Tagged: social

Snapchat Founder, “SnapChat is About Transparency, Not Privacy” (video)

A few months ago I shared this gem from Mark Zuckerberg talking about why Facebook wasn’t a social network. Now, I’m sharing a video from the founder of the company he tried to rip off, Snapchat. In it, Liz Gannes of AllThingsD does a spontaneous interview with Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel in which Spiegel talks about why Snapchat is about transparency, and not privacy. As a...

How To Post Blank Statuses and Comments on Facebook (With Code

Speechless? Tell your friends on Facebook by pasting blanks statuses. Using this simple code, you can show your friends how blank your mind is (smiley face). Instructions Paste one instance of the code “@[0:0: ]” on every line you want blank in your status. Hit submit, and your blank statuses are all set. @[0:0: ] @[0:0: ] @[0:0: ] @[0:0: ] @[0:0: ] @[0:0:...

I’m on Myspace (Again)

Deja vu. I logged into Myspace yesterday for the first time in seven years. But this isn’t standard myspace. This is the invite-only closed beta of “new myspace”. And it’s radically different. The new myspace is more of a music discovery and sharing service than a social network. Whereas the old Myspace was comparable to facebook, the new myspace is based on the same...

Exclusive Review: New Myspace (2013)

Today I take on the challenge of reviewing a site long-irrelevant and begging for a comeback. Myspace used to be on top of social media, and then they got downright creepy, lost to facebook, and hit rock bottom. Now myspace tries to reinvent themselves under the notion of a creative a music based social network, and I’d like to share my experience using their private...

Big Tech Companies Are Anti-Social

Maybe it’s me, but it seems like the only way to talk to most big companies is to sue them. Take Aaron Greenspan with Google for example. He had to sue them for them to answer him on why his Adsense account had been suspended (more on him later). He’s not alone either. Thousands of people have reported similar stories with Google. Look at...