http://facebookwatcher.com Mon, 01 Sep 2008 18:27:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en End of the month; a brief summary of Facebook stories in the month of August: I know, I know. Facebook has 100 million users, but it still trails MySpace, which claimed it owned at least 110 million "active" users throughout the world. I am a big fan of Facebook, and believed ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/09/01/links-facebook-in-august/ I've just noticed the message posted by the founder of Facebook about the new profile design when I log in to my Facebook account. Now that everyone of the Facebook members can enjoy the new design of Facebook profile, with wider width, more tabs, more feeds shown, etc. After you ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/08/14/facebook-new-design-officially-launched/ Several days earlier, we heard that Mark Zuckerberg & company (Facebook) sued StudiVZ, but now the story become like this "Facebook wanted to buy this Facebook clone in Germany" instead of suing it. According to the International Herald Tribune, Facebook is actually attempts in talk with this StudiVZ about a ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/08/09/facebook-wanted-to-buy-studivz/ MySpace gets a bad rap for spam profiles, while many believe that Facebook is relatively secure. But, are they really right? According to Facebook's newest post, security chief Max Kelly has stated that a new worm is currently attacking Facebook. "We spent most of last night working on a fix ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/08/08/facebook-responds-to-security-vulnerability/ A friend asked me before what one should act when she just join Facebook? My simple answer is that don't simply add fake Facebook friend to your inner circle as well as join the fake group. Of course, there are many fake profiles that one can't easily differentiated in Facebook, ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/07/21/dont-simply-join-fake-group/ Technology Review that published by MIT has reviewed the core technology behind Facebook in an article entitled, "How Facebook Works." This article outlined which programming languages that Facebook developers used, where is their data centers located in, and lastly, what is Facebook developers need to prepare for, and manage, the ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/07/17/link-how-facebook-works/ Somebody has created ten Facebook fake profiles and is trying to make a profit from selling these fake profiles on eBay. These profiles are said to have a minimum 200 friends each. In January this year, CNet reported that 43% of Facebook messages are spam, now I wonder how many ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/06/26/profiting-from-fake-profiles/ I tried to log-on to Facebook, but unfortunately it is down. A big question is, why does Facebook is down, and what's the problem that cause the "Error?" I like to figure out what is going on behind the scenes at Facebook. To me, Facebook is not what I read ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/06/19/facebook-is-down/ Facebook has already created a China version of its site. For Facebook China users, they log-on to Facebook, Facebook will redirect them to this China site. In fact, this China version is not a new and separate Facebook site, it is an original Facebook site that Facebook simply translated it ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/06/18/facebook-launches-china-version/ How to behave yourself and act in a highest online decorum in the Facebook environment all the time? Frankly, most of us are confronted with managing ourselves when come to making friends in a social network such as Facebook. Here's the 5 golden rules, compiled by a UK social etiquette ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/06/16/facebook-etiquette/ Facebook has rolled out some of the new updates to its users' profile pages. Two changes I noticed are the mini-feeds and the new feature of adding friend to your Facebook. From now on, mini-feeds is no longer can be collapsed based on one's preference. It was not merely a ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/06/15/new-updates-to-user-profile-page/ I've been reviewed some of the Facebook clones in China recently. To know the background of these clones, check out these here: Xiaonei, QQ Xiaoyou, and Hainei. Or if you dare to build your own social network, and not willingly rely on the features of the social platforms such as ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/06/15/facebook-clones/ Facebook has quietly released a new search feature for users. Now whenever users type a letter onto their profiles' search bar, a small dialog box will prompt out and show all their friends, groups, or applications that match those keywords. See the picture below. http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/06/09/facebook-new-search-feature/ Facebook is not the place barely for users to social networking with each other, or making some business contacts. With an application called Causes built by Project Agape, Facebook users can now act as the good social network citizens and help making our world a better place to live. According ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/05/30/facebook-application-causes-raises-25-million/ Facebook plans to unveil a new redesign of profile page to its nearly 70 million members. The new profile page will incorporate features that make a member's profile more cleaner, simpler, and ultimately less cluttered. According to Facebook blog, this new changes in profile pages are coming soon. From the preview ... http://facebookwatcher.com/2008/05/22/facebook-to-unveil-new-profile-design/