'Damn It, My Mom Is On Facebook' Filter Stops Online Embarrassment

Huffington Post: Chances are that if you're under a certain age you've had to deal with your mom finding out about Facebook. Now that your mom has a profile, you'll have to censor yourself when talking about drinking, sex and your political and religious beliefs - especially if you're in college.

Thankfully, "Saturday Night Live" has the solution in the form of a "Damn It My Mom Is on Facebook" filter. Simply write or post whatever you'd normally put on Facebook, hit the application button, and voila! The salacious details of your life will appear to your mom as something as innocuous as, "Boy do I need new Dungarees!" (More)

mobs are for winners, fb groups are for spammers

Many people may have noticed that Facebook released a revamped version of their groups application on Wednesday. Over here at micromobs, it got us thinking-- what’s up with Facebook?

Groups are important (duh: micromobs), but something feels a little off about Facebook’s new groups. Consider the fact that my inbox is full of spam. Without even accepting a group I had received a ton of emails just minutes after Facebook’s announcement. Apparently you don’t get to chose which groups to accept and which to decline. Odd...that’s not how groups should work. (on a side note, it's an awesome way to piss off your friends) Don’t worry though, the Facebook gods have blessed us with the ability to leave a group. Lucky us.

Facebook has been a great tool for me since 2004, I’ve used it to keep in touch with so many different types of people, my freshman year roommate to elementary school crush. I use it to kill time when I’m bored and check out what my friends are up to. But it’s starting to confuse me. Now, each of us have a number of feeds: news feed, most recent news, different groups, pages, event walls, yikes. Their implementation is getting more nebulous by the day. Also, the problem remains--what if I’m in a group with people I’m not yet friends with? I don’t want them to be able to scope out my Facebook profile.

micromobs remains the easiest way to create a group discussion. It’s private, simple, and makes sure not to spam you. You can use micromobs as a tool to get things done quicker in a group, or as a way to have fun and share with a group. Don’t fret about friending, just worry about what matters--your group.

Facebook users actually interact with very few of their 'friends' ['09]

Facebook users actually interact with very few of their ‘friends’ -“According to Cameron Marlow, Facebook’s ‘in-house sociologist,’ that number is four if you are male and six if you are female. Marlow’s research indicates that the average Facebook user has a network of about 120 friends, but only has two-way conversations with a very small subset of these ‘friends.’ Interestingly, even for those users who have a far larger number of friends (500+), those numbers barely grow [ten for men and sixteen for women].”

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