I have had friends marvel at how much time “I have spent” on Facebook but then get thoroughly confused when I tell them that I hadn’t logged onto Facebook all day. The next question would probably be something on the lines of “well, how were you updating your status then? ” For those who have [...]
It was an issue that Facebook had anticipated. Prior to the start of the open registration period, Facebook had offered the option for users to reserve certain usernames or trademark names. That option expired a few hours prior to the start of open registration to allow Facebook to exclude those usernames. I would assume that [...]
Given the stats of Facebook usage that you have undoubtedly heard, I believe you have all heard this announcement here: Reading the comments on the Facebook blog on this topic, it would appear that the response to this is rather negative as opposed to positive. While there may be some justification if any, to this [...]
It’s something that is bound to happen regardless of whether you like it or not. People are going to find you and they are going to send you a friend request. I am sure everyone could probably attest to receiving a rather awkward friend request that puts them in a “Do I accept?” dilemma. And [...]
Okay, that’s highly unlikely to happen but believe it or not, that is exactly what some of your Facebook friends feel like when your Status Updates contain characters like #@rt! that they do not understand. Just to get the proper perspective, people use social media for various reasons. Take Facebook for instance. Some people use [...]
TweetDeck, a desktop Twitter application, released version v0.25b today. Upon opening TweetDeck, a dialog box would appear notifying the user that there was an update available. After updating, there are several noticeable changes to TweetDeck, one of them being that the TweetDeck icon now has a gold background. The Facebook Status Updates icon above the [...]
