Facebook – no global domination just yet

Megalomaniac Mark Zuckerberg must have been really annoyed when he read in the Independent that his creation is not the most popular social networking site everywhere in the world (assuming he ever reads an actual newspaper). Rhodri Marsden’s Cyberclinic column spelled it out: Facebook hasn’t yet “connected the world”. An Italian blogger has pulled together data [...]

So much social networking, so little time

Malaysians have the most “friends” on their social networks, according to a study in 46 countries, with an average of 233 followed closely by Brazil with 231 and Norway with 217. In Japan the average is only 29, perhaps reflecting cultural differences about what friendship really means, and 68 in China (no surprise perhaps given [...]

Facebook vigilantes cop traffic offenders in Delhi

In India Delhi traffic police set up a page in Facebook two months ago with the intention of informing the public about traffic snarl-ups. What they actually got was “crowd sourced” photographs of people breaking the traffic laws. The Facebook vigilantes have posted 3,000 images which have resulted in 700 tickets being issued including 50 [...]

Every school should have one!

An incompetent teacher! Yes, according to Ofsted chief Zenna Atkins. She says; “every school should have a useless teacher so children can learn how to deal with people in authority who are not up to the job”. She thinks children are adept at exploiting incompetent teachers and they could learn a valuable skill for “playing [...]

Shoot yourself in the foot – join Facebook

Actually any social networking site will do it according to an article in The Times (2/7/2010). The American Academy of Divorce Lawyers says 80% of its members have used or been faced with evidence from social networking sites. The biggest source is Facebook (66%), then MySpace (15%) and Twitter (5%). From pot-smoking denials to claims [...]

So many “friends” yet still lonely?

With “Quit Facebook Day” approaching (31 May 2010) many people are re-examining their relationship with the social networking site Facebook – the site that keeps on sharing. Or over-sharing according to Time Magazine this month (“Facebook – friends without borders”). Some time this month Facebook will officially log its 500 millionth active citizen – a bigger [...]