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Facebook IS NOT Charging Users, and Here’s Why
Sep. 26, 2011
I can’t even count how many submissions I’ve gotten today from people who’s friends think this tired rumor has any validity whatsoever.
Think about this for a second. Facebook’s value is in the fact that it knows everything about everyone (well, its users – so almost everyone), and that information is sold to all kinds of companies for all kinds of money.
Facebook knows what you buy, when & where you buy it, and even with whom you share similar tastes. Decreasing their sample pool or the number of people who will see Company X’s advertisement by charging for their service is counterintuitive. Your information is FAR more valuable to them than a monthly fee.
See?
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Sep. 17, 2011
NBC News Hacked, Fake Ground Zero Attack Tweeted
Sep. 9, 2011
Earlier today, the official Twitter account for NBC News was hacked, and messages were sent out claiming there had just been another terrorist attack at Ground Zero.
img via @joebrooks
The responsible parties call themselves The Script Kiddies, and pulled a similar stunt several months ago when they spread a Presidential assassination rumor via Fox News.
Both NBC News and The Script Kiddies Twitter accounts are currently suspended. NBCUniversal released a statement saying that they “are working with Twitter to correct the situation and sincerely apologize for the scare that could have been caused by such a reckless and irresponsible act.”
[via tdw]
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The USA on Facebook: From History to Today
Jul. 7, 2011
Princess Diana’s Facebook Page
Jul. 1, 2011
The folks at Newsweek decided that to honor Princess Diana on what would have been her 50th birthday (today), it wouldn’t be creepy at all to “update” pictures of the Princess of Wales by making her look old & scary and photoshopping in some modern gadgetry while she walks around with new Duchess-in-law Kate Middelton.
DiPhone?
They also gave the People’s Princess her own profile page:
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Shoop Alert: Disney’s Royal Wedding
May. 12, 2011
Pardon the interruption, but I feel an issue needs clarification. This image has been blowing up around the internet today:
While this is not the first comparison made between the royal wedding and its Disney-esque storyline, it is quite a popular one. As a seeker of truth and justice, I just wanted to let everyone (well, the seemingly large number of people who can’t spot a little Photoshop MS Paint trickery) that it is indeed a falsehood.
How do I know? Besides providing you with the originals (and the fact that it’s fairly obvious), I have seen quite a few shops in my time and can tell from the pixels.
Carry on!
#themoreyouknow
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EVERYONE is on Facebook
May. 6, 2011
That MLK Quote in Your Status is Fake
May. 3, 2011
Well…kinda.
Shortly after the death of Osama bin Laden, a quote attributed to American civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. went viral in reaction to what some felt was an excessive celebration over the death of another (albeit horrible) human being. Regardless of your feelings on the situation, an issue has arisen regarding the quote’s authenticity.
Here’s the REAL DEAL.
According to TIME, [w]hile the latter part of the quotation is all King (from his book Strength to Love) the first part was actually from a woman called Jessica Dovey, who expressed her feelings and then followed it with the MLK quote in a Facebook status.
A mention from Penn Jillette to his +1.6 million followers on Twitter (to whom he later offered an apology) pushed the misquote even further along.
As for OP Jessica, she is “somewhere between nervous and embarrassed and honored… I really hope I haven’t said anything he wouldn’t agree with.. Only what I feel in my heart.” From what I’ve heard, Jessica, you two are on the same page.
Via: The Atlantic
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If Facebook Was More True to Life
Apr. 27, 2011
