by Jim Stitzel | Apr 8, 2013 | Asides
Facebook has apparently started experimenting with charging its users in the UK for sending messages to people outside their circle of friends, ostensibly to help discourage and prevent spam. You know what would actually prevent spam? Writing better spam filters....
by Jim Stitzel | Sep 16, 2012 | Asides
I kinda hate Facebook’s arbitrary designations. Just because I want to receive update notifications on certain people I happen to like reading doesn’t mean I necessarily consider them to be ‘close friends.’...
by Jim Stitzel | Jun 8, 2012 | Asides
So, Facebook has apparently decided to completely ignore the fact that they offer a “Sort: Most Recent” option for my News Feed, and instead, are now just showing me whatever the heck they want to because they seem to think — based on whatever crap...
by Jim Stitzel | Aug 24, 2011 | General
Facebook has rolled yet another obnoxious feature with no user option to disable it — the App Ticker. Apparently, some folks have seen it for a week or so now, but it only just showed up on my profile today. I’ve been using the wonderful Facebook Fixer...
by Jim Stitzel | May 4, 2010 | General
Top Ten Reasons You Should Quit Facebook – Facebook – Gizmodo. Facebook’s privacy problems are no secret by now. It seems like the powers behind the social networking platform are always changing things, modifying user privacy settings without ever...