I recently saw a tweet from @Jpostman which said "@Pistachio @kim @film_girl @facebook Intelligence in Facebook is there for all the wrong reasons: to sell, not to improve user experience". I replied and said "@jpostman @Pistachio @kim @film_girl @facebook That's because facebooks users are its product, its advertisers are its customers."
I didn't think I was sharing anything new or original, after all, who is it who pays sites like Facebook?
Fan Check is one of the fastest growing applications I have seen on facebook, after all, who isn't interested to see statistics about which of their facebook friends has most time on their hands?
But yesterday, as several real facebook services struggled under the weight of the increased activity, claim and counter claim were made about this application being a virus.
How much damage can an application do, and, is it better to be safe than sorry?
Fast becoming my favourite firefox plugin, the Wordtracker SEO Blogger toolbar is a free add on for firefox which helps find alternative keywords at the time of writing an article.
Alistair Spencer and Darren Lunn both work for the Royal Navy and have pledged to cycle from John O'Groats to Lands End to raise money for Help 4 Heroes.
Alistair and Darren both work for the Royal Navy, and have pledged to cycle from John O'Groats to Lands End to raise money for Help 4 Heroes.
