blending the mix

So, OFCOM’s latest research suggests that kids as young as 11 are opening (without age verification) accounts on social networks.
- 49% of children 8-17 have an online profile
- 22% of 16+ have an online profile
- On average adults have profiles on 1.6 sites
- 63% of 8 to 17-year-olds with a profile use Bebo
- 37% of […]

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I think I am going to create a new category called "missing a trick", I seem to be posting a lot of stuff there are the moment, but I am not sure if I will be quite so up my arse in 2008 as I was in 2007
The problem
I have noticed on Facebook […]

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Dear Reader
I would like to announce the closure of Facebook.
Robert Scoble has been banned from Facebook for running a script that would allow him to access all his personal information which is strictly against their Terms of Use.
As a result, his account has been suspended and Facebook is now considering closing their doors for good […]

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We all have Facebook friends we like and Facebook friends we befriend because we were young and naïve and thought it was cool to connect with these people. But what happens when these people keep posting rubbish and, actually, we realise there was a reason we lost touch with them years ago…
Facebook has always […]

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As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be able to attend the Facebook Debate and had a great time for several reasons which I wasn’t expecting.
There’s not much I can add to the many reviews of the debate itself, so, in a fit of madness sanity, I […]

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Great interview from the recent Techcrunch40 conference where Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook talks about the past and the futere plans of Facebook. Exciting news on the ad front and sponsored groups methinks!!
Thanks to intruders.tv for the link.
Tags: facebook, mark zukerberg, techcrunch40, intruders.tv

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Proof, if proof were ever required, that Robert Scoble has a bigger brain than the rest of us:
Previous research has suggested that a person’s conventional friendship group consists of around 150 people, with five very close friends but larger numbers of people who we keep in touch with less regularly. This figure is so consistent […]

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If ever there was a sign that social networks are here to stay, it is with the below:

The BBC are now allowing people to tag their content into all of the above bookmark sites, but importantly, Facbook is there too.
The BBC are great advocates of Facebook - their network has just under 9,000 members […]

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MarketingVox reports some interesting details about facebook’s recent growth.
Maybe the money isn’t in the kids after all…

More than half of Facebook users are not currently enrolled in a university or college.
The fastest-growing demographic is the 25+ age group.
Facebook is the sixth-most trafficked site in the United States.
Users spend an average of 20 minutes on the […]

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