readwriteweb.com - 3/26/2009
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There's a new landing page on Facebook that's designed to get families involved sharing updates, photos, and videos on the social network. The extended family group invite page, available here , lets you create a private group for your family by inviting current Facebook members and entering in ...
insidefacebook.com - 3/26/2009
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insidefacebook.com —
fbdemostats4 fbdemostats1 fbdemostats2 Don’t look now, but the
number of Americans over 35, 45, and 55 on...
Facebook is growing fast. In the last 60 days alone, the number of people over 35 has nearly doubled. Developers and marketers may want to think ...
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Number of US Facebook Users Over 35 Nearly Doubles in ...
techcrunch.com - 3/25/2009
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techcrunch.com —
“A camel is a horse designed by committee.”
( source ) The camel/horse quote (no disparagement to...
camels meant, of course) perfectly captures the problem when too many people have input into a product. Seth Godin talks about how the ...
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No! Never Surrender To Your Users, Facebook.
techcrunch.com - 3/28/2009
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techcrunch.com —
Last October we wrote about how Facebook’s breakaway
growth combined with a declining advertising market was forcing...
the company back to the capital markets . The company has been all over the place with on record comments about fundraising ...
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Facebook “Definitely” Raising Capital This Year; Google ...
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Facebook Wants You To Get Your Family Involved
WebProNews Feed —
... on the service, and this could boost that even more. Like Sarah Perez at Read Write Web says, they're going after Grandma and Grandpa, now that they have Mom and Dad. ...
Connect with your Extended Family on Facebook
Digital Inspiration - Technology Blog —
Facebook has made it easy for you to connect with other family members who may or may not be part of the social networking site yet. You can go to this page and create a private group on Facebook open that’s only for the extended members of your family.
Unlike other Facebook groups, this will be a super secret group and won’t even show up in the profiles of your other family members. Thanks Nick and Sarah for the discovery.
Also see: Special Social Networking Sites
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Facebook adds private groups for families
Download Squad —
... feature is definitely targeted more at new users who have been reluctant to join Facebook for privacy reasons, or because they didn't see the point of sharing so much information. It doesn't really add anything if you're an existing user, especially if you're already exchanging wall posts with your dad, and making fan pages for your pets. If your family members aren't already on Facebook, and you'd rather keep it that way, it might be best not to mention this new feature. [via ReadWriteWeb] Facebook adds private groups for families originally appeared on ...
facebook now offers networks for your family
JESS3 Blog —
... Creating a family group is simple. After clicking this link, you'll notice the name of the group has already been filled in for you based on whatever your last name is (assuming you're currently logged into Facebook, that is...and aren't we always?). You can edit the name if you like or leave it as is. - readwriteweb ...
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