Tag Archives: facebook

Memetic Bomb

Posted on February 3, 2011 by yrm

Take the time to watch the embedded 30 minutes video clip — it’s worth the time spend, promised. «[…] one would think that this is what’s going on — this is not what’s going on. This is what’s going on on Twitter — maybe. […] We have a great conversation happening on Twitter about Twitter. … Continue reading →

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Facebook Notes, No. 6124025

Posted on November 16, 2010 by yrm

«It is a bit of a joke in our family that I use FB to ‘stalk’ my young adult children (19 -22). And my youngest and I had a great exchange the other month. He posted something (as a joke) that I found a bit offensive … so I left a little short comment along … Continue reading →

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Facebook Notes, No. 5687897

Posted on November 15, 2010 by yrm

«[…] Mikalah uses Facebook but when she goes to log out, she deactivates her Facebook account. She knows that this doesn’t delete the account – that’s the point. She knows that when she logs back in, she’ll be able to reactivate the account and have all of her friend connections back. But when she’s not … Continue reading →

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Facebook Notes, No. 5687689

Posted on November 15, 2010 by yrm

«[…] Facebook has told me I have too many friends and fan pages. […] My reward for contributing significantly to Facebook’s content and networks is that I can never add another friend or fan another page (although anyone can add me as a friend). […]» — Jeffrey Zeldman, «Friend limit reached»

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Facebook Notes, No. 5687458

Posted on November 15, 2010 by yrm

«[…] as a designer, it bothers me, not only because badly designed things bother designers, but because badly designed things in a highly successful product spur a lust for imitation. I don’t want our clients to think “like” works. I don’t want them desiring similarly broken functionality on sites we design for them. I don’t … Continue reading →

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the face of the so-called social network

Posted on September 15, 2010 by yrm

ZUCK: yea so if you ever need info about anyone at harvard ZUCK: just ask ZUCK: i have over 4000 emails, pictures, addresses, sns FRIEND: what!? how’d you manage that one? ZUCK: people just submitted it ZUCK: i don’t know why ZUCK: they “trust me” ZUCK: dumb fucks IM excerpt from the early years; → … Continue reading →

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the return of the notes about facebook

Posted on May 17, 2010 by yrm

Gizmodo → More Reasons Why You Should Still Quit Facebook   Read Write Web → Why Facebook is Wrong: Privacy Is Still Important → What Happens When You Deactivate Your Facebook Account → Does Facebook Really Want a Semantic Web?   quitfacebookday → Sick of Facebook’s lack of respect for your data? Add your name and commit to quit!

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some (more) notes about facebook

Posted on May 9, 2010 by yrm

i still don’t know if i gonna stay there but meanwhile some more words to consider … facebook’s gone rogue; it’s time for an open alternative […] facebook has gone rogue, drunk on founder mark zuckerberg’s dreams of world domination. it’s time the rest of the web ecosystem recognizes this and works to replace it … Continue reading →

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some notes about facebook

Posted on April 23, 2010 by yrm

i don’t know if i gonna stay there but meanwhile some words to consider … facebook further reduces your control over personal information «[…] facebook users would be better off and better able to express themselves if they could choose whether or not to link their interests and activities to a community, if they decide … Continue reading →

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