Google,
Gmail and
Facebook rolled out some major redesigns recently. In fact they look quite similar to me; a bunch of random floating lists and boxes, with a dark bar at the top. What's the philosophy beside the aesthetic choices? I realize that there are technical improvements going on behind the scenes and that taste is subjective. Still, there must be some reason Google and Facebook would make major cosmetic changes. Hey designers, what's the logic?
posted by 2bucksplus
on Jul 7, 2011 -
10 answers
How can I completely lock down my Facebook account? I thought I did, but I'm getting friend requests somehow. I simply signed up for Facebook to get to Turntable.fm
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posted by geoff.
on Jul 5, 2011 -
13 answers
Is there an app/webapp that will let me choose photos, add tags and descriptions to those photos and then (this is the tricky bit) upload them with tags and descriptions intact to Flickr, Wordpress, Facebook, etc?
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posted by Ookseer
on Jun 15, 2011 -
9 answers
Tell me about Youth app development projects, please!! Things like the
Stanford Fall 2007 "Facebook Class" are a good starting point but we're even more interested in projects in underprivileged community (US/non-US) or developing country contexts that involve youths in app development (for any platform, not just Facebook and including mobile).
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posted by zresearch
on Jun 10, 2011 -
2 answers
When I search for some people on Facebook, the search results note that we have "one mutual friend" but when I got to the profile page, no one is listed (either on the right or in the list of friends). What's going on?
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 3, 2011 -
4 answers
I finally broke down and joined Facebook (yeah, yeah) and have a question about how it already knows so much about me.
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posted by backseatpilot
on Jun 3, 2011 -
10 answers
Why/how did Facebook track what I searched on Google? And how do I stop it from happening again?
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posted by fishmasta
on May 30, 2011 -
11 answers
A third-party website has created a "profile" for me on their own site, using my main Facebeook picture, which turns up on the first page of Google hits for my full name. It seems to be some kind of cheesy dating site and I really don't want it up there. I've never used the site, or interacted with it in any way (I don't use any FB apps at all, and am savvy enough not to click on spammy links). Do I have any recourse for getting this taken down?
posted by decoherence
on May 27, 2011 -
14 answers
What percent of Facebook profiles are public? Trying to figure out why everyone talks about the danger of having your information visible online -- don't most people use privacy settings?
posted by lastwomanstanding
on May 25, 2011 -
14 answers
The name of my university changed. How do I update the name in Facebook's "network" - we have a page with the right name, with org type set as University, but that apparently doesn't do it.
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posted by CaptApollo
on May 20, 2011 -
1 answer
When I share one of my wordpress blog posts on Facebook (via status update), how can I get it to pull a thumbnail from the youtube video embedded in the post?
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posted by dcams
on May 16, 2011 -
3 answers
Why are so many sites these days switching to Facebook commenting systems? Am I really so unique in not wanting neither my real name/photo splashed across the pages of a thousand websites nor my opinions on various hobbies and secret interests published on Facebook for all my acquaintances to view? And what can I do to work around this system?
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posted by acidic
on May 16, 2011 -
22 answers
So I tried to get off of Facebook forever about a month ago by deleting my account (not just deactivating it) and was successful: no more profile or contacts. However, since graduating from my MBA program, I feel the pull to get back on it. This time I started to focus on only adding my close friends and business school classmates, but when I added a bunch of people today I was given a few warnings about 'annoying or abusive behavior.' I naturally stopped sending friend requests, but now I'm wondering how soon can I add friends after such a warning and how does one go about rebuilding the friend base when Facebook hits you with these warnings? Thanks in advance for the response!
posted by arizona80
on May 15, 2011 -
5 answers
I didn't change any settings, but Facebook has suddenly decided to merge facebook chat with messages, and to put all messages to and from a person into one single conversation stretching back forever. Is there any way to change this back?
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posted by moorooka
on May 14, 2011 -
5 answers
What are the practical and ethical issues regarding using pen names on internet sites that expect people to use their real name?
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posted by philipy
on May 12, 2011 -
11 answers
Developers and content curators: Help me with some market research. I am trying to find an off-the-shelf solution or to spec out how to develop a solution to the following problem. My organization is looking to setup an internal collection, curation, and distribution system to push multimedia content to hundreds of social media accounts (in dozens of languages) with potentially hundreds of users. Ability to enable push-button publishing via Facebook, Twitter, and other APIs through a plug-in architecture. Sound interesting? Read on.
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posted by Hammerikaner
on May 5, 2011 -
6 answers
If I've declined a Facebook friend request, and blocked the user, can they still poke me?
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posted by ellieBOA
on May 5, 2011 -
10 answers
How do I turn off the ability of others to tag photos of me on Facebook? All I see on Google is info on how to change the setting for previous iterations of Facebook's "privacy settings".
posted by helios410
on Apr 28, 2011 -
9 answers
Facebookfilter: I vaguely remember seeing something like a users most commented wall posts when viewing what i think was our friendship connection (the things we have in common). Where do i find this feature again and is there more to it?
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posted by freddymetz
on Apr 28, 2011 -
3 answers
I keep deactivating my Facebook account, but I think it can be of use to me. How can I make it useful, especially while in a quarterlife crisis?
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posted by lankford
on Apr 23, 2011 -
10 answers
I looking for a reliable and free way to schedule facebook updates. I have used laterbro, hootsuite and socialsafe. All have issues. I post about 12-20 times a day and they frequently stop sending the updates at some point. The best solution would be web based. I would also like to find a free web based email scheduler as well.
What have you, hive?
posted by citybuddha
on Apr 21, 2011 -
2 answers
What is "Yaza Kilolardan Kurtularak Girmek İstermisin?" Has The Onion's Facebook sharing section been hacked, or is it my computer?
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posted by Jorus
on Apr 20, 2011 -
2 answers
There are two sets of FB "likes" that I would like to be synched; one, the likes on the website's posts, and the other, the likes I get when I link to those posts on Facebook. 21 people like my latest post on my website, but only one person has liked the link I put about the post on facebook. Can I get the two to add together with some automatic gizmo? Thanks mefi!
posted by omnigut
on Apr 20, 2011 -
4 answers
I have an old friend Ned (who is not friends with any of my other friends) on facebook. I comment on and discuss many things with this Ned. My other friends (who are not friends with Ned, live in a different state, have never met Ned, and have no connection to him except my existence!) show up on Ned's page liking what I have said and occasionally even adding to the discussion.
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posted by skjønn
on Apr 18, 2011 -
24 answers
Good contest sites and Facebook contests that are open internationally (or just to Canadian residents)?
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posted by GlassHeart
on Apr 16, 2011 -
4 answers
My Windows Explorer has recently begun to crash whenever I get a Facebook email. Any idea why this is happening and how I can fix it?
posted by Mickelstiff
on Apr 16, 2011 -
4 answers
I have been charged with recruiting a social media advisor for the organisation -and I'm not quite sure how I can evaluate the person's knowledge.
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posted by the noob
on Apr 3, 2011 -
6 answers
So, Facebook won't let me invite all my friends at once to an event I created. Instead, I have to manually click on all my friends, one at a time, to invite them. I used to use
this very useful code as a workaround. But about 2 weeks ago, Facebook changed it all again, so the code doesn't work anymore. Does anyone have a new workaround? Or, can codemonkeys take a look at the code to see if there's any minor tweaks that can be made to make it work again? Thanks in advance.
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posted by Sully
on Mar 31, 2011 -
7 answers
I'm looking for a widget or hack that will post, to my company's Facebook page, a dynamic list of videos that people have shared from our video-based website.
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posted by Laura Macbeth
on Mar 25, 2011 -
1 answer
Is there a way to force Facebook to close my session automatically when I navigate away from the site?
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posted by jeremias
on Mar 22, 2011 -
9 answers
All of a sudden, I can see comments that my friends post on the status or links of people who aren't my friends. And vice-versa. So, if I post a comment on Joe's status update or link, Sally can see my comment and Joe's status/link even though Sally and Joe are not friends. This seems to be new, and is a bug, not a feature. Any way to control this on my end?
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posted by jeanmari
on Mar 18, 2011 -
23 answers
I have a client who's making a request for a little flash app that can be posted in a Facebook status update, and that the user can interact with (to fill out a form) in their newsfeed. I didn't think this was possible, until I saw
this. Does anyone know how they did that?
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posted by Kololo
on Mar 14, 2011 -
1 answer
I need help with a Facebook project: printing out a friend's engagement announcement with all the congratulatory comments that follow.
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posted by ORthey
on Mar 14, 2011 -
9 answers
Occasionally, when I view a website, a post is automatically generated on my Facebook profile: "Ziggy500 likes [this post] on [this website]". Even though I haven't clicked the "like on Facebook" button on that post. Is this supposed to happen?
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posted by Ziggy500
on Mar 10, 2011 -
11 answers
I have a question about dealing with a Facebook page for an organization vs. a page for a person. Specifically, an issue with inviting people to events.
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posted by BlahLaLa
on Mar 3, 2011 -
4 answers
I'm looking for a way to have Instagram photos automatically transferred into a Facebook album. I have the Instagram iPhone app upload to Posterous, but I can't find a way to automatically transfer the actual images (rather than links posted to my wall) to a FB album. I'm open to pretty much any solution (app, RSS, etc.)
posted by AONeal79
on Mar 3, 2011 -
3 answers
Social media tracking: my organization's Twitter and Facebook pages are nearing milestone numbers of followers, and to help push us over the hump I'd like to do a giveaway to the round number follower. How can I track who is the X-th person to follow us on Twitter and the Y-th person to "Like" us on Facebook?
posted by moviehawk
on Mar 1, 2011 -
6 answers
OK, facebook started doing this thing where every time I click the Like button on any website, it generates a facebook post on my behalf, complete with wrongly selected thumbnail. Anybody know how to deactivate this?
posted by Silky Slim
on Feb 28, 2011 -
13 answers
Can I convert my Facebook personal account into a business account (not a page)?
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posted by IzzeYum
on Feb 24, 2011 -
9 answers
Any good recommendations for using Facebook to handle a wedding in 9 months in South America with North American attendees? Hoping to deal with flight ideas, share travel tips etc. Anyone used the site in this way lately?
posted by Freedomboy
on Feb 22, 2011 -
2 answers
I love my HDTV hooked up to a Mac Mini, but I want it to look like more than a computer desktop with icons. Any recommendations for bigscreen Mac apps that will bring the TV to life with Twitter updates, news feeds, ambient phantasmagoria, you name it?
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posted by teedee2000
on Feb 21, 2011 -
10 answers
