook"

via gawker.com

Facebook's new "privacy policy" has opened up digital assets like this one to the public.
After all, don't we have the right to know how Mark Zuckerberg jams on his guitar?

My eyes.

Incidentally, I set most of my stuff to be available to "Everyone". Which now means "Everyone on the internet". Where before, "Everyone" meant "Everyone on Facebook."

Personally, I feel that this definition of "Everyone" is more accurate. Plus, I'm a bit of a narcissistic exhibitionist.

(But what blogger isn't?)

Filed under  Facebook   funny   Mark Zuckerberg   narcissism   open source   privacy   scary   social media   weird  
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Posted 7 months ago

Would you create a dedicated TV channel for a TV commercial? #socialmedia

via unmissable.com

BLUE: Brand Websites
RED: Social Networks

What does this mean? Websites are media. In TV language, Facebook and Twitter are like huge networks with thousands of channels featuring hundreds of programmes tailor-made by people who share your interests.

Brand websites are like individual channels sponsored by one advertiser broadcasting a programme you may or may not like. (In other words, take it or leave it.)

On a social network, you create the content together with your like-minded social circle. You cook what you like to eat.

On a brand website, you eat what they serve. If you don't like it, you don't go there. If your tastes change, you leave.

No one would create a new TV channel just to broadcast a new TV commercial. Why create a new website?

That's an extreme example and brand websites have their place, but the (logical) trend is a shift toward social media. Because people always gravitate toward more freedom of choice, not less.

Filed under  advertising   Facebook   marketing   social media   trends   Twitter  
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Posted 8 months ago

Facebook Serendipity: Illumination @sivinkit @alwynlau

Filed under  Facebook   Illumination   interesting   status updates   Twitter Serendipity  
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Posted 8 months ago
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