Twitter, Facebook and now Google+ too are suspending accounts
During past couple of months, and especially last weeks, I have been reported of countless cases, where someones Twitter or Facebook accounts have been suspended. Now this has been spread to Google+, too. In all cases I know, all users have been plain normal users, who use their account from various computers and mobile devices. … Continue reading
Facebook is downshifting
Recent reports on market share have shown that number of users in Facebook is declining in some countries, and phase of rapid growth has been passed. This has happened in countries where Facebook’s share is more than 50%. Other people may think what they want, but I am not that suprised on this phenomena, for … Continue reading
Nigerian scams have moved to Libya
My custom programmed spam filters are so tight, that I haven’t seen those ‘Nigerian email scam’ style mails in a long time. But now it seems that set up has moved to Libya. I guess the recent events in Libya give a fertile ground for all kinds of scam entrepreneurs which may even sound convincing … Continue reading
Facebook update brings serious security problems
Quite soon Facebook will release an interesting update that I see as a security problem. It is optional, but probably many absent-minded users will use it anyway. Idea is that you can designate up to five of your Facebook friends a power to “unlock” your account if you happen to forget your password. In such … Continue reading
Klout is a-changing
Couple days ago there was a drastic change in Klout. The algorithms calculating the actual scores were changed, which meant that most individual Klout scores changed too. There has been a lot of heated discussion on this matter, and many people have been very disappointed and even angry about this. It seems that some people … Continue reading
Can you trust these influence scores in Social Media – PeerIndex no, Klout maybe
While upgrading the operating systems on several machines I had some extra time, and nothing useful to do. So I decided to delve a little more on this PeerIndex and Klout style measurement on influence in social networks. This time I took certain groups and individuals that I know to have influence (and sometimes lots … Continue reading
PeerIndex and Klout, do they actually measure anything?
Or do they work, for that matter. PeerIndex and Klout are systems that try (and I emphasize the word – try) to measure your influence in our society, but it seems that some people have started to use it as a measure of human value. Just for the fun of it, I tried both of … Continue reading
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