Put your coffee down, you’ll spit it. Facebook cheerleaders, from within what must be a social networking tunnel (or cave?), have transformed themselves into prostrate worshipers, transubstantiating reason to whatever the digital equivalent is of 72 virgins.
Yahoo Plays Footsie With Facebook Again
Yahoo is considering an investment in social networking darling Facebook, a move that will either validate Facebook CEO Zuckerberg’s valuation strut, or well, won’t.
On Facebook, Poop More Popular Than Privacy
There are variations on the phrase I don’t give a [flying] crap. But apparently that’s not always true. At Facebook, at least, they’ll give one, or throw one, so long as its imaginary and only costs them some personal information.
Laughing at Facebook’s “Older” Users
Over the weekend I saw the New York Times article about how college users of Facebook were laughing at those of us who are, um, “older.”
Facebook & Multiple-Personality Syndrome
A recent commentary piece by Alice Mathias in the New York Times says Facebook should really be called “Fakebook” — at least for the student users who first made the social-networking site popular. As she describes it:
Music 2.0 Shifts To Facebook, Others Turn Up Volume
MySpace has been the hub of Music 2.0 promotion for more than a year, but recently Facebook has been stealing the social networking spotlight and the new music industry is following.
Yahoo Exec Leaves For Facebook
Blake Chandlee was a fairly important guy at Yahoo, and he wasn’t just some quick-on-his-feet opportunist; Chandlee spent about four years with the company. But he’s now moved on, and Facebook is reportedly the cause of Chandlee’s departure.
Facebook.fr Tempts Original’s Wrath
Facebook recently won the rights to Face-book.com, even though the previous owner didn’t, to be honest, appear to be imitating the popular social networking site. But since Facebook was troubled by Face-book.com, expect some real problems to erupt over Facebook.fr, which was claiming to be a beta version of Facebook Paris.
Ballmer Calls Facebook A Fad?
How much money would you put towards a fad? The price of a pair of jeans? The cost of a new kitchen counter? Because Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer has used a form of the word “fad” in connection with Facebook, and people are wondering what this signifies for the social network’s future.
Interest, Suspicion Surround Facebook App’s Sale
Some strange stuff occurs on eBay, and in the latest example of this, a Facebook application called “I am Hungry” was auctioned off for over $20,000. Was this a sign that the app market is red hot or were there shill bids placed in the auction? (As speculated in an article at Valleywag.)