Article on the different strategies of Google v. Facebook and the different strategies of mining biographical and other user data as practiced by the two companies. From Wired.
A Q&A discussion with Mark Zuckerberg and david Kirkpatrick on the history, technology, and cultural effects of Facebook. Nothing shocking but worth the time nonetheless.
"Colleges, entrepreneurs, and publishers, all drawn by the buzz of social media, are competing to market software that makes sharing class notes or collaborating on calculus problems as simple as updating your Facebook status."
Some very debatable assumptions about how we use technology and social media in particular in this piece; a good read nonetheless. "Five years from now, will Internet historians signpost the Facebook movie, due out in 2010, as the beginning of the site's end?"
"Over the summer, the On-line and Electronic Subcommitee of the Strategic Communication Committee considered official Facebook use. Out of that review, Web Administration worked with UF's General Counsel to craft a policy that accommodates the new opportunities available with the need to maintain a professional presentation and message."
"With more than 500 million people now on Facebook, it's inevitable that you'll be friended by someone you know, but with whom you don't want to share your online life. Once you've accepted them as a friend, how do you avoid them without the awkwardness of unfriending them?"
How does the social media giant decide who and what to put in your feed? Tom Weber conducts a one-month experiment to break the algorithm, discovering 10 of Facebook's biggest secrets.
The business models of social networks could rely on an ignorance towards privacy from their users, experts say. But recent research indicates normal Facebook users have begun altering their privacy settings to control the information people (and potentially advertisers) can see, which could affect the ability of social networks to make money.
The South Park guys skewer Facebook culture and pay tribute to the original Tron movie. Aside from being damn funny there's a lot of great discussion points in here.
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"Old scams never die, they just move to new venues.
The Better Business Bureau has put out an alert that many of the dubious ads that have long popped up in e-mails and on websites are now invading online social networks, such as Facebook."