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Facebook Addiction and Loneliness

Lisa Haisha: Is Your Facebook Addiction a Sign of Loneliness? I’m sure this is the shape of things to come, though I am not completely won over by this article. It makes for interesting reading though.

18 April 2010 at 20:59 - Comments

Facebook puts faith in its software smarts to see off sexual predators | Technology | The Guardian

  Facebook puts faith in its software smarts to see off sexual predators Facebook puts faith in its software smarts to see off sexual predators | Technology | The Guardian

16 April 2010 at 23:49 - Comments

Facemap! Amazing graphic of world’s profile connections

Pete Warden has mined over 200 million public Facebook profiles and interconnected through their friends and pages. What are the most popular fan pages in Ireland? You can see the map here. Rather unsurprisingly, 1. Petition to have IRELAND Vs FRANCE REPLAYED!!! Next up, perhaps not so patriotically, 2. The X Factor Then again, joyfully conforming to […]

12 February 2010 at 10:47 - Comments