11 posts and columns on friending

On Facebook, We Get More Love Than We Give

in Social on February 2 at 9:01 pm PT

We receive significantly more “Likes,” messages, tags and friend requests from our Facebook friends than we send out ourselves, according to a new Pew Internet report.
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Viral Video: Rupe Nixes Zynga IPO and Facebook Friending of WSJ.com Host (Awkward!)

in Media on December 5, 2011 at 12:10 am PT

And do not even bother to ask if News Corp.’s Mr. Murdoch plays FarmVille.
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Another Week, Another Social Networking Poll (This Time, The Kids Are Alright)

in News on October 18, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

Last week, Common Sense Media released a poll it conducted that showed parents fretting about the growing power of social networks. Now, TRUSTe, a Web privacy trustmark firm, has released another, titled “The Kids Are Alright,” which shows a little-nicer picture, especially for Facebook.

A Hollywood Ending? The Timing of Zuckerberg's $100 Million Donation to Newark Schools Debated at Facebook

in News on September 23, 2010 at 2:55 am PT

The question is: Which movie was Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinking about when he decided recently to fork over $100 million to public schools in Newark, New Jersey? Was it a bid to spiff up his image–with a splashy announcement on Oprah Winfrey’s popular television talk show tomorrow–on the very same day of the New York premiere of “The Social Network,” which casts Zuckerberg as the villain in his own creation myth? Or was it another film, “Waiting for Superman,” a just-released gripping documentary about the crisis in public education? Either way, Newark wins.

Keep Tabs on Kids’ Social Lives

in The Digital Solution on August 31, 2010 at 2:54 pm PT

Katie reviews AOL SafeSocial, a tool for parents that scans sites where kids are social networking for inappropriate language or friendships.

Viral Graphic: What If Solar Power Grew as Fast as Facebook? (Also Its Places Video!)

in News on August 20, 2010 at 12:15 am PT

In a slight switcheroo from viral video, here is a cool infographic from the One Block Off the Grid solar energy blog. As 1BOG notes: “Facebook recently passed 500 million users. If the growth rate of the world’s largest and fastest growing social network could be applied to solar, it would only take 4.7 years to power the entire world with solar energy.” Hot stuff.

The One-Year Report Card of Yahoo’s Carol Bartz–Product Innovation: D From Readers, A From Sheila and C- From BoomTown

in News on January 20, 2010 at 1:05 am PT

Yesterday, BoomTown asked a question on Twitter about what grade people thought I should give Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz for product innovation, because I was torn about what the grade should be. One main reason: Bartz inherited a company that has been suffering from a serious and chronic case of product constipation, after many years of leading the Web in new and innovative offerings. With every other Web competitor innovating wildly in 2009, the lack of spark from Yahoo has become worrisome.
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How Facebook Is Making Friending Obsolete

in News on December 15, 2009 at 12:26 pm PT

Friending wasn’t used as a verb until about five years ago, when social networks such as Friendster, MySpace and Facebook burst onto the scene. Suddenly, our friends were something even better – an audience. If blogging felt like shouting into the void, posting updates on a social network felt more like an intimate conversation among friends at a pub.

How Facebook Ruins Friendships

in News on August 25, 2009 at 11:45 am PT

Notice to my friends: I love you all dearly. But I don’t give a hoot that you are “having a busy Monday,” your child “took 30 minutes to brush his teeth,” your dog “just ate an ant trap” or you want to “save the piglets.”

Friending Without Benefits? But Facebook Keeps On Forging Into the Mobile Market!

in News on February 12, 2009 at 5:00 am PT

Facebook, which has been very busy ferreting away to get a presence on all the big cellphone makers, is in talks with mobile handset giant Nokia about integrating the hot social-networking site on its phones. Its deals like this–as well as building its popular Facebook app for smartphones like the BlackBerry from Research in Motion and the iPhone from Apple–that are spurring huge market share growth in the arena by Facebook. And there are more deals to come, with cellphone makers like Palm and Motorola, as the smartphone market keeps heating up. Too bad for fast-growing Facebook and others that there’s no money to be made yet.