Let’s make this clear right off the bat: It’s totally acceptable and normal to refer to your relationship as a “we” when the situation calls for it. But we all know those couples who seem to have shed any pretense of separate identities and go around “we’ing” the bejeezus out of every conversation. That’s now possible in online world with Facebook’s new “relationship” pages starring you and your main squeeze as the happy “we” that you are. [More]
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Banned From Boost Mobile’s Facebook Page For Telling Other Customers How To Get Actual Help
By 10.30.12 — Updated: 11.2.12
Nick likes Boost Mobile, but he needed some help from the company. He tried to call them, but was cast into phone-prompt purgatory. He sought solace and support from other frustrated Boost customers on their Facebook page, and the admin scolded him for “spamming” the page. When a simple Google search turned up a number where he could find a live rep, he shared this information with the masses. And got banned from the company’s Facebook page. [More]
Facebook Stock Price “Soars” To About Half Of What It Was Worth At IPO
By 10.24.12
When describing Facebook’s stock price, the words of the day appear to be “soar” and “surge,” when they should probably be “reality check.” [More]
Facebook’s New App Rules Means Your Content Consumption Can’t Be Automatically Shared
By 10.11.12
Facebook got in some deep doo-doo with the Federal Trade Commission for allowing users’ “Likes” to be turned into marketing tools in Sponsored Stories, and now it seems they’re trying to make up for it. In a new post on the Facebook developers blog, the company says apps will now need user permission to share user content as they’re consuming it. [More]
Facebook Testing New “Want” Button So Your Friends Will Know What You’re Coveting
By 10.9.12
Always one to figure out how to take what we like doing and turn it into revenue, Facebook has teamed up with retailers to test a new feature, the “want” button. It’s kind of like the “like” button, but instead compiles a wish list of all the products you’re lusting after on the Internet and lets your pals (and ostensibly, the retailers selling the item) know. [More]
Facebook Now Has One Billion Active Monthly Users Which Means Lots Of Baby Pictures
By 10.4.12
Ever wonder why you can’t poke around anywhere on Facebook without running into a ton of baby pictures? It’s because there are just so many people on the social network in the first place, there’s bound to be a high proportion of cute photos. That’s my theory, but really there are a lot of people on Facebook now — the site has reached one billion users. [More]
Want More People To Like Your Facebook Post? That’ll Be $7
By 10.3.12
Anyone on Facebook knows that person in their group of “friends” who seems to live and die by whether or not people like, comment, or otherwise interact with each little status update. So to feed those emotionally needy beasts, the revenue-hungry folks at Facebook have launched some nonsense called Promoted Posts, where you can pay money to have more people see your kids’ first day of school photos. [More]
Facebook’s Redesigned Help Center Hinges On Novel Idea Of Actually Helping Users
By 10.2.12
Anyone who’s ever found themselves banging their heads into the keyboard trying to get an answer out of Facebook on how to say, make it so that every silly game your acquaintance from college plays isn’t blasted all of your newsfeed will likely be glad to hear that the social network is finally redoing its Help Center. It’s now supposed to be more user-friendly — what an odd idea! A help center that’s actually helpful. [More]
Facebook Hopes You Want To Back Up Your Boring ‘Happy Birthday’ Messages With Actual Boring Gifts
By 9.28.12
One virtually indisputable positive aspect of Facebook is that it reminds you of your friends’ birthdays so you can pile on to the “Happy birthday ol’ pal!” messages and not feel at all guilty that you didn’t buy a card or gift for the birthday person. But now Facebook is really hoping people will take those few moments you spend mindlessly writing someone a generic birthday message and decide to use Facebook to send that friend — who you may not have seen in decades — an equally thoughtless birthday present. [More]
Internet Privacy Advocates To FTC: Maybe Check Into This Whole Facebook & Datalogix Thing
By 9.27.12
After the world caught wind of Facebook’s sassy new partnership with data mining company Datalogix, we figured it would only be a matter of time before the public protestations started. The advocates over at the Electronic Privacy Information Center have teamed up with the Center for Digital Democracy are coming out with guns blazing against the pairing in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission. [More]
Jack The Cat Has Died
By 11.7.11 — Updated: 2.25.13
Jack, the cat lost at JFK and then found two months later, has died. [More]
