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drunkexpatwriter: Other than create new privacy policies, what do Facebook employees do? It would seem the platform would run itself at this point - other than the nee... more »
TheSometimesWhy: I long for the good old days when a tweet was merely a bird's song.... more »
champagne: That gorgeous nature morte depicts my average meal. Well, a portion of it anyway. I try to eat like a 16th century Flemish moneyed foodie whenever I c... more »
BadUncle: This madness will not end until both sides begin strategic razor scooter limitation talks. more »
jordos1: So what? I heard Conde Nast is now offering like 40 different flavors of ipecac now. more »
MincnglyWhrdL'mer: this would SO work with me. also, is that a luis melendez still life? more »
youngmarblegiant: I used to date a Google New York employee. I ate in the cafeteria once, and it was meh. I mean, I never had a real office job, so I couldn't compare... more »
raincoaster: Given the average age of a FB employee, they probably put saltpetre in the drinks, just to help them concentrate. more »
Matt Cherette: I want all of that cheese in my mouth, right now. more »
Poodle_Heart: I hope the animals killed and fattened for the Facebook hordes were humanely treated, massaged regularly, read bedtime stories, etc. Seriously, to th... more »
Shadowlayer: I dont see why google has to buy this half-assed company thats only relevant to a few parts of the US and not that popular at all. A google version, ... more »
youngmarblegiant: I'm a Yelp elite, and let me tell you it is really all about the free booze at the parties. You review a certain number of establishments and you get... more »
contradicto: What's with the tiny Business Insider link at the bottom of this post? more »
sfBirdie: Yelp is useful, but you have to read reviews with an open mind - especially in the Bay Area. Many of the 'Yelp Elite' reviewers take the title way to... more »
DennyCrane: Boutros, Boutros, golly! more »
raincoaster: The older Yelp gets, the more closely it resembles a cheesy freebie newspaper, the kind with 50-year-old jokes to keep the ad columns apart. The longe... more »
resipsaloquacious: Henry Blodget? Really? more »
Shadowlayer: 500M for a "company" nobody outside SF uses or even knows about... Thats it, google just went fucking retarded. more »
naugahydeinplainsight: Close to Home? "You’re literally watching the social landscape on the screen, and if you’re obsessed with your position in that landscape, it’s ... more »
Pope John Peeps II: Tech people seem to believe that the entire digital world is a brand new realm, whose laws and fiats they can cavalierly disregard, or invent to their... more »

#yourprivacyisanillustion

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 »
#yourprivacyisanillusion

The Facebook Privacy Settings You've Lost Forever
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
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 »
#censorship

Blocked on Facebook: Gawker Facebook Privacy Guide
A reader sent in the attached screenshot, showing his fruitless attempt to post our guide to enhancing the privacy of your Facebook account. Apparently Facebook found that content to be "abusive." More »
#notafraidtobeservicey

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 »
#rant

Facebook's Great Betrayal
Facebook's privacy pullback isn't just outrageous; it's a landmark turning point for the social network. Facebook has blundered before, but the latest changes are far more calculated. The company has, in short, turned evil. More »
#facebook

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 »
#photogallery

Facebook CEO's Private Photos Exposed by the New 'Open' Facebook
Facebook controversially forced profile pictures into public and pushed users to share candids with the whole world. So now we're blessed with pics of the social network's young CEO shirtless, romantic, clutching a teddy bear, and looking plastered. More »
#disasters

Facebook Wants to Steal Your Friends
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 »
#yourprivacyisanillusion

Facebook Begins 'Privacy' Con
It would seem our conspiracy theory is coming true: Facebook's big push to give you "more control of your information" is actually an initiative to get you to give up control of your information. Step one: Frame greed as concern. More »
#socialnetworks

Facebook Courts Have 100 Judges, Secret List
Facebook's 100+ "policy enforcers" look for pictures of exposed nipples, nude women, and putdowns of individuals or an unreleased list of "protected groups," neither of which you're allowed to hate. But you're judged only if ratted out, so "friend" carefully!
#politics

Someone Stop Facebook's Creepy Predators, Facebook Executive Implores
By day, Chris Kelly extols the virtues of Facebook, where he serves as chief privacy officer. By night, as candidate for California attorney general, Kelly warns of Facebook's "online predators," and says government must "keep people safe" Neat trick. More »
#conspiracytheories

Facebook's New 'Privacy' Scheme Smells Like an Anti-Privacy Plot
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg issued an open letter to his 350+ million users; you probably saw it this morning when logging in. Facebook will kill regional networks like "New York." Why? To trick you. More »
#thewaywelivenow

Groom Tweets, Changes Facebook Relationship Status from the Altar
Yes, this actually happened: Dana Hanna, a Maryland computer programmer, whipped out a handheld device (hey-oh!) during his wedding, set his Facebook to "married," and Twittered. Just imagine what he has in store for the honeymoon More »
#socialnetworks

Facebook Absolutely Demolishing MySpace in the Sex Offender Demographic
About 3,500 New York sex offenders have been kicked off Facebook and MySpace after identifying their accounts under a new state law. And, go figure, like 80 percent of them were on Facebook. Even sex fiends are ditching MySpace. More »
#socialnetworks

Facebook Still Cleaning Up Its Redesign Mess
Someone in France stumbled across an apparent new version of Facebook with a simplified interface. It looks like the social network is still fixing the information overload introduced by its disastrous redesign. More »
#lawsuits

Facebook Named in Federal Class-Action Suit over Scammy Zynga Ads
Facebook and Zynga are the defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday, which seeks upwards of $5 million for social network users scammed in online game ads. Neither company's top-drawer investors can be happy. More »
#documents

Initial Complaint in Swift vs. Zynga
Below, find the initial complaint in the federal class-action suit against online gaming company Zynga and social network Facebook, alleging the companies are liable for the scammy actions of their advertisers. More »
#howthingswork

Investors Punish Online Scam Trafficker with $15 Million
Just as the public was learning that a huge chunk of Zynga's social gaming revenue came from scammy "quizzes" and "special offers," Silicon Valley's most prestigious venture capitalists rewarded the company with $15 million. Hey, that's just how VC's roll. More »

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