readwriteweb.com - 6/25/2009
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One of the most anticipated days in the history of social networking site Facebook has finally come: the company announced today that it has begun making status messages, photos and videos visible to the public at large by default instead of being visible only to a user's approved friends.
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insidefacebook.com - 6/25/2009
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insidefacebook.com —
Facebook has just announced that it’s now testing
a new version of the “publisher” that allows users...
to choose who can see their status updates and posts. The most interesting part? The first option is “everyone.” ...
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developers.facebook.com - 6/24/2009
wiki.developers.facebook.com - 6/24/2009
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wiki.developers.facebook.com —
Log in to your site using their Facebook
accounts with Facebook Connect . Communicate and share with...
each other and their friends in real time at large scale (supporting millions of simultaneous users). View what their friends are saying as well as ...
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Live Stream Box - Facebook Developer Wiki
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It's a New Day: Facebook Status Updates Go Global
Switched —
... 's garish free-for-all. Obviously, privacy advocates are going to mount a protest against this change, but, according to ReadWriteWeb, Facebook is making a concerted effort to let users know that the settings have changed. The 'Book contests that the new status function's privacy settings will mirror the individual's default settings (Those on private will remain private, and those who choose public can be seen via search engines.). But, allegedly, those ...
Posting The Obvious
TomsTechBlog.com —
... ReadWriteWeb has their take on Facebook's decision to allow user's to make status updates public. This would allow anyone (not just friends) to see the user's updates. The part I find the most telling though is the update ReadWriteWeb received from Facebook (which obviously came after the initial post)... ...
Google Friend Connect Helps Friends Follow Your Digital Footprints
Google Watch —
... Okay, but as we've seen from some of the things Facebook has tried to do (check out this latest Publisher embroglio on ReadWriteWeb) by opening up user profile data to more users, Footprints may not get the same reception in the U.S. as it does in Japan. ...
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