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Is Facebook a Cult?
Is Facebook a Cult?
Facebook announced that it hit 200 million users today and Chief Operating Officer Cheryl Sandberg made a blog post describing some of the data mining that the company is doing of those connections. It's going to be great for advertisers, she says, it it should also be very good for the rest of ...
200 Million Strong
200 Million Strong
blog.facebook.com — We will welcome our 200 millionth user to Facebook some time today, and I want to take... this opportunity to describe what this means to us and what we hope it can mean for everyone using Facebook... (more) 200 Million Strong
How Many Friends Can You Have?
blog.facebook.com — One of the most common questions we're asked at Facebook is, "How many friends can you have?"... It's an increasingly important question as more people around the world share and connect on Facebook and on the Web overall, but it's also difficult to ... (more) How Many Friends Can You Have?
Facebook for Good
facebook.com — Soutien d'une entreprise familiale sur Facebook Source: blog.facebook.com Cet article fait partie d'une série consacrée aux diverses... façons dont Facebook est utilisé de par le monde. Vous souhaitez partager votre expérience ? Faites-le ici. Il y a ... (more) Facebook for Good
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Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog — ... By "people," Sandberg means, of course, "advertisers." She explains: "Our Engagement Ads on the home page allow you to take common activities like commenting, RSVPing for an event or giving a virtual gift directly in the ad. If any of your friends have already taken an action, that appears in the ad as well. We've found that interaction with those ads increases 50 percent when someone sees a friend's action, such as a comment." ReadWriteWeb's crotchety Marshall Kirkpatrick finds this all a little bit "creepy": Facebook management is acting like a group of cult leaders intent ...

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