MPH Posted 14 August 2011 Posted 14 August 2011 http://www.facebook.com/pages/3-Million-Likes-to-Stop-me-turning-Fluffy-into-Rabbit-Stew/142385162502281 Am I a bad person for spitting my coffee out laughing at this? its been done before i think.... I dont know if he will get the three million but i doubt it as its got less than 3,000 at the moment...
ozleicester Posted 15 August 2011 Posted 15 August 2011 its been done before i think.... I dont know if he will get the three million but i doubt it as its got less than 3,000 at the moment... Wonder how many of the 3000 had meat for their dinner that day?
Rincewind Posted 15 August 2011 Posted 15 August 2011 3000 is not bad. Perhaps if I had presented myself as a cuddly animakl heading for the slaughterhouse I would have had more friends.
Matt Posted 21 August 2011 Posted 21 August 2011 Reported a bug for my photo problem because its a fucking joke that a) I can't view some of my own photo's let alone anyone elses and b) Went to a wedding at the weekend and can't view many of the photo's (Maybe a good thing) so it's doing my head in. It says they don't neccesrilly reply to every report but do read them...rightio, looks like my problem won't be helped then. Also, tonight, anyone else having problems logging in? I've been fine all night, but about 30 mins ago I kept getting a message similar to when your internet connection isn't working but it was because I could use other websites but then after a few minutes I could log in again fine, and it's doing the same now. YES! Finally fixed it, after doing search after search to see if I could find some advice on to how to fix the problem, and sending a couple of message's reporting a bug to facebook and getting no reply, I did a search again this afternoon and found something suggested going into account settings and then you enable connecting to https when possible, and it worked! So if anyone else has got a similar problem of photos not loading thats how to fix it. Go to Account Settings (On the blue Facebook bar at the top). Security. Secure Browsing. Tick the box - Browse Facebook on a secure connection (https) when possible.
MikeyT Posted 22 September 2011 Posted 22 September 2011 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8350730 Social media giant Facebook is reportedly set for a massive overhaul tonight as it positions itself as the prime player in the social sphere. Technology blog Mashable reports the changes are profound and will constitute the biggest overhaul the site has had since its launch. 'The Facebook you know and (don't) love will be forever transformed. The news that will come out of Facebook during the next few weeks will be the biggest things to come out of the company since the launch of the Facebook platform,' Mashable editor-at-large Ben Parr wrote. Parr states that he has seen the changes slated for the social network, but refused to disclose any in detail except to point out that the driver behind the dramatic change is to stave off competition from the much talked about Google Plus, and cement its position as the social hub of choice. 'The magic between Facebook and its users has dissipated,' Parr wrote. 'It's a natural evolution in any relationship, but now there is another suitor vying for Facebook's users. And a lot of people think this suitor is easy on the eyes.' Parr appears impressed with what he has seen of the new look site and predicts there will be many shocked users come Friday morning. 'These changes will make Facebook a place where nearly everything in your life is enhanced by your social graph. These changes will make it so you know your friends better than you ever thought you could,' he wrote. 'On Thursday (Friday morning AEST), developers will be elated, users will be shellshocked and the competition will look ancient. On Thursday, Facebook will be reborn. Prepare yourselves for the evolution of social networking.' It has been reported the changes will take place at 3am AEST.
samlcfc Posted 22 September 2011 Posted 22 September 2011 http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8350730 I wonder if this is what happened yesterday, If it is that articles a massive build up to nothing .
Rincewind Posted 22 September 2011 Posted 22 September 2011 I'm happy as it is. Nothing too fancy. I don't want it to rule my life. So all these extras upgrades etc are not needed as far as I'm concerned.
Bert Posted 22 September 2011 Author Posted 22 September 2011 So many people spitting their dummies out. If you don't like it, don't use it!
Miquel The Work Geordie Posted 22 September 2011 Posted 22 September 2011 Prefer Twitter now, anyway.
Wymsey Posted 22 September 2011 Posted 22 September 2011 I only use it to see what my old classmates at School and College up to. I normally text/call and see mates in person in terms of communicating. Also only use Facebook to play on poker and investment games.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 22 September 2011 Posted 22 September 2011 I'd genuinely love my life to be so perfect that a change to facebooks layout was such as much of a big drama to me as it is to others!
DANGEROUS TIGER Posted 22 September 2011 Posted 22 September 2011 It keeps telling me to f--k off, back to Foxes Talk. There I usually get told to simply f--k off' Oh well, I know what the next poster will reply to this.
AdamN Posted 22 September 2011 Posted 22 September 2011 It keeps telling me to f--k off, back to Foxes Talk. There I usually get told to simply f--k off' Oh well, I know what the next poster will reply to this. Piss off.
MikeyT Posted 22 September 2011 Posted 22 September 2011 I use Facebook quite often as a way of keeping in contact with my friends that live a long way off, plus i network a lot on there with other photographers and people interested in photography, plus the events/groups/pages are handy as well for me to find out about photography events. It's very handy for me.
FoxesAreBlue Posted 22 September 2011 Posted 22 September 2011 I use Facebook quite often as a way of keeping in contact with my friends that live a long way off, plus i network a lot on there with other photographers and people interested in photography, plus the events/groups/pages are handy as well for me to find out about photography events. It's very handy for me. Me too, I wasn't slating facebook per se, I love the damn thing. It's just when you see a million status' of people really having a good moan like it's the worst thing that's ever happens to them, I think it's a bit sad!!
MikeyT Posted 23 September 2011 Posted 23 September 2011 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/future-facebook-profile-pages-timeline-005820123.html The Future of Facebook: Out with profile pages, in with the Timeline Facebook users have noticed some changes rolling out to the social site in recent days, but odds are they aren't prepared for today's biggest social shakeup. At today's F8 Developers Conference, Mark Zuckerberg took the stage (after look-alike Andy Samberg left it) to announce a wide swath of changes that will seek to keep the six year-old social network thriving — and growing. Foremost among the announcements is the news that the humble profile page is getting a much-needed makeover — one that could steamroll Google+ and Twitter alike: the Timeline. Mashable has called the new feature the "biggest risk since launching the social network in 2004." The Next Web calls the death of the profile page a "bit of a shock" and notes that the "massive makeover might just be a bit too much," especially for less tech-savvy users. Sweeping changes Facebook's new direction has a bit of a dual personality. At the dawning of the News Feed, Facebook loosed our status updates into the wild. While we once visited each other's profile pages to trade messages and check in on friends (or acquaintances of interest, for better or worse), the News Feed has since eclipsed our personal pages when it comes to connecting on the world's biggest social network. With today's announcement of the Timeline and the Ticker, Facebook will seek to weave together these two modes into a richer, more immersive social experience than ever. The new Ticker will keep you up to date Two kinds of sharing The Ticker will handle the Twitter-like real-time updates, which Zuckerberg referred to as our "lightweight" social activity. Recognizing that these micro-updates (the contents of your sandwich or your Words With Friends score, for example) often clog up our profile pages, Facebook is opting to siphon them off into a kind of miniature Twitter which live in a righthand sidebar. The distinction may just seem like housecleaning, but putting these tweet-esque updates on the periphery could mean a return to Facebook's roots — but a far more refined one. Historically, Facebook has faced criticism for its opaque and often convoluted privacy policies. It may have taken the looming threat of Google+ on its turf to light a fire under the social giant, but Facebook is handing users the reins in a big way. In a series of updates that began popping up last month, the company is moving toward a model of selective sharing: rather than mass broadcasts, you can choose who you share with — because your great aunt doesn't necessarily need to know what happened after the fifth drink at Happy Hour, does she? Choose the story you tell Now, not only can we share selectively with greater ease than ever, but we can choose what story we want to tell. Facebook's new Timeline feature looks to invigorate the lackluster, cluttered profile pages we've been slogging through for the past few years, replacing them with a dynamic, customizable portrait of our living histories — as told through Facebook of course. While remembering just howmuch information Facebook has stored over the years will prove unsettling to some, by curating our own past experiences (or their digital footprints, at least), we can better represent ourselves on the social network. In the Timeline, you can choose to star an event, which will give it more real estate on your profile page — or you can hide it entirely with the click of a button. Facebook's new Timeline feature will change the look of your social presence At today's event, Zuckerberg emphasized a return to the profile page: "We wanted to design a place that feels like your home. You invest a lot of time in it and you curate it." In reinventing the timeline, Facebook will considerably cut down on the site's signal-to-noise ratio, transforming each profile page into what is essentially a blog. In Zuckerberg's words, the Timeline will give you "a nice visceral feel for who this person really is" rather than a messy read-out of their latest Facebook activity. Apps will be more prominent than ever Apps help tell the story The other side of the coin is that external apps will have more power than ever. To create a "frictionless experience," Facebook apps will broadcast to Timelines and Tickers separately — and automatically. Like a new song you hear streaming on Spotify? That "Like" will be zapped directly to the Ticker, but in theory your Timeline wouldfeature a summary of your top artists that month. Once you authorize an app, it will fade into the background, collating your personal data like what films you watch on Netflix or Hulu and how many miles you just ran with the Nike+ app. Of course, you could disallow these services entirely — but Facebook wants its 800 million users to hand over the keys to third-party apps more willingly than ever. (After all, who wants an empty Timeline?) From news to movies and music, more apps plugged into the social site means less need to venture elsewhere. You could conceivably keep your browser pointed at your Facebook homepage for an entire day, hopping off only to follow the trail of an interesting link — in fact, many of us already do. How to find the new features The Facebook community doesn't take kindly to changes — even minor ones, and this isn't minor by any means. Dedicated Facebookers are already in an uproar about the changes that heralded today's news: annoyed status updates have readily denounced Smart Lists, the Subscribe button, the Ticker, and even the new privacy settings. All of these tweaks are available now to most users, and when they appear, you should notice a pop-up prompt that will walk you through the changes. Can't find the Ticker? It should appear on the right side of any Facebook page, above the chat box. While many of the new features are now live, the biggest change — the Timeline— will roll out gradually. To be first in line, you can opt in now by clicking "Sign Me Up" at the bottom of Facebook's official Timeline preview page. The first Timelines will be published on September 29, and we can expect to see them pop up for most users thereafter.
Alexikokopops Posted 23 September 2011 Posted 23 September 2011 I await the backlash. Everyone always goes mental whenever there's a change. It always seems to be the same people too. I remember the uproar when things like the Newsfeed came in, or the ability to see someone's conversation wall-to-wall.
Master Fox Posted 23 September 2011 Posted 23 September 2011 People moaning about changes to Facebook need to take a serious looks at themselves.
ScouseFox Posted 23 September 2011 Posted 23 September 2011 So it's a poor attempt to make it more like Twitter? Why not just use Twitter, it's better.
Master Fox Posted 23 September 2011 Posted 23 September 2011 So it's a poor attempt to make it more like Twitter? Why not just use Twitter, it's better. Why not just get a life?
Rincewind Posted 23 September 2011 Posted 23 September 2011 I don't know if the changes will be good or bad for me. Some of it seems complicated. Not sure if I will use all the new features either. I'm not devoid of contacts but I don't want hundreds of them. Classmates from 40 years ago reminding me of my age. I have my relatives neicesnephews etc but they normally chat with their own circle of friends. I make comments on other peoples wall and post links if I think they are appropriate to the person. My profile is just basic stuff not my life history. I put the odd link up to my blogger website etc but I dont say what I was doing last night after a few pints Great Aunt or no Great Aunt. For those that use Facebook regular with a varied contact list the changes may be better but ATM I only want the basic stuff and will pick and choose any new features as I am able to.
Bellend Sebastian Posted 23 September 2011 Posted 23 September 2011 I await the backlash. Everyone always goes mental whenever there's a change. It always seems to be the same people too. I remember the uproar when things like the Newsfeed came in, or the ability to see someone's conversation wall-to-wall. I must not be paying attention or something because whenever these overhauls take place I barely notice, and I'm looking at it on pretty much a daily basis. Facebook, I mean
Saxondale Posted 23 September 2011 Posted 23 September 2011 So it's a poor attempt to make it more like Twitter? Why not just use Twitter, it's better. I think the two sites are for different things. For example, I don't really follow anybody I actually know on Twitter.
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