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You: I don’t like that. Facebook: Yes you do.

Apr 23 2010 / 4:27 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

Image by Getty Images via Daylife I have to hand it to Facebook.  Tons of people despise the service openly, but everyone and their mom is still there. You are probably still using it aren’t you? Sure there are a decent number of people who deactivate their account in anger when the staff opens up [...]

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Don’t Force It

Nov 5 2009 / 11:45 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

Image by luc legay via Flickr It is understandable that you want people to consume your content and then share it with all their friends.  It is also quite considerate of you to try your best to make the process easier, by adding sharing methods directly to your content. The “social” toolbars that are showing [...]

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You May Have Missed These

Jun 12 2009 / 12:26 am Was written by Amber View Comments

In case you have been in a black hole, here is a list of stuff you may have missed: Google Wave It looks awesome, but a bunch of the features already exist with a combination of services (mostly Friendfeed). Bing Microsoft’s “new” search engine. The name will probably work better than the Live branding. Facebook [...]

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What Facebook is Really For

Mar 3 2009 / 2:19 am Was written by Amber View Comments

somegreybloke tells us what Facebook is really made for

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Disqus & Facebook

Dec 16 2008 / 5:09 pm Was written by Amber View Comments
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Not Better Than Chocolate

Oct 8 2008 / 11:56 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

So after much whining about the fact that I could not play with the collaboration of Social|Median + Facebook. Well over the course of the past two days I have been reminded why I had stopped using S|M. Not being a fan of the crowded and somewhat tacky interface, it was just painful for me.

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Kadoo

Sep 8 2008 / 2:11 pm Was written by Amber View Comments

One of the services listed on the infamous “this sucks” list by Scobleizer, Kadoo is meant for you to share…stuff. This sharing can also be linked to your Facebook account in some fashion which I am not enthused enough to test.  I do not think the site sucks, its just dripping with beta juice.

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