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Blogging our way through the Facebook phenomenon

Will Facebook explode?

Anything on the Internet grows at a rate of about 3% per week is bound to morph into something different from its initial form and business model. It’s just a matter of time before Facebook and/or Myspace explodes, fragments, morphs into something new…. or becomes the next digital ghost town.
What will ultimately cause Facebook to […]

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You keep me hanging on….

The Supremes and later Vanilla Fudge sent this song line reverberating through the sixties and seventies. It tells about a personal struggle whether to hang on to or set free a love interest.
In the Facebook culture, the term ‘hanging on’ can mean an entirely different thing to Facebook application owners.
Facebook provides a shell environment (too […]

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Does your mommy know?

The potential for misuse of information on social media sites is a real concern. For a rather scary perspective on the amount of and potential (mis)uses of personal information held on Facebook, it is worth a few minutes to watch the flash video “Does what happens in the Facebook stay in the Facebook?” Some of the information […]

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Who is making money on Facebook?

Good question! 
It’s obvious that social networks are big business for the owners of social network internet sites themselves.  Mashable reports that MySpace is making about $25M per month in ad revenue- no small chunk of change. Facebook is, as of August 2007, the second largest social network as compared to MySpace in terms of traffic […]

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Sh—Faced

Future posts in this category may include:
Why you should have someone take your keys and steal your mouse when you are inebriated.  I said what on Facebook???
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What’s the fuss?

Facebook Smayshbook! …. What’s all the fuss about Facebook?
If you have arrived here hoping to learn more about Facebook and whether it can work for your personal or professional purposes, then I pledge to give you good information and my honest opinions on several aspects of this wondrous Internet facility. As opinions go, they are generally worth […]

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FacePainting

I like to call the process of user configuration of their Facebook existence ‘FacePainting’.
Some finish the job very well creating an organized profile and good choice of layout. This could either be a testament to their organizational skills or to the exorbitant amount of time they spend crafting and adjusting their Facebook pages to impress […]

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Egg on My Face?

Is there egg on my face?
There will be if I speak untruths. I don’t profess to know everything. However, I will attempt to research my own commentary thoroughly before posting it.  However, mistakes will happen and so will disagreements.
When necessary, I’ll swallow my pride and post retractions or whatever is necessary via posts in this […]

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