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hypermark-sf: Great piece. My favorite still remains Google SVP Jonathan Rosenberg's self-serving sermon on 'The Meaning of Open' wherein he pontificated how open ... more »
sfBirdie: It's a cult. BTW, this covers basically all of my issues with goog, so nice work. more »
Zach Everson: Google's the new Microsoft. more »
Trai_Dep: Yet it's still so difficult to track down decent double-amputee transsexual midget porn. ...Priorities, Google Lords, priorities! more »
DennyCrane: And yet Google's contrition has been limited. The company response boils down to, "well that's unfortunate but it's also the way the world works now."... more »
#mediawars Click here to read Facebook Vs. Britain's Most Fearsome Tabloid

Facebook Vs. Britain's Most Fearsome Tabloid

On one side, a media outlet controversial for misleading readers, running sleazy ads and misappropriating private letters. On the other, a British tabloid. Facebook is in a big teen-sex-scandal feud with the Daily Mail — ironically, its old-media doppelgänger.
#socialnetworks

Scam-Trafficking Games Company Insists Its Haiti Charity Was Not a Scam, Too

Click here to read Scam-Trafficking Games Company Insists Its Haiti Charity Was Not a Scam, Too
The investigative bloggers at Brazil's Folha Online say Zynga confirmed keeping half the money in certain fundraising campaigns linked to Haiti relief. Zynga says it's been open about this all along. But these aren't questions the company behind Farmville relishes. More »
#modernandawkward

13 Intimate Facebook Messages You Weren't Supposed to See

Here's a cache of the private messages misdirected by Facebook last week, messages about sex and divorce, devotion and infidelity, cancer and rubdowns. Messages underlining how deeply digital networks run through our lives, and how important online privacy has become. More »
#socialnetworks

The Great Google Buzz Backtrack

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Google Buzz: Well, that didn't go so well! After the Internet erupted into a storm of "Fuck You Google" over privacy concerns, Google has scaled back some of the features that scared people the most. Will it be enough? More »
#idiocracy Click here to read Why Facebook Users Are Easy Marks

Why Facebook Users Are Easy Marks

This tech news story's commenters are all demanding to be let into their Facebook accounts and complaining about Facebook's "redesign." Why? They asked Google for "Facebook Login," and the top hit was that article. No wonder they're easy scammer prey.
#socialnetworks Click here to read MySpace CEO <s>Quits</s> Fired! Will Have More Time to Work on Core Muscles

MySpace CEO Quits Fired! Will Have More Time to Work on Core Muscles

Internet superhunk and MySpace CEO Owen Van Natta quit right as he was on the cusp of becoming one of our generation's great social networking anti-heroes. He's leaving MySpace just 10 months after taking the job. Update: He was fired.
#socialnetworks Click here to read Google Invented a New Facebook-Type Thing

Google Invented a New Facebook-Type Thing

Google Buzz is like Facebook, except built in to Google's GMail and automatically hooked up to your best email and chat buddies. You can share links, videos, photos and opinions. What could possibly go wrong? (Pic via)
#infoporn

Map of a Divided Facebook

Did you know "God" is the most popular Facebook fan page in every southern U.S. state? The West Coast elites, meanwhile, like Michael Jackson, Barack Obama and Starbucks. Above: a map of Pete Warden's social network census, via ReadWriteWeb.
#cubicleculture

Facebook Cultists Liken New Video Feature to Moon Landing

#socialnetworks Click here to read Ricky Gervais Freaked Out by Facebook's Celebrity Campaign

Ricky Gervais Freaked Out by Facebook's Celebrity Campaign

Twitter has become a magnet for Hollywood celebrities, which explains why Facebook's clearly jealous flacks were conducting interviews on the Golden Globe red carpet last night. Next step: Convincing stars like Ricky Gervais that users are worth the trouble. More »
#yourprivacyisanillusion

Why You Shouldn't Trust Facebook with Your Data: An Employee's Revelations

Click here to read Why You Shouldn't Trust Facebook with Your Data: An Employee's Revelations
The abuse of private data by Facebook employees was pretty much inevitable; the simple act of amassing data tends to lead to corruption. What's sad is how lightly the social network reportedly controls its employees. More »
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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on Your Erased Privacy: 'These are the Social Norms, Now.'

Click here to read Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on Your Erased Privacy: 'These are the Social Norms, Now.'
This is fun. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a cameo onstage at the 2010 TechCrunch awards—or "The Crunchies"—yesterday and had a nice little chat with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington. And—typically—sketchy things about privacy were noted. More »
#crime Click here to read How Silicon Valley Rationalizes Its Scammy Profit Center

How Silicon Valley Rationalizes Its Scammy Profit Center

It's hard to say what's more pathetic: That the social networks at the center of Silicon Valley's growth derive so much money from online scams, or the way one venture capitalist excuses the whole sad scene. More »
#yourprivacyisanillustion Click here to read Making Facebook Pay

Making Facebook Pay

Facebook doubtlessly hoped forcing open user profiles would help the social network compete more profitably with open systems like Twitter. But there could well be a multi-million-dollar price to pay for the aggressive change, particularly if Facebook broke the law. More »
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The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever

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While covering Facebook's systematic elimination of privacy, we've been deluged with questions from readers asking how to restore certain Facebook privacy protections. Sadly, many such settings appear to be lost forever. Here are the most glaring examples. More »
#crime

Alisher Usmanov: The Scary Russian Oligarch Seducing Silicon Valley

Click here to read Alisher Usmanov: The Scary Russian Oligarch Seducing Silicon Valley
Alisher Usmanov is nicknamed "the hard man of Russia," but he's good at seducing the softies in California's tech community: An investment firm he backs lead a $180 million investment in Zynga, the gaming company that trafficked in scammy ads. More »
#notafraidtobeservicey

The Valleywag Guide to Restoring Your Privacy on Facebook

Click here to read The Valleywag Guide to Restoring Your Privacy on Facebook
Facebook's privacy rollback is especially terrible because it's so hard to reverse. Settings are so bewildering that even CEO Mark Zuckeberg has fiddled his two-to-three times this month. So here's a guide to re-privatizing your profile. More »
#facebook

Facebookarazzi: Stalking Celebrities Just Got a Whole Lot Easier

Click here to read Facebookarazzi: Stalking Celebrities Just Got a Whole Lot Easier
The implications of Facebook's recent privacy rollback will likely take months to reveal themselves. But it's already clear they go beyond Mark Zuckerberg's stash of intimate pics; we're already starting to learn new things about Hollywood celebrities. More »
#yourprivacyisanillusion

Mark Zuckerberg Hates His New Facebook Privacy Policy, Too

Facebook's CEO has urged his users to carefully review the new "privacy" settings pushed on them by his social network. He should have taken his own advice: He's apparently locked down his photos since we rifled through them last night. More »
Mark Zuckerberg Hates His New Facebook Privacy Policy, Too
#disasters

Facebook Wants to Steal Your Friends

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Facebook's new "privacy" settings are even more nefarious than they first appeared: The social network has formally nationalized your friends list, like some Cuban sugar plantation, and published it to people who hate you. You have no choice. More »
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