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Sep
28

Google Plus Problems

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Bradley Horowitz, comScore, Find People, google, google plus, Google Plus Complaints, Google Plus Issues, Google Plus Problems, Google Plus Social Network, Google Social Network, Google+ Complaints, Google+ Issues, Google+ Problems, LinkedIn, Robert Scoble, social network, Sydney Morning Herald, twitter 1 Comment

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Google+ opened its doors to the public on September 20 after 12 weeks of invite-only beta testing. During that time, despite limited signup allowances, Google’s social network exploded in popularity. In late July, the site notched its 25 millionth new account, prompting ComScore to declared it the fastest-growing social network ever.

The site continues to add members, but it’s still dwarfed by the user pools of more established networks like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Facebook, the mother of all social networks, in September boasted over 800 million active accounts. LinkedIn reported way back in March 2011 that it had accumulated 100 million users, and Twitter’s recent figures numbered its user accounts at 100 million.

Facebook to start charging? its a Fake News

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Chain letter, Confidence trick, Cut copy and paste, facebook, Facebook features, Fraud, Hoax, Make Money Fast, Online Communities, social network, Spam Leave a Comment

Will Facebook start charging due to the new profile changes?

No.

But don’t let the truth get in the way of a good old-fashioned chain letter, spreading like billy-o across the social network.

IT IS OFFICIAL. IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS. FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE NEW PROFILE CHANGES. IF YOU COPY THIS ON YOUR WALL YOUR ICON WILL TURN BLUE AND FACEBOOK WILL BE FREE FOR YOU. PLEASE PASS THIS MESSAGE ON, IF NOT YOUR ACCOUNT WILL BE DELETED IF YOU DO NOT PAY

How To Use The New Facebook To See Who Unfriends You

Category: Social, Technology Tags: BuzzFeed, facebook, Facebook Timeline, Facebook Timeline Unfriend, Facebook Unfriend, Friends, Internet relationship, Mark Zuckerberg, New Facebook Unfriend, Online Communities, Slidepollajax, social network, TechCrunch, twitter, Unfriended Facebook Timeline, Unfriended On New Facebook, Unfriending On Facebook, Video 1 Comment

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For many, being “unfriended” is a fate worse than death.

But it’s not something you’d know about right away.

In previous versions of Facebook, there was no easy way to see which of your “friends” had decided to sever your relationship on the social network. Sure, you could always go to their profile to check, but that required the effort of remembering who they were.

While “old Facebook” made the online friendship breakup a bit less-in-your-face, the new Facebook Timelinemakes it way easier to see who’s decided to ax your online friendship.

If you’ve already enabled your new profile, you can check it out right now.

Pornographic movies posted on Facebook walls? No Its a Facebook Hoax

Category: Social, Technology Tags: Computer virus, Confidence trick, facebook, God, Hoax, Invisibility, Lady Gaga, Marriage, Olympic Torch, Online Communities, Pornographic film, Pornography, social network, Social networks, Spam, Virus hoax 1 Comment

A hoax is spreading like wildfire on Facebook, claiming that hackers are posting pornographic movies on users’ walls which are invisible to the owners of the wall but are visible to friends and family.

You can imagine how that would be pretty embarrassing if it were true. Fortunately, it’s nonsense.

Here’s what a typical message looks like, spread by a Facebook user who thinks they are warning their friends – but really perpetuating the hoax.

ATTENTION FRIENDS! HACKERS ARE DOING DAMAGE AGAIN ON FACEBOOK! PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIES ARE BEING POSTED ON OUR BEHALF ON THE WALLS OF OUR PROFILES! WE DO NOT SEE THEM, BUT OTHER PEOPLE DO, AS IF IT WERE OUR PUBLICATION! SOMETIME EVEN OUR SUPPOSED Comments APPEARS. IF YOU SEE SUCH A THING IN MY HOMEPAGE, ALERT ME AND DO NOT OPEN IT BECAUSE IT IS A VIRUS! ...COPY AND RE POST THIS MESSAGE

Sep
15

By pratyushkp

Facebook’s ‘Subscribe’ Button

Category: Social, Technology Tags: facebook, Facebook Button, Facebook features, Facebook Guide, Facebook Subscribe Button, Facebook Subscriber, Facebook Tips, Friend, Friends, Our News Feeds, social network, Social network service, Subscription business model, twitter, Updates, Web feed 1 Comment

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In a blog post published Wednesday, Facebook announced that it would begin rolling out the “subscribe button,” a tool that offers users a new way to interact with one another, as well as more of a say over the information that appears in their News Feeds.

“Our mission is to connect people and help them share. The goal of this new feature really is to give people more control over how they do that,” Naomi Gleit, Facebook’s director of product, told the Huffington Post.

As Huffington Post wrote here, the just-announced setting, which lets Facebook operate more like Twitter by enabling people to “follow” public figures, could have important effects on etiquette, sharing, and the way people connect on Facebook.

Facebook will begin rolling out the “subscribe” button to all users starting September 14.

Sep
14

By pratyushkp

Man in wheelchair falls down elevator shaft – Facebook clickjacking scam

Category: Social, Technology Tags: clickjack, Confidence trick, Elevator, facebook, firefox, Lady Gaga, Mozilla Firefox, NoScript, social network, Social networks, Spam, Video, Vulnerability Leave a Comment

A shocking video of a man in a wheelchair falling down an elevator shaft? Is that really what you want to watch?

Well, if it is, then you’re just the kind of person that a newly-discovered Facebook scam is looking for.

Messages on the social network have been seen like the following:

Man in wheelchair falls down the elevator shaft *SHOCKING VIDEO*
[LINK]
This Video is really shocking. a man in a wheelchair is falling down the elevator shaft.

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