Post by Pieter in "Goodies".
The latest addition to our collection of Facebook t-shirts is inspired by the recent uprate of Facebook’s Like button. Face it, it’s now EVERYWHERE. So why not on your body?
The print on this t-shirt reads: “To Like or not to Like. That’s the question!” and is embellished with blue Like button in both activated and deactivated state. Of course, it’s …
Post by Pieter in "News".
The Kamiak High School in Mukilteo, Washington is on modified lockdown, since a threat was posted on Facebook on Wednesday night. School officials said the threat mentioned something about “pulling a Virginia Tech” on Kamiak, referring to the Virginia Tech massacre in April 2007.
Post by Pieter in "Goodies".
A limited group of businesses has received “Like us on Facebook” stickers to affix to their storefronts or sales counters, along with a letter from Facebook claiming that “businesses that promote their Page off-Facebook tend to see a 20% or greater increase in connections.”
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Just to let you know we’ve fixed our contact form, so you can get in touch with us again with your tips, ideas, suggestions, contributions or advertising inquiries.
Post by Pieter in "Status updates".
Facebook relationship statuses. There are not nearly enough of them. The standard statuses are Single, In a relationship, Engaged, Married, It’s complicated, In an open relationship or Widowed. But it’s complicated doesn’t come near covering all sensitive relationship nuances.
Post by Pieter in "Groups & pages".
We previously warned you about the danger of admins renaming Facebook groups you belong to, and today we learned about an interesting AIDS-awareness campaign from Germany, making creative use of this feared renaming option.
Post by Pieter in "News".
Did you receive some random, insignificant gift today from a Facebook friend for no reason at all and with a message like: “This made me think of you”?
Post by Pieter in "Privacy & security".
Facebook doesn’t accept the registration names it suspects aren’t legit. Upon registering, users submitting bizarre, funny or simply implausible names are confronted with the following message: Our automated system will not approve this name. If you believe this is an error, please contact us.
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Refacer Adam D. tipped us via our fan page about a new Facebook page that ranks your friends who brought the most people to Facebook. In addition to a top 10 (or 9 and then your position) of inviters, Facebook Impact also keeps track of the number of invites you’ve sent out, how many of them got accepted and by whom.
Post by Pieter in "Status updates".
Today, 4/20 in U.S. data notation, is also known as 420-day. Coincidentally, or not, 420 is also the Facebook Status Update character limit. Because it’s the number of active chemicals in marijuana? Teatime in Holland? Hitler’s birthday? Clocks in Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction? The time (4:20 PM) a bunch of Californian teens would meet after school at to smoke marijuana?
Post by Pieter in "Status updates".
Previously in our Facebook 101 series, we informed you about the maximum size of a Facebook status update. But what about the comments people can leave on them? Exactly how long can they be?
Post by Pieter in "Status updates".
We’re not obsessed with cars like Jeremy Clarkson, but we do appreciate his adoration for muscle cars and his metaphors in particular. That’s why this week’s Status Saturday ─we know it’s Sunday already, but we were busy wiring a plug while juggling penguins─ is dedicated to some of Clarkson’s best oneliners as heard on the much praised number one BBC television series about motor vehicles, Top Gear.
Post by Pieter in "Humor".
CollegeHumor made a list of the most annoying Facebook event invitations you can receive. Featured below are the “Nickelback Cover Band” invitation by a old high school friend you wouldn’t even go to if the beer were free, and the charity fundraiser invitation that makes you feel like a bad, self-centered person.
Post by Pieter in "Groups & pages".
While hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes, and tens of thousands of grounded air travelers are frustrated because volcanic ash has shut the European air space, there are already some funny Facebook groups and pages mocking the troublesome eruption of a volcano in the southern Iceland area of the Eyjafallajoekull glacier.