Sep 22 2011

What Do You Think of the Facebook Changes? [OPEN THREAD]

By Charlie White


Mark Zuckerberg has announced big Facebook changes — now it’s your turn to react. What do you think of the new Timeline, showing all your stories and all your apps? Is it really a new way to express who you are?

How do you like the Open Graph innovations? How about the new integration of music, movie, TV and news apps?

SEE ALSO: Facebook Adds TV & Movies to the Stream

Are there particular questions you have for Zuckerberg? What do you think our reporters at f8, Ben Parr and Jennifer Van Grove, should ask Zuck?

Let us know in the comments, and vote in our poll:


Here’s a look at the new Timeline, and you can view images from the event below.


Andy Samberg and Mark Zuckerberg





Beast's Facebook Page





Ben Parr and Jennifer Van Grove





F8 programing team





Zuck Dog





Beast





Before f8 Keynote





"I'm not really friends with these people"





Andy Samberg





Andy Samberg





Timeline Mobile





Mark's Timeline





Mark Zuckerberg





A View of Timeline from the Audience




Courtesy of Robyn Peterson


Mark with Timeline





Zuckerberg's Cover





Timeline





Timeline





Timeline





"Any Verb, Any Noun"





Reed Hastings





Reed Hastings





Spotify CEO Daniel Ek





Spotify CEO Daniel Ek





Watch Netflix and Hulu from Facebook





Nike+





Mark Zuckerberg and Words With Friends





Washington Post Social Reader





Running and Eating





Brett Taylor





Brett Taylor





Chris Cox





Chris Cox





Facebook Memories





Mark Zuckerberg Closes F8





Mark Zuckerberg Closes F8




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Sep 22 2011

What Do You Think of the Facebook Changes? [OPEN THREAD]

By Charlie White


Mark Zuckerberg has announced big Facebook changes — now it’s your turn to react. What do you think of the new Timeline, showing all your stories and all your apps? Is it really a new way to express who you are?

How do you like the Open Graph innovations? How about the new integration of music, movie, TV and news apps?

SEE ALSO: Facebook Adds TV & Movies to the Stream

Are there particular questions you have for Zuckerberg? What do you think our reporters at f8, Ben Parr and Jennifer Van Grove, should ask Zuck?

Let us know in the comments, and vote in our poll:


Here’s a look at the new Timeline, and you can view images from the event below.


Andy Samberg and Mark Zuckerberg





Beast's Facebook Page





Ben Parr and Jennifer Van Grove





F8 programing team





Zuck Dog





Beast





Before f8 Keynote





"I'm not really friends with these people"





Andy Samberg





Andy Samberg





Timeline Mobile





Mark's Timeline





Mark Zuckerberg





A View of Timeline from the Audience




Courtesy of Robyn Peterson


Mark with Timeline





Zuckerberg's Cover





Timeline





Timeline





Timeline





"Any Verb, Any Noun"





Reed Hastings





Reed Hastings





Spotify CEO Daniel Ek





Spotify CEO Daniel Ek





Watch Netflix and Hulu from Facebook





Nike+





Mark Zuckerberg and Words With Friends





Washington Post Social Reader





Running and Eating





Brett Taylor





Brett Taylor





Chris Cox





Chris Cox





Facebook Memories





Mark Zuckerberg Closes F8





Mark Zuckerberg Closes F8




More F8 Coverage:

More About: f8, Facebook, new features, open thread

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Categories: f8, facebook, new features, open thread
Sep 22 2011

What Do You Think of the Facebook Changes? [OPEN THREAD]

By Charlie White


Mark Zuckerberg has announced big Facebook changes — now it’s your turn to react. What do you think of the new Timeline, showing all your stories and all your apps? Is it really a new way to express who you are?

How do you like the Open Graph innovations? How about the new integration of music, movie, TV and news apps?

SEE ALSO: Facebook Adds TV & Movies to the Stream

Are there particular questions you have for Zuckerberg? What do you think our reporters at f8, Ben Parr and Jennifer Van Grove, should ask Zuck?

Let us know in the comments, and vote in our poll:


Here’s a look at the new Timeline, and you can view images from the event below.


Andy Samberg and Mark Zuckerberg





Beast's Facebook Page





Ben Parr and Jennifer Van Grove





F8 programing team





Zuck Dog





Beast





Before f8 Keynote





"I'm not really friends with these people"





Andy Samberg





Andy Samberg





Timeline Mobile





Mark's Timeline





Mark Zuckerberg





A View of Timeline from the Audience




Courtesy of Robyn Peterson


Mark with Timeline





Zuckerberg's Cover





Timeline





Timeline





Timeline





"Any Verb, Any Noun"





Reed Hastings





Reed Hastings





Spotify CEO Daniel Ek





Spotify CEO Daniel Ek





Watch Netflix and Hulu from Facebook





Nike+





Mark Zuckerberg and Words With Friends





Washington Post Social Reader





Running and Eating





Brett Taylor





Brett Taylor





Chris Cox





Chris Cox





Facebook Memories





Mark Zuckerberg Closes F8





Mark Zuckerberg Closes F8




More F8 Coverage:

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Categories: f8, facebook, new features, open thread
Aug 05 2011

Share Your MySpace Memories [OPEN THREAD]

By Stephanie Haberman


For many people, MySpace was their first foray into social networking, and the site was the world’s top networking site until Facebook surpassed it in early 2009.

MySpace entered the social networking scene eight years ago this month, but the website you see today is drastically different from the one that debuted in 2003. No longer the social media behemoth it once was, MySpace is now partly-owned by Justin Timberlake and used mainly for the promotion of musicians and entertainers. However, this change in culture doesn’t stop the “MySpace Generation” from having memories — fond and otherwise — of the service.

What’s your biggest memory from MySpace?

This month is MySpace’s eight-year anniversary. To mark the occasion, we want to hear your best (and worst) memories of the service as it was when social media was in its infancy. Here are some questions to get you started:

  • How did you personalize your profile?
  • Did you ever post any typical MySpace style photos? Still have one? Post a link to it in the comments!
  • Did the order of your Top Eight ever cause drama with friends?

Tell us your best stories in the comments.

More About: myspace, open thread, social media, social networking

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Categories: Web 2.0, myspace, open thread, pop culture, social media, social networking, social software, tech, technology, web
Aug 05 2011

Share Your MySpace Memories [OPEN THREAD]

By Stephanie Haberman


For many people, MySpace was their first foray into social networking, and the site was the world’s top networking site until Facebook surpassed it in early 2009.

MySpace entered the social networking scene eight years ago this month, but the website you see today is drastically different from the one that debuted in 2003. No longer the social media behemoth it once was, MySpace is now partly-owned by Justin Timberlake and used mainly for the promotion of musicians and entertainers. However, this change in culture doesn’t stop the “MySpace Generation” from having memories — fond and otherwise — of the service.

What’s your biggest memory from MySpace?

This month is MySpace’s eight-year anniversary. To mark the occasion, we want to hear your best (and worst) memories of the service as it was when social media was in its infancy. Here are some questions to get you started:

  • How did you personalize your profile?
  • Did you ever post any typical MySpace style photos? Still have one? Post a link to it in the comments!
  • Did the order of your Top Eight ever cause drama with friends?

Tell us your best stories in the comments.

More About: myspace, open thread, social media, social networking

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Categories: Web 2.0, myspace, open thread, pop culture, social media, social networking, social software, tech, technology, web
Jul 14 2011

What Features Do You Want Google to Add to Google+? [OPEN THREAD]

By Ben Parr


Already using Google+? Follow Mashable News for the latest about the platform’s new features, tips and tricks as well as our top social media and technology updates.

Google+ has dominated the digital headlines. Interest in Google+ has been incredibly high and Google’s social network is reportedly nearing 10 million users after just two weeks.

Still, Google’s answer to Facebook is still young. There is still no Google+ iPhone app and Google is still figuring out how to optimize Google+ for businesses.

SEE ALSO: REVIEW | PHOTOS | VIDEOS | POLL | PROS & CONS

Google’s project is still in its infancy, so it’s no surprise that we’ve heard a lot of Google+ feature requests from our readers. The most common one is Google+ for Google Apps accounts, but everything from privacy to collapsible comments has been brought up as missing features in Google’s social network. Google is even working on some feature requests, including the ability to set your gender as private.

For today’s open thread, we’d like to open this question to our readers: what features do you think Google should add to Google+ next? Let us know in the comments. We’ll make sure to let Google know about your requests.

More About: Google, Google Plus, open thread, social networking

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Categories: Google, Google Plus, Poll, open thread, social networking