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MySpace frees your data. Will Facebook follow?
When you put data into a social network, you ought to be able to easily pull it out, too.
Farhad Manjoo May 9, 2008
You are not your bookcase
Online profiles and painfully constructed "faves lists" have turned us into a bunch of unwitting snobs. Enough already.
By Megan Hustad May 2, 2008
Virginia schools' Web scandalette: "Get over it, kid!"
A school administrator's wife scolds a student for complaining that school was not shut down during a snowstorm. Her message was caught on tape.
By Farhad Manjoo Jan 23, 2008
Hasbro, Mattel fight Facebook scrabbler Scrabulous
One of Facebook's best third-party apps may soon shut down.
By Farhad Manjoo Jan 16, 2008
Facebook finally lets users turn off privacy-invading ads
The social network acknowledges its mistake in its plan to send ads to its members' friends.
By Farhad Manjoo Dec 6, 2007
Facebook caves on privacy-invading ads, kind of
The social network makes some positive changes to its Beacon ad program.
By Farhad Manjoo Nov 30, 2007
Facebook: Shut down that privacy-invading ad program!
The social network tells your friends what you're doing on other Web sites. How is that OK?
Nov 29, 2007
Facebook drops "is" status updates, poetry dies
Farhad is hoping Facebook reconsiders.
By Farhad Manjoo Nov 20, 2007
"30 Reasons Girls Should Call It a Night"
A Facebook group celebrates photos of drunken girls vomiting on themselves and passed out in bushes.
Tracy Clark-Flory Nov 5, 2007
"I can be your Facebook stalker"
Penn Masala pledge undying social networking devotion in "The Facebook Skit."
Andrew Leonard Oct 9, 2007
A judge sets back ConnectU's Facebook case
A rival social networking site is given two weeks to make its case that Facebook stole its ideas.
Jul 26, 2007
Facebook isn't just for college kids anymore
New numbers show that everyone's joining Facebook -- especially old people.
By Farhad Manjoo Jul 6, 2007
Why MySpace is for freaks and Facebook is for preps
Researcher danah boyd explains the cultural differences between the world's largest social networking sites.
By Farhad Manjoo Jun 25, 2007
Everyone likes iLike
A new music recommendation application goes viral on Facebook.
Jun 18, 2007
Did Facebook give Obama a secret advantage?
The Obama campaign released a new Facebook tool quickly after the site upgraded its system. Could that be because one of Facebook's founders now works for him?
By Farhad Manjoo Jun 6, 2007
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