Senators tell Facebook: tighten privacy policy (from the Washington Post). This seems to happen every time Facebook make changes, and although this time it is a bit more insidious – if you sign up for a new profile today, your privacy settings are automatically set to public, unlike previously – I still can’t see this […]
You’ll probably come across this one splashed all over the internet soon – apparently men and women are using Facebook differently. Which means we’re from different planets, of course. I mean, someone on ‘ForbesWoman’ said that ‘Experts believe the difference between how men and women operate online mirror their motivations offline’, so that must be […]
This is a rather long-winded, but at the same time, stellar, insight into how Farmville ‘work’s. What the article shows, eventually, is that there are certain fundamental psychological ‘tricks’ built into the architecture of the game, that make it extremely habit-forming, not to mention socially viral. Well worth a read. Thanks to Business Insider The […]
Günter datamined 120 million profiles and has a list of the most popular first names, here: 100 Most Popular First Names at Facebook | Life of Günter
Technorati Tags: facebook,privacy,young,old It’s hardly ground-breaking stuff, but this study is making headlines all across the web. Apparently younger people think that their privacy is more protected on the internet than older people do. Which might explain why there are fewer pictures of passed out partying pensioners out there. Might. AFP: Young adults concerned but […]