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15 People to Never, Ever Friend on Facebook

Your therapist does not need to see how often you play Farmville

(Newser) - At this point, you've probably given in and befriended your parents on Facebook. But there are still some people you should never click “Accept” for. The Frisky lists the top 15:
  • Your therapist: “Leave that s**t on the couch.”
  • Your parents’ friends: Messages about how good you
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'Groups' Feature Could Pay Off for Facebook

Gizmodo: It could pressure those remaining holdouts to join

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg thinks Facebook's newly announced "groups" feature is going to do no less than "change the way you use Facebook and the web." (His explanation blog here .) Some early impressions after today's announcement:
  • Brian Barrett, Gizmodo : It "seems promising" as a more efficient way
...

Unfriended on Facebook? You're Probably Boring

Study puts mundane posts as the No. 1 reason

(Newser) - It's the all-important question of our age: Why have I been unfriended?! A doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado Denver Business School surveyed 1,500 Facebook users to find out and concluded that the No. 1 reason is ... endless boring, unimportant messages. Or, as researcher Christopher Sibona puts it:...

Twitter CEO Evan Williams Steps Down, COO Promoted

Dick Costolo will head day-to-day operations

(Newser) - Twitter co-founder and CEO Evan Williams is relinquishing leadership of the microblogging site to COO Dick Costolo, reports the Wall Street Journal . "Building things is my passion," Williams offers as explanation for the move, adding that he asked Colstolo to take over. Adds Costolo, recently "it became...

The Site That Could Have Been Facebook

A look at Zuckerberg's early competition

(Newser) - If things had shaken out differently, Adam Goldberg might have been the troubled genius protagonist of The Social Network. When Facebook first launched back in 2004, Goldberg’s CU Community, a Columbia-based version of the same concept, was already up and running. “At first I was like, Oh my ...

Facebook Back After More Tech Trouble
Facebook Back After
More Tech Trouble
updated
Sep 23, 2010 5:12 PM CDT

Facebook Back After More Tech Trouble

Site was down or slow for many users

(Newser) - Facebook looks to be back in business after having serious tech trouble for the second straight day, reports Mashable . “We’ve resolved the tech issues that caused the site to be unavailable for some people," said the company in a tweet . "Everyone should now have access.”...

Six Reasons Why I&rsquo;m Not on Facebook
Six Reasons Why
I’m Not on Facebook
OPINION
Sep 19, 2010 9:33 AM CDT

Six Reasons Why I’m Not on Facebook

Wired 's UK editor on why he bucks the trend

(Newser) - David Rowan knows that shunning social networks will make him sound like an "old dude." But the UK editor of Wired is OK with 'old' if that means avoiding the social and political costs of our "ever-greater enmeshment" in proprietary networks. Here's what turns this techie off:...

Activists Fume Over Facebook Crackdown

Boycott groups say site 'silences' voices

(Newser) - Mark Zuckerberg may say he's all about making the world more open, but that world does not include certain sections of his own site, activists claim. A group called Boycott Target Until They Cease Funding Anti-Gay Politics tells Politico that certain sections of their page, including discussion threads and...

Facebook Photos Lead to Arrests in Gang Rape at Party

Canadian police bust teen who may face child porn charges

(Newser) - After Facebook photos of a brutal gang rape at a party went viral, police have made two arrests and are calling for a halt to the sharing of the images, which have been "spreading like wildfire," the lead investigator tells the Vancouver Sun . "The very public discussion...

Facebook Rival Diaspora Offers Peek at New Site

Creators release code for developers, put emphasis on privacy

(Newser) - Developers have been given a preview of a site that aims to be a privacy-conscious rival to Facebook. The team behind open-source social networking project Diaspora have released the project's source code. "This is now a community project and development is open to anyone with the technical expertise who...

Twitter Unveils Redesign
 Twitter Unveils Redesign 
Sep 15, 2010 1:19 AM CDT

Twitter Unveils Redesign

Revamped site makes it easier to view multimedia content

(Newser) - Twitter has unveiled the first major redesign of its homepage in the site's four-year history. The relaunched site, which will be rolled out to users over the next few weeks, will give tweeters a better, faster experience, say execs. The new site is split into two panes, with the second...

Facebook Addicts: Insecure Narcissists
 Facebook Addicts: 
 Insecure Narcissists 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Sep 12, 2010 1:48 PM CDT

Facebook Addicts: Insecure Narcissists

New study won't make frequenters of site happy

(Newser) - Use Facebook a lot? Well then you're probably narcissistic, insecure, or both, according to a new study. Researchers had 100 young adults take tests designed to measure their narcissism levels, and asked them about their Facebook habits—and found a correlation: Those who scored higher on the test checked the...

New iPods Great, but Apple's 'Ping' Sucks
New iPods Great, but
Apple's 'Ping' Sucks
Tech Review
Sep 8, 2010 1:20 PM CDT

New iPods Great, but Apple's 'Ping' Sucks

Apple's new music offerings a mixed bag

(Newser) - Apple’s new line of iPods is up to its usual high standards, but the Ping social networking service that comes along with it is “socially awkward,” writes Katherine Boehret of the Wall Street Journal . The new “remarkably thin” iPod Touch has nifty new features, like front-...

New Facebook Feature Makes Stalking Even Easier!

Surely Mark Zuckerberg saw this backlash coming

(Newser) - Another day, another Facebook privacy flap: Now the social networking giant is testing a feature that Mashable calls a "stalker button." It's actually a subscription feature, allowing you to subscribe to all the actions of any of your friends—meaning you will receive notifications any time that person...

Get STD Tested, Then Check in on Foursquare!

MTV's campaign may not work...but if it does, bravo

(Newser) - If you’re as obsessed with location-based services as most people seem to be, you probably love checking in at restaurants, coffee shops, bars…and STD clinics? Maybe not, but that’s what MTV is hoping you’ll do as it launches its “Get Yourself Tested” Foursquare campaign . The...

Phone Numbers Will Be Dead in 5 Years
Phone Numbers Will Be
Gone in 5 Years
opinion
Aug 28, 2010 2:50 PM CDT

Phone Numbers Will Be Gone in 5 Years

Adding voice to social networks will make them obsolete

(Newser) - Nikhyl Singhal is certain he'll never have to remember his grandkids' phone numbers—because the whole concept of those 10-digit numbers will be long gone by then. In fact, "it may not even take 5 years for the phone service, as we know it, to meet its demise,"...

Finally, Another College-Only Social Network

No more friend requests from Grandpa

(Newser) - If you’re one of those people who was mortified to receive your mom’s Facebook friend request, this should make you happy: CollegeOnly is here, and—like Facebook’s original incarnation—you actually need to be a college student to join the social networking site. Its creator realized that...

Ocho Cinco Slapped With $25K Tweet Fine

Player fined '2 Bugatti payments' for in-game tweets

(Newser) - Chad Ocho Cinco has been fined $25,000 for giving fans 140-character updates during preseason games last Friday. The Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver sent his 1.1 million Twitter followers two messages during his team's 22-9 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. The league fined him for possession of an electronic...

Facebook Sues Small Teacher Community Site

Claims it owns the '-book' suffix

(Newser) - Facebook has filed a lawsuit against Teachbook, a little-known community website for teachers. The lawsuit alleges that Teachbook is “misappropriating the distinctive book portion of Facebook’s trademark … in a blatant attempt to become a Facebook for teachers.” Facebook is suing for unspecified damages, and wants the...

Social Gaming Conquers US

 Social Gaming Conquers US 
56 million and counting
Aug 24, 2010 2:55 PM CDT

Social Gaming Conquers US

One in five Americans has played; majority are women

(Newser) - Americans love playing video games on social networks—one in five over the age of 6, or 56 million people, have played the likes of Farmville, Mafia Wars, or countless others at least once, says a new study. Like Nintendo's Wii, social game developers are cashing in on the casual...

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