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Facebook, Please Fix Your Comment Moderation Issues

Fri, 03/23/2012 - 10:51am — senh

I’ve switched over to Facebook’s comment system a while back. I did it for two reasons. First, offloading comments to a third party takes the load off my server. Second, I’m hoping to get some Facebook traffic juice.

The first part worked out. I disabled Drupal’s commenting system, which resulted in less cron jobs and queries to the database.

The second part hasn’t quite worked out. My Facebook referrals have mostly stayed the same. I’m also noticing less comments, which is a surprise. I figured since most people are on Facebook already, I would get more.

Facebook: Employers risk lawsuit

Facebook has weighed in on a practice by some businesses asking employees or job applicants for their passwords to the popular social-media site.

Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Senator, Says Facebook Passwords Should Not Be Sought By Employers

A Democratic senator from Connecticut is writing a bill that would stop the practice of employers asking job applicants for their Facebook or other social media passwords, he told The Associated Press on Thursday. U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said that such a practice is an "unreasonable invasion of privacy for people seeking work."

Six-Year-Old Twitter Now Has 140M Active Users Sending 340M Tweets Per Day

Today marks the sixth year since founder Jack Dorsey and Twitter’s first members started using the communications platform. And for its birthday, the company has posted a number of stats about its growth in usage.

Job Seekers Getting Asked for Facebook Passwords

In their efforts to vet applicants, some companies and government agencies are going beyond merely glancing at a person's social networking profiles and instead asking to log in as the user to have a look around.

Pinterest addresses copyright concerns

Pinterest, the newly hot social networking site, has answered some questions about copyright permissions and how the company thinks about sharing.

Posterous Finds A Home In The Arms Of Twitter

Twitter just announced that it has acquired Posterous, the YCombinator-backed blogging and sharing platform that competed early on with Tumblr.

Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.

Yahoo files patent lawsuit against Facebook

Yahoo Inc sued Facebook Inc on Monday over 10 patents that include methods and systems for advertising on the Web, according to a copy of the lawsuit.

Interest spikes in Pinterest, notably from women

Oh, you pretty things. Just look at the mama giraffe nuzzling a baby giraffe, that lovely idea for an indoor planter made of mason jars and those perfectly cooked bacon strips cooling on a plate. This is what people are circulating on Pinterest, the latest website-of-the-moment for sharing things you love....

Reddit Names Yishan Wong New CEO

The front page of the internet has a new CEO. Reddit has chosen Yishan Wong to fill the online community’s top spot. Wong will oversee reddit.com, redditgifts.com, and reddit.tv. Writing at the reddit blog, Wong made the announcement, noting that he didn’t think, at first, that he would be a serious candidate for the position.

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