A Tour of the “New” Facebook
As I just stated earlier, Facebook has given users the option to switch over to the new version of their site. I decided I would and then throw up a little introduction here for you guys.
Tags: facebookTry out the “new” Facebook
Facebook has released a message to all of those who have subscribed to the Facebook Profiles Preview page announcing that the new long-awaited profile designs are now available to those who want to try it out. Pretty much like a Public-Beta. After the next few weeks, they’ll be switching the entire site over to the new design, regardless of whether you want it or not. If you’d like to switch over now (you’ll still have the option to switch back to the old version for the time being if you wish) you can visit: http://www.new.facebook.com.
Tags: facebookInane Facebook groups
A comment I made earlier today on the wall of the Facebook group “15,000,000 for lower gas prices”, which contains 1,684,698 members at this point (only off the mark by a few million):
Tags: comments, facebook, gas pricesOf course all gas consumers want lower prices. Everyone who buys gas would like it to cost $0. And of course all gas sellers want higher prices. Everyone who sells gas would like it to cost $1,000,000 per gallon.
The whole point of a market is to find the price in between where supply and demand are roughly equal. By saying that the market price is the wrong one, you’re just rehashing the old and dead concept of the just price. Just saying “we want lower gas prices” means nothing; it’s changes in supply and demand that count.
Rather than joining this group and complaining about gas prices, I’d recommend that you help reduce demand by conserving energy and driving less, and encouraging others to do the same; and help increase supply, by writing to your representative/MP and encouraging him/her to back measures to remove taxes and environmental measures that discourage and reduce drilling and refining. Everyone wants lower gas prices, but it won’t happen just by complaining.
Join the PCS Group on Facebook!
Love [I'm a] PC Site and got a Facebook account? Well now you can join the official PCS facebook group/fan-page thing. Click here to check it out.
Just something short and quick to post here, eh?
Tags: communities, discussion, facebook, fans, groupsFacebook - The #1 Social Spamworking Site
Many users of social networking website, Facebook, are becoming aggravated with the growing amount of “forced invites” throughout many apps. Facebook allows people to program applications that users can “add” to their profile and if they want, use the internal invite system to send notifications to friends that will appear the next time they sign in. However, many new and existing developers are implementing forced invites whereas the user has to invite twenty friends before they can start using the app or get their results or whatever.
This is angering many Facebook users including myself. I clear about twenty invites before I go to bed, then when I wake up in the morning I have another fifty to get rid of, and what about people with hundreds of friends on facebook? I feel quite sorry for them. Facebook is quickly drifting from its purpose of being a place for people to hang out online and kill time to the equivalent of a bulk mail folder.
Facebook users have begun with a petition that’s sent to the staff when signed. If you’re a Facebook user yourself, do a deed; click here and sign it too. Additionally you can add that petition app to your profile to try and get more people to sign it. Lastly, you can join the group! Hopefully Facebook will come to their senses finally after a little while like with that whole “is in status message” dilemma.
The site at the moment is looking quite blue. Oh wait…
Tags: annoyances, facebook, internet, site, social networking, spam, websitesFacebook finally heeds the wishes of its users
and drops the “is” from status updates. Thanks to all the people who joined the petition group.
Finally, no more trying to get status messages to fit into “Frank is…”. I like this.
Tags: facebook, tech newsYou know you’re a band geek if…
I came across a group on Facebook, “You know you’re a band geek if” and listed in there was this big list of things that… well… “band geeks” would do. Shameless to say, I got a laugh and could even relate to quite a few of these things myself. More »
Tags: facebook, music