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Facebook Vote Results In!
Facebook Vote Results In!
Based on a post for the General Counsel for Facebook , Ted Ullyot, the results for the Facebook vote are in and the new rules / terms of service are in. Or are they? As I read the post my greatest question was did they actually get 30% of their active users to vote so the following statement ...
Results of the Inaugural Facebook Site Governance Vote
Results of the Inaugural Facebook Site Governance Vote
blog.facebook.com — Today, the Facebook site governance vote ended after a week in which you were able to voice... your opinions as to which documents should serve as the foundation for governing the site... (more) Results of the Inaugural Facebook Site Governance Vote
Facebook Opens Site To Developers Of Services
online.wsj.com — Facebook Inc. is expected to announce significant plans to open up core parts of its sites --... namely the information that appears in the stream of updates on users' homepages and profiles -- to third-party developers so that they can build new ... (more) Facebook Opens Site To Developers Of Services
What Is Facebook Opening Up To Developers On Monday?
allfacebook.com — We’ve been saying that Facebook is expected to open up access to the feed for a while... now and it appears that tomorrow is the day. Last week we were invited to a Monday afternoon developer cocktail hour at Facebook during which the announcement ... (more) What Is Facebook Opening Up To Developers On Monday?
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The Conclusion of Facebook's Voting Process
WebProNews Feed — ... reaching out to the people stuff could really be just a big PR play with little substance. Or, if there is an actual statement buried somewhere that says this is or is not a binding result, either there are only 2 million active users in the last 30 days of Facebook or people don’t care nearly as much as we think. Either way the folks over at Twitter must be snickering because once again Facebook’s attempts to be transparent leave the waters more muddied than ever. Comments ...

Facebook Opening Up User Profiles To Third Party Developers
WebProNews Feed — ... It appears as if Facebook may be loosening its grip on the look and feel of the site by allowing these third party folks to have access to the data (with user permission). The end game is to make the site something that people would like to come back to more often. Interesting take considering the recent turnout for the big vote on the terms of service proposed changes. This opportunity will be free so there is no initial revenue generation angle here but hopefully someone is thinking that making money will be a good thing at some point. ...

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