Forgive the rather lame title but I felt I had to go out on a limb on this one. Facebook, the social media behemoth, is grabbing the corporate responsibility bull by the horns. They have announced plans to allow members (who are approaching a formidable one billion in strength) in the United States and the UK to “share” their organ donation preference. Ireland nor many other countries will not immediately have access, but it is likely this unexpected feature will spread like Timeline. Mark Zuckerberg and Co. believe this move will encourage members to [...]
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Time Out on Facebook Timeline?
How would you feel if your current partner was easily able to see images of you arm in arm with ex’s or a future employer was able to trawl back through your Facebook Timeline to see your university and pre-uni exploits? This is what millions of Facebook users now face and some are so unhappy that they’ve joined online campaigns to complain. Facebook’s decision to force its Timeline feature on all users has split its users, with recent polling showing more than half of account holders are worried about the feature and less [...]
About Effin time! Locals finally able to list their parish as home place on Facebook
THE parish of Effin in County Limerick are finally celebrating, following Facebook’s sudden u-turn to allow locals to list the parish as their hometown. However, there’s a catch. Interestingly, the parishioners will be unable to list Effin as their hometown if they live overseas. The social networking site has come under scrutiny in recent times, following Effin woman’s Ann Marie Kennedy’s campaign to get her village listed on her Facebook profile. Ann Marie’s campaign saw her take to the national airwaves, and garnered attention not only in Ireland, but also [...]
Do The Creep: Has facebook turned us into stalkers?
Stalking has become socially acceptable. Well – kind of. While camping out in your chosen one’s back garden with a pair of night vision goggles is still a no-no, it’s perfectly fine to obsess over every detail of their lives via Facebook and Twitter. This activity has come to be known as “creeping” and has installed itself as a hobby of sorts for our generation. Want to find out who exactly that friend of a friend of a friend is seeing? Dying to hear all about the big bust-up between [...]
Too much, much too soon?
I was browsing through Facebook recently, when I stumbled across the profile of Suzie, an old class-mate who dropped out at 17 to get married. It was probably a big shocker to everyone at the time, but I was too absorbed in planning my own wedding to Liam Gallagher to be bothered about someone else’s nuptials. Suzie and I had a brief friendship fling during my tweens. She was incredibly pretty. Not in an obvious way; she was petite with mousey blonde hair and had these amazing almond-shaped eyes. She [...]
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