Nick O’Neill at AllFacebook digs for, and finds, the status of status.
Is there a bigger meaning behind this?
If anything, debates like these illustrate the perils of being the most buzzed about social site. Community users have always been able to rise up against a site (remember the Digg ‘number’ scandal?). But media and special interest [...]

Maybe. But a few obviously “viral” apps are already working.

Recent reports confirm that Facebook has been banned in Syria.
Right now, there aren’t a lot of negatives for the site. Ad revenues in Syria are undoubtedly negligible. But it does mean that the site is big enough to get noticed by the government (and the Press).
If any of our Facebook apps were banned in certain [...]

Re: This Question.
Apparently, they don’t.

A good Facebook App Developer (<- immodest link) can tell you that the newsfeed is a Facebook basic. The newsfeed is where users first encounter an app, even before they get an invite.
As Facebook expands the newsfeed, it’s very good news for developers who make quality applications. The team is letting users vote on news [...]

Does it matter that Facebook dropped the obligatory “is” from status updates?
“It depends on what the meaning of the word ‘is’ is.” – W.J. Clinton

Wait- people at Facebook take holidays?

Facebook may be eying an acquisition in China.
It brings up more than a few questions. How do you social network in a state that really doesn’t like its people to network too much? How do you contain ideas when your system is meant to spread virally?
Most importantly, how will Facebook monetize and censor content? They [...]

Worried about Facebook stealing away your best talent?
You can always try a targeted Ad to get theirs…

Looking through old posts about Facebook Development, Matt and I came across this post about being a Facebook Developer in Utah.
Being a Facebook Developer is already obscure enough of a job description (though it becomes more well known each day). But being one in a small community is even rarer. I’m based in New York, [...]