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[edit] Group Hijacking

There has been several incidents last year where Facebooks groups been hijacked due to lacking administrators or created solely to be subverted at a later stage. These links are in Swedish but they are from wellestablished newssources in Sweden [1] [2] While the small number of people being affected by this might not warrent any editing of the main article at this point I'm pretty sure that if we see groups like this: [3] we will hear more on an international scale soon. I just got the link viraled to me today (seems it happened very recently and not yet been moderated upon). If it's moderated away before you see it I can say it's basicly a 180 000 member group formerly called "30 reasons a girl should call it a night" or something to that effect that been hijacked into "30 Reasons I Joined Al Qaida" with inflamatory missionstatement and filled with offensive postings. As long as the abuse of groups isn't a problem for Facebook as a whole I can't see any edits beeing warrented since the newspaper reports still only focuses on the singular incidents and not as a trend or problem for Facebook operations. (too much Original Research at this point). So why did I comment? Because I wanted more experienced editors too keep an eye on news flow in case this do become the problem I suspect it might. --83.249.214.37 (talk) 12:55, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Add this law review article about social networking and employment privacy

Donald Carrington Davis, "MySpace Isn't Your Space: Expanding the Fair Credit Reporting Act to Ensure Accountability and Fairness in Employer Searches of Online Social Networking Services", 16 Kan. J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 237 (2007).

The URL to link directly to the law review's online PDF of this article is http://www.law.ku.edu/publications/journal/pdf/v16n2/davis.pdf

Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dcdavis2 (talk • contribs) 20:35, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

No, I don't think we will, Mr Davis. Darrenhusted (talk) 12:21, 28 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] See also section

I do not feel that the Konami Code is an important enough part of Facebook to warrant being given special mention in the see also section. The only relation Facebook has to this code is that it is usable to add a temporary lens flare effect, the site is not designed around the code, nor is understanding of the code essential to better understanding of Facebook 128.54.244.125 (talk) 05:44, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Konami Code?

Maybe I missed something, but why is Konami Code in the See Also section? --70.103.74.8 (talk) 17:19, 8 December 2009 (UTC)

You can actually access a hidden page on Facebook by entering the Konami Code. At one point the Konami Code article referenced this. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:17, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Lamebook?

What makes Lamebook so special that it deserves a place in the article? There are PLENTY of other similar websites with similar style and content. If there is no proper justification, then DOWN it goes. 121.7.241.218 (talk) 10:03, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

would like to submit a new link to facebook about their similiarities with peopls string, a new social media website that pays 70%of its avertising revenue back to its members and why facebooks day may be numbered —Preceding unsigned comment added by Justincha (talk • contribs) 16:06, 23 December 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Facebook Statistics

This is just to invite attention to the page Facebook statistics just created; of all interested editors. I have just placed a mergeto tag in it. Thanks. Arjun#talk 17:53, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

No, I don't think it should, as the numbers will change on quite a regular basis (if you look at the trend, its going up like 5 - 15% per month. So someone has to update it regularly, and since the Facebook article is closed, I can't see that happening there. Jan Jan.rezab (talk) 00:26, 28 December 2009 (CET)

[edit] klinik 1 MALAYSIA di buka oleh PM 7 jan 2010

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If you will notice, this is the English Wikipedia. Irish Techno Zombie (talk) 01:23, 8 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Currency

Reason as to why the price in US$ is present "to pay GBP £22,000 (about USD $43,700 at the then-current exchange rate)" Why is the conversion there? He paid £22, 000, not $43, 700, I don't see £ coversions when $ is used, if an american wants to know how much it is in his own currency then he can darn well go on google and check like everyone else from every other country has to when pretty much every wikipedia article has specific info just for america. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Stevemev (talk • contribs) 00:27, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Per WP:CURRENCY, I'd say it's appropriate. -FeralDruid (talk) 00:45, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Groups

what are the largest groups? maybe we should do a topic on the groups and put the record braking ones in!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Smithyhead1000 (talk • contribs) 15:47, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Add this to Server_infrastructure section

{{edit-semiprotected}}

Please add the following as the second paragraph of Facebook#Server_infrastructure:

In January 2010, Facebook confirmed it is building the company's first custom data center in Prineville, Oregon.<ref>{{cite web| title= Breaking Ground on Our First Custom Data Center |url= http://blog.facebook.com/blog.php?post=262655797130 | publisher=[[Facebook]] | author= Jonathan Heilige | date= January 21. 2010 | accessdate=2010-01-22}}</ref> When completed in June 2011, the 147,000-square-foot (13,700 m2) building will occupy 30 acres (12 ha) of the 124-acre (50 ha) site they purchased, and will house 35 employees.<ref>{{cite web| title= Facebook picks Prineville for its first data center | url= http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2010/01/facebook_picks_prineville_for.html | publisher=[[The Oregonian]] | author= Mike Rogoway| date= January 21. 2010 | accessdate=2010-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title= Facebook said to be building in Prineville | url= http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100121/NEWS0107/1210414 | publisher=[[The Bulletin (Bend)|Bend Bulletin]] | author= David Holley | date= January 21. 2010 | accessdate=2010-01-22}}</ref>

Thanks. 72.244.203.96 (talk) 06:55, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done Shirik (Questions or Comments?) 12:22, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy Section

The controversy section appears to have been mostly deleted recently. -128.61.82.232 (talk) 07:37, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

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