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I HATE the new Facebook

AZ — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:34:32 +0000

Facebook recently changed its design to “New Facebook”. This is what many employees of Facebook are facing now.

Facebook Manners 50s Style [Funny Video]

AZ — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:00:18 +0000

31% UK users are fed up with Spam Marketing on Facebook

AZ — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 02:44:34 +0000

Around 58% UK people use Social Networking websites such as Facebook and myspace. However, According to a survey conducted by, Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), found that 31% of them are not happy with the barrage of notifications and requests to join various groups or try applications.

A survey of almost 2,000 U.K. adults aged 16 and over revealed that Only 5% had signed up for a social networking profile sponsored by a brand or product. Only 7% of survey respondents said they would sign up to sponsored sites.

The report also found that 12% of those surveyed do not like the fact that other people can monitor online activity on websites such as MySpace and Facebook. The survey concluded that this suggested that users were not particularly aware of the privacy functions that can be set to limit what can be seen.

“Regardless of what may be the hot social media property of any particular month or year, social networking has become a core part of our daily lives.” said Amy Kean, senior marketing manager at the IAB and head of the IAB social media council.

She added, “However, despite its popularity, this study shows that respect for the user is just as important in social media consumers will not respond to spam or irrelevant advertising.”

The IAB also found that the UK’s heaviest users of social networking sites were in Wales and the Midlands.

What Men Hate About Facebook [Video]

AZ — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 07:42:21 +0000

5-guy panel vents about the social networking site, Facebook.

94% Users hate Facebook new design

AZ — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:40:47 +0000

According to Washington Post report Facebook is polling users on the the new site layout . So far, 94% 800,000 respondents give it a thumbs down with only 5% agreed on Facebook move.

Users can also leave comments with their thoughts. Recent user comments include “Missing so many features I used to adore. I am saddened,” “Please change it back to the way it was,” and “I hate it and if it doesn’t change I will only check it once in awhile.” Ah, the fickle user.

Washington Post also added, “These Facebook polls are awesome in general, though, and we can’t figure out why they won’t let everyone use them. Earlier this year Facebook stopped letting advertisers and users create their own polls, although they used them extensively at the Davos World Economic Forum”.

10 Facebook Privacy Settings You Should Know

AZ — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:41:15 +0000

Everyday I receive emails from people about how their account was hacked, how a friend tagged them in the photo and they want a way to avoid it, as well as a number of other complications related to their privacy on Facebook.

I figured that many people would benefit from a thorough overview on how to protect your privacy on Facebook. Below is a step by step process for protecting your privacy.

1 – Using Friend List
I can’t tell you how many people are not aware of their friend lists. For those not aware of what friend lists are, Facebook describes them as a feature which allows “you to create private groupings of friends based on your personal preferences. For example, you can create a Friend List for your friends that meet for weekly book club meetings. You can create Friend Lists for all of your organizational needs, allowing you to quickly view friends by type and send messages to your lists. You can configure your friend lists by visiting the http://www.facebook.com/friends/ of your Facebook.

2 – Remove Yourself from Facebook Search
There are numerous reasons that individuals don’t want their information to show up in search results on Facebook, and it’s simple to turn off your public visibility. Here’s how to do it:
1- Visit your search privacy settings page http://www.facebook.com/privacy/?view=search
2- Under “Search Visibility” select “Only Friends” (Remember, doing so will remove you from Facebook search results, so make sure you want to be removed totally. Otherwise, you can select another group, such as “My Networks and Friends” which I believe is the default.)
3- Click “Save Changes”

3 – Remove Yourself From Google Search
Facebook gets A hundred and thousands of traffic from displaying user profiles in search engines. Not all of your profile is displayed though. Currently the information displayed in the search profile is limited to: your profile picture, a list of your friends, a link to add you as a friend, a link to send you a message, and a list of up to approximately 20 fan pages that you are a member of.
By visiting the same search privacy settings page listed in the previous step, you can control the visibility of your public search listing which is visible to Google and other search engines. You can turn off your public search listing by simply unchecking the box next to the phrase “Create a public search listing for me and submit it for search engine indexing” as pictured in the image below.

4 – Avoid the Infamous Photo/Video Tag Mistake
At the least, a tagged photo/video can result in personal embarrassment. So how do you prevent the infamous tagged photo or video from showing up in all of your friends news feeds? It’s pretty simple. First visit your profile privacy page and modify the setting next to “Photos Tagged of You”. Select the option which says “Customize…” and a box like the one pictured below will pop up.

5 – Protect Your Albums
There is a specific Photos Privacy page from which you can manually configure the visibility of each album (as pictured below). This is an extremely useful configuration option and I highly recommend that you take advantage of it. This way you can store your photos indefinitely on Facebook yet ensure that the only people that can view your photos are the ones who you really want to see them.

6 – Prevent Stories From Showing Up in Your Friends’ News Feeds
There are a number of ways to control how your relationship status is displayed. The first thing that most people should do is uncheck the box next to “Remove Relationship Status” in the News Feed and Wall Privacy page. In the rare instance that a relationship does uncomfortably end, you can avoid making things more uncomfortable by avoiding a friend notification about it.
Second, your relationship status falls within your “Basic Information” section of your profile. You can control who can see your basic information next to the “Basic Information” setting on the Profile Privacy page. Keep in mind that other relevant profile information like your gender, birth date, networks, and other settings are visible within your basic information section.

7 – Protect Against Published Application Stories
This one is a little more tricky to manage but I’ll explain the issue at hand. Frequently when you add an application, a news feed item is immediately published to your profile. One way to get instantly embarrassed is to visit the “Have Sex!” application (found here). This application has no purpose besides telling your friends that you are interested in having sex with them. Without taking any action, the application will post a news feed story to your profile which says the equivalent of “Nick just published to the world that he is having sex!”

8 – Keep Your Contact Information Private
The contact information is my personal email and phone number. It’s a simple thing to set but many people forget to do it. Frequently people we don’t know end up contacting us and we have no idea how they got our contact information. Your contact privacy can be edited right from your profile. If you have chosen to enter this information, you should see a “Contact Information” area under the “Info” tab in your profile. If it displays, you simply click “Edit” and then a box will show up.

9 – Avoid Embarrassing Wall Posts
Within your profile page you can control who can view wall postings made by your friends. To do so, click on the “Settings” icon on the wall in your profile page.
In addition to controlling who can view wall postings published by your friends, you also want to control which friends can post on your wall. Not everybody needs to do this, but occasionally you simply want to prevent some people from posting on your page. If you visit the Profile Privacy settings page, there is a section labeled “Wall Posts”.

10 – Keep Your Friendships Private
While it’s fun to show off that you have hundreds or thousands of friends on Facebook, some of your friends don’t want to live public lives. That’s why it’s often a good policy to turn off your friends’ visibility to others. I’ve had a number of individuals visit my profile and then selectively pick off friends that are relevant to them for marketing purposes, or other reasons.
Whatever the reason they are doing it, just know that they are … it’s part of what makes Facebook so addictive: the voyeuristic nature. Also, your friends are frequently visible to the public through search engines and exposing this information can ultimately present a security risk. To modify the visibility of your friends, visit the Profile Privacy page.
Navigate down to the setting which says “Friends” and then modify the setting to whatever is right for you.

Facebook selling your Personal Information to other Corporations [Must See Video]

AZ — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:32:04 +0000

The Video is a very informing video revealing the big brothers stealing your personal information and selling it to other Corporations….Its really a shocking fact….

Top 10 reasons why Facebook Sucks

AZ — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:42:53 +0000

I have so many friends on facebook and everyone of them always ask me why i don’t join facebook community. So finally i joined facebook last month but after spending sometime on facebook i realized that facebook completely sucks and there are more useful ways to spend my time (and more fun ways to waste it).

Anyway here are 10 reasons facebook sucks. I think most of you guys will agree with me.

1. Facebook doesn’t even know who the hell they are, yet people are willing to put their professional identity even partly in their hands. Guess what. Their first model sucked. They’re toying with something new. Do you really want to invest a lot of time and effort into networking through a company who couldn’t even remain faithful to their own market? I sure as hell don’t.

2. It’s incredibly juvenile compared to other networks, yet I constantly see people using it for business reasons. Use unprofessional services, and that’s exactly how it makes you look. If you think it’s professional to “poke” your colleagues online, maybe you still belong chasing 10 year old boys around the schoolyard.

3. Facebook is a fad. Yes, a FAD!!! You couldn’t give a single legitimate argument to prove otherwise (and don’t try to feed me that crap line about social networking being around long enough to no longer be a fad… Facebook, a single company, doesn’t equate to “social networking”). People who waste their time chasing fads (especially in marketing) always get burned, wasting more time than they can justify in the long run.

4. Frankly, there are better ways to reach your target audience (unless you’re primarily targeting students – despite their changes, that’s still the primary userbase. If you’re targeting them, Facebook may be an alright tool for you. If you’re not, forget it.). If you’re not putting in the effort to find the best ways to reach your target audience, you’re not doing your job. In most cases, Facebook won’t even come close.

5. PR professionals should know hype when they see it. Enough said on that front.

6. Most people I know who are on Facebook are on a variety of other social networks as well. Newsflash: most have no real added benefit. If you’re using Facebook as just one of several social networking sites, you have way too much time on your hands that would probably be better spent elsewhere.

7. The company has a history of not being terribly considerate of their users’ privacy. They may have privacy options available now, but do you really trust a company like that when it comes to your business? If you do, that’s great. Dense perhaps, but great.

8. The fact that they try to act like their own little virtual world is just annoying. Any site that forces you to register to really get a feel for it is just pathetic. It’s a simple marketing tactic on their end to rev up their member numbers (and supposed worth?) whether people actually use the site or not.

9. Speaking of their “value,” I’m sick of hearing about it. All the talk about whether or not they’d be sold and for how much is what started all of Facebook buzz in the first place (despite the fact that most of the newer die hard fans don’t even realize where the sudden mass interest came from).

10. Frankly, Facebook is so “been there done that.” They’re dated. They’re not “cool” anymore. The early adopters have come, gone, and moved onto better (and more useful) things, and what you have now is this overwhelming group of stale business-minded folks who still buy into the hype. Why? Because most people are too lazy to actually research a marketing / PR tactic before jumping on the bandwagon when it’s all everyone’s talking about. That’s the nature of being a fad. The only good thing about Facebook is the fact that fads die.

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