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Facebook Launches Commenting Widget
readwriteweb.com - 2/20/2009
Facebook Launches Commenting Widget
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Facebook launched its first social widget for use outside of Facebook's own site today: the Comments Box. The Comments Box is a comments widget that was built on top of Facebook Connect, and that will allow bloggers and publishers to easily implement a Facebook Connect enabled commenting system ...
blog.facebook.com - 2/16/2009
The Facebook Blog
— blog.facebook.com — A couple of weeks ago, we revised our terms of use hoping to clarify some parts for our users. Over the past couple of days, we received a lot of questions and comments about the changes and what they mean for people and their information. Based on ... (more) The Facebook Blog

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news.yahoo.com - 2/20/2009
Facebook has removed 5,500 sex offenders since May
— news.yahoo.com — RALEIGH, N.C. Facebook has removed more than 5,500 convicted sex offenders from its social networking Web site since May, Connecticut 's attorney general said Thursday. Richard Blumenthal said the world's largest social networking site , which claims ... (more) Facebook has removed 5,500 sex offenders since May

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Facebook Photos Pulls Away From The Pack
techcrunch.com - 2/23/2009
Facebook Photos Pulls Away From The Pack
— techcrunch.com — If Facebook has one standout application it has to be Photos. Measured on its own, it is the largest photo site on the Web. A full 69 percent of Facebook’s monthly visitors worldwide either look at or upload photos, based on comScore data. ... (more) Facebook Photos Pulls Away From The Pack

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Facebook’s First Offsite Widget: Comment Box
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — ... does, albeit with a few more bells and whistles. Also, if you have open commenting on your website or blog (ie you don’t require users to login to comment), there may not be any advantage to you to change your default commenting form out for Facebook’s, unless you really want to click through to your commenters’ FB profiles. What do you think? Will you use the Comments Box on your site? Can you think of a site where it would be especially handy? via ...

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