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Facebook free? Hardly

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Amidst the latest extensive changes to the Facebook user interface come complaints from columnists, bloggers and millions of users. Many people are upset with Facebook's constant changes, making it nearly impossible to master the site. Facebook is free. These complaints are often met with, "So what? If you don't like.

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Facebook Contextual Ads Insensitive to Boston Tragedy

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News and commentary about yesterday''s tragic events in Boston are dominating my feed on Facebook, but there, in the middle of it all, I was appalled to see a pathetic, contextual ad for the Zoosk dating site, with a montage of all the smiling hotties that were dying to meet.'

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Facebook growth may be more disorienting than staggering

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As Facebook prepares for its IPO later this week, the question of valuation, and the role of its gigantic (even by global geopolitical standards) user base is among the most contested issues. Not everyone agrees on how many users Facebook has. Like most networks/media sites, the company has various ways of.

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Craigslist Isn’t Facebook - And That’s Good

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Considered within the narrow definition of high growth social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, it's easy to see why some wonder why Craigslist hasn't joined the social revolution, and why the site hasn't undergone significant changes to its features and user interface to remain "competitive." But to look at.

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Five Things to Do About Facebook Privacy Other Than Closing Your Account

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Sure you’re ticked off about Facebook’s abuses of consumer privacy, but does closing your account accomplish anything? Even if one million people closed their accounts, that would represent 1/4 of one percent of Facebook’s 400 million user base. Read Facebook’s own Privacy page. Inform Your Friends.

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Facebook Dislike Button is a Bad Idea

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Facebook users have launched a handful of petition drives asking the social network to allow users to click a thumbs-down icon to give a news feed item, advertisement, etc. There are several Facebook groups with a million or more users advocating this. Tags: Facebook button dislike petition. million members. million members.

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Facebook: Too Big to Fail

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You have to wonder why the Obama administration isn’t hinting at a bailout for Facebook in the event that the social network’s latest privacy kerfuffle threatens the very vitality of the global poking grid. Already the EU and other parties have stepped up and notified Facebook that its recent behavior is unacceptable.

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