With the holiday period drawn to a close, it falls to us here at As A Dodo to announce the results of our Christmas Poll. Having asked you, our readers, to pick the obituary you'd most like to see in 2008, the "winners" (if that's the right term) were, in reverse order ... 4th Place Facebook addiction 3rd Place The Skinny Jean 2nd Place Reality TV 1st Place "News" about Diana, Princess of Wales. S...
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AsADodo on 27th Aug 2008 (via asadodo.blogspot.com)
In the absence of any scientific polling about the current election for General Secretary of the Amicus Section of Unite, here's the number of supporters each candidate has managed to register on their campaign pages on Facebook: Kevin Coyne - 116 members Derek Simpson - 113 members Laurence Faircloth - 99 members Jerry Hicks - not on Facebook Paul Reuter - not on Facebook
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LukeAkehurst on 1st Dec 2008 (via lukeakehurst.blogspot.com)
Unions are increasingly turning to tools like Facebook. But there is also a growing awareness of the problems with such social networks. Groups and causes one sets up on Facebook do not belong to you. Facebook can, and does, close... Eric Lee
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Tigmoo on 12th Dec 2008 (via ericlee.info)
According to Facebook: "The following website has been identified as malicious:lukeakehurst.blogspot.The link you have clicked has been identified by Facebook as a malicious web site. For the safety and privacy of your Facebook account, we strongly suggest you avoid visiting this address."
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LukeAkehurst on 16th Oct 2008 (via lukeakehurst.blogspot.com)
At long last, after being registered on Facebook for two years, I have found something that Facebook is actually useful for ! Hat Tip to : Things and Stuff
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NorfolkBlogger on 3rd Dec 2008 (via norfolkblogger.blogspot.com)
May’s edition of Total Politics carries part one of a two part series from me about how people in politics can get the most out of Facebook. Liberal Democrat Voice has covered many aspects of Facebook in the past, including tips for keeping on top of your notifications and Steve Webb’s innovative Facebook surgery, but what
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 1st May 2009 (via libdemvoice.org)
Facebook have decided that after more than a year and a half of being in existence, the England page I started on Facebook breaches their terms and conditions and has been locked. As of tonight 13,920 people have declared themselves fans of England through the Facebook page. The only England fan page on Facebook with more
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WonkosWorld on 6th Nov 2009 (via wonkosworld.co.uk)
Martin Shipton highlights the news that nearly 1300 facebook users have joined the Wales First campaign backing full lawmaking powers for the National Assembly in just a week. Environmental campaigner Jim Dunckley launched a Yes campaign called Wales First on the social networking site Facebook with friends out of frustration at the failure of politicians to do so. Mr Dunckley, who lives at
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Ordovicius on 22nd Oct 2008 (via this-is-sparta.blogspot.com)