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Creator of 'Kill Obama'
Poll Is a Kid

No charges filed

Oct 1, 09 10:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Secret Service has found the mastermind behind the “Should Obama Be Killed?” Facebook poll—and it turns out to be a kid. After a chat with the young perp and the parents, the agency has decided not to press charges, a spokesman said. “This is something we... More »

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Barack Obama • Secret Service • Facebook • assassination • juvenile • juvenile crime

(Newser) - The developer whose software was used to create the “Should Obama be Killed?” Facebook poll has talked to the Secret Service. “The conversation with the SS was fine,” Jesse Farmer wrote on Twitter, but “If the goal was to resolve the issue + inform the SS,... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • Secret Service • Facebook • poll • assassination • President Obama • social media

ANALYSIS

Facebook Divorce Rule No. 1: Don't Overshare

Divorcee, beware. His lawyer might be reading those posts

Sep 29, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like many things, the etiquette for dealing with marital troubles on Facebook isn’t exactly covered in the Terms of Service. And like any other Facebook action, Amanda Fortini writes, users would do well to think before they type. When a recently separated woman posted a status update reading “... More »

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social networking • Internet • divorce • Web 2.0 • marriage • Facebook • lawyer • defriending • marital woes

Addicted to Facebook? You're Likely Urban and Affluent

MySpace users tend to be poorer

Sep 29, 09 10:41 AM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook and Twitter users are more likely to be urban and affluent than the rest of the US population, according to a new Nielsen study, while MySpace aficionados tend to have lower incomes. People in the top third of the income bracket are 25% more likely to use Facebook than... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • Nielsen • Twitter • demographic trends • affluent

 Mountain Gorillas 
 Take Fight to 
 Survive 
 Online 

Ugandan animals' advocates embrace social networking

Sep 28, 09 6:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not only can your online buddies be any age and in any location, they don't even have to be your species. Tech-savvy advocates of the endangered mountain gorilla are about to launch an umbrella site, friendagorilla.org, that will feature videos, social networking, and blogs—by park rangers, not gorillas.... More »

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endangered species • Africa • Facebook • gorilla • Rwanda • Uganda • mountain gorillas • Twitter • Congo • Jason Biggs



 Secret Service 
 Probes Facebook Poll 
 on Murdering Obama 

Bloggers alerted law enforcement to potential danger

Sep 28, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Secret Service is looking into a Facebook poll that asked users to weigh in on whether the president should be killed. “We are taking the appropriate investigative steps,” said a rep for the agency. The poll, which has already been taken down, offered four possible answers to... More »

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Barack Obama • social networking • law enforcement • Secret Service • Facebook • poll • assassination • President Obama

Facebook Friend List Can Indicate Sexuality: Study

MIT students identified gay men using sexuality of online friends

Sep 21, 09 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Students at MIT designed a program that allowed them to identify gay men using their Facebook friends' sexual preferences, and the results are sparking debate about online privacy, the Boston Globe reports. The "Gaydar" project looked at the “interested in” field and tabulated the number of gay friends... More »

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social networking • MIT • Facebook • homosexuality • gaydar • homosexual • gay

 Facebook Queen 
 Palin Grabs 
 Headlines, 
 Ducks Press 

Sarah avoids traditional media with social networking sites

Sep 20, 09 7:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - By remaining at the forefront of various political arguments while avoiding interviews and traditional politicking, Sarah Palin has boldly mastered a new political trick, reports Politico. The former Alaskan governor has relied almost solely on social networking new media, such as Facebook, to spread her message about "death panels"... More »

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Facebook 'Suck Sites' Have Their Day in Court

Defamation lawsuit against angry student may set a precedent

Sep 19, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - A lawsuit filed by administrators at an Illinois beauty school may set a precedent regarding so-called “suck sites,” the Chicago Tribune reports. Nicholas Blacconiere, a student at the Salon Professional Academy of Elgin, welcomed classmates to criticize teachers on a Facebook page. After students posted accusations of teacher... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • Internet libel • parents • web • Twitter • students

OPINION

 Fickle User Base 
 May Doom Facebook 

Users with no brand loyalty are a shaky foundation to build a long-lasting business on

Sep 17, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - These are rosy times for Facebook, but there's no guarantee the social networking juggernaut will even be around 5 years from now, Gary Andrew Poole writes for True/Slant.  The newly profitable site is riding high, with 300 million users. But as fallen giants like AOL and veterans of the... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • user generated content • Facebook • profits • Internet startups • Twitter

ANALYSIS

Self-Serve Ads, Goods
Work Well for Facebook

After missteps, Zuckerberg and co. have found some winning formulas

Sep 16, 09 5:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reports on Facebook’s newly announced profitability have focused on a fixed deal with Microsoft that generates a large chunk of their income. But the site’s homegrown revenue sources—self-serve advertising and virtual gifts—shouldn’t be discounted, writes Bobbie Johnson for the Guardian. The personal information on Facebook... More »

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social networking • Web 2.0 • Facebook • profits • profit growth • gift

 Facebook Makes Money At Last 

Social networking site hits profitability ahead of schedule

Sep 16, 09 8:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - After mountains of hype, Facebook has joined the ranks of profitable enterprises, despite an advertising model that Ad Age describes as “nascent.” Mark Zuckerberg announced yesterday that the social site had passed the 300 million registered-user mark and become “cash-flow positive” last quarter. That actually puts... More »

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social networking • advertising • Facebook • profits • social media

Facebook Sparks
'Retrosexual' Romance

Finding long-lost love just got a whole easier—and more high-tech

Sep 13, 09 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - When it comes to reconnecting with a long-lost love, high school reunions are so 20th century. Many instead are turning to Facebook to track down a former flame, Time reports. “Facebook makes it easier for you to take that first step of finding someone again," says a Columbia... More »

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high school • Facebook • love • Fling • retrosexual

 Hospital Staff Suspended 
 Over 'Lying Down Game' 

Administrators not amused by Facebook-inspired antics

Sep 11, 09 5:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The “lying down game,” an online pastime fueled by Facebook, has gotten seven British doctors and nurses suspended for uploading photos of themselves horizontal the job, Sky News reports. Hospital administrators say staff could get fired for breaking infection control regulations. The Facebook group that proposed the game... More »

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social networking • hospitals • Facebook • doctor • suspension • Britain • firing

TECH REVIEW

 Facebook Lite 
 Is Twitteresque, 
 and That's Good 

Pages are easier to read and faster to load, but that may not survive advertising

Sep 11, 09 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - As far as Facebook is concerned, the “liter” the better, writes Rafe Needleman for CNET. The site’s scaled-down “Lite” version is now available in the US and India, and the "new layout feels simpler and faster, almost Twitter-like.” Gone is “most of the navigation... More »

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social networking • Internet • online advertising • Facebook • website • Twitter • redesign • Facebook Lite

TECH REVIEW

 Firefox Team's Email 
 Program a 'Winner' 

Mozilla's Postbox has killer search, tabbed browsing, and a price tag

Sep 9, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - We're getting flooded with more and more email, but the tools used to read messages haven't matured much in recent years, says Wall Street Journal tech writer Katherine Boehret. A new program called Postbox, from the same developers behind the Firefox web browser, aims to change that—it features real-time... More »

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email • Facebook • software • Firefox • Mozilla • Twitter • Jay-ZTV

 Parents Turn to Facebook  
 to Keep Tabs on Junior 

Some kids quick to 'unfriend'; others call it 'sensible'

Sep 8, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - For some parents, Facebook has become a window into the lives of their children, a means for mom and dad to monitor—and sometimes admonish—their kids. “It's so much easier to keep track of what they eat and when they pick their nose this way,” notes one... More »

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social networking • Internet • parenting • Facebook • children

The 19 Personalities 
 You Meet on Facebook 

From the 'grudge holder' to the 'Erin Brockovich'

Sep 6, 09 1:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Like any community, Facebook is home to a diverse range of personality types. The Boston Phoenix identifies 19 distinct varieties:
  • The failed model. "Poses repeatedly in front of a computer and pouts in emo fashion." Giveaway: the "Warholian or sepia-toned" profile photo.
  • The
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social networking • Facebook • gourmet • social media • photos • status update

Website Finds Others
to Do Your Chores

RunMyErrand.com pairs doers with can't-be-bothereds

Sep 2, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Internet is often considered a time waster—now it can be a time saver, too. RunMyErrand is a Boston-based startup that has other people do your pesky chores for you, Mashable reports. A typical errand (grocery shopping or returning something to the store, say) costs less than $10. The... More »

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social networking • Internet • shopping • Boston • Facebook • website • Zipcar • errands

GLOSSIES

How to Use Facebook to Keep Up With the Joneses

Five rules for keeping up with the Joneses via Facebook

Aug 31, 09 8:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Carefully crafted Facebook status updates are helping NYC's elite stay fabulous. Make like Tinsley Mortimer and keep up with the Joneses by following these five rules, courtesy of New York:
  1. Stay intriguingly aloof by name-dropping cautiously. Avoid being too obvious ("Off to dinner with Anna Wintour!
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Facebook • Jay-ZTV

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