Steve Webb Un-Suspended From Facebook

It's hard to blame Facebook for trying to remove phony profiles - the social networking site has often been made fun of for, say, having over a dozen Jack Sparrows onboard.  Facebook's employees accidentally went too far, though, when they disabled the profile of a member of the British Parliament.

LeWeb Attracts La Controverse

You won't get to see the video; it was taken down faster than a…well, let's not answer possibly offensive with possibly also offensive. (But you have to admit, the list of French things that could be taken down quickly is virtually limitless, and most likely very funny to everybody but the French.)

Bloglines Beefs Up

Before we had Google Reader, the biggest kid on the RSS reader block was Bloglines. While Google has taken that title, away from the Ask.com owned service, Bloglines has been back to the gym recently and added some bulk. Bloglines has rolled out a slew of new features today, including:

Using WoM to Create Buzz

“There is only one thing worse than being talked about, that is not being talked about” -Oscar Wilde Yesterday I heard Andy Sernovitz speak about word of mouth marketing – one of the most imaginative ways to attract customers. Just like we want to be friends with and around people we like, we buy from companies we like.

More Blogs & Journalism Discussion

Scott Karp makes a good point in a post about Nick Denton taking the helm at Gawker again (something I also wrote about on earlier). It’s pretty much the same thing I’ve been saying over and over when I talk to companies — including media companies — about blogs and social media. Let me say it again: Blogs are just a publishing system.