OK so Mark Zuckerberg is unblockable on Facebook, here is why: Zuckerberg is unblockable because of an automated system that kicks in when too many people try to block one user.
This afternoon we received an e-mail from a Facebook spokesperson who revealed:
“This error isn’t specific to any one account. It’s generated when a person has [...]
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Why Zuckerberg can’t be blocked
Posted by melissa in August 25th 2010
Mark Zuckerberg - error: block failed!
Posted by melissa in August 23rd 2010
You can’t block CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook. You’ll get an error message that says, “General Block failed error: Block failed.”
Could it be a bug or an intentional inside joke, but Facebook’s developers have created jokes and pranks in the past, so don’t put it past them. Of course, why would you want to block [...]
Britney Spears takes the top Twitter slot
Posted by melissa in May 24th 2010
It’s official: Britney Spears has just become the top Twitter account, surpassing longtime Twitter king Ashton Kutcher by a margin of a handful followers at press time.
Each account’s actual number of followers continues to fluctuate by the second, but Spears seems to be maintaining a tenuous lead.
Both users are still just shy of reaching 5 [...]
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72% of internet users use at least one social networking site
Posted by melissa in March 29th 2010
Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter are used by 28.3 million people in the UK, or 77% of the online population, according to a new survey.
The survey, by research company InSites Consulting, reports that 72% of internet users worldwide use at least one social networking site.
Eastern Europe and Asia are the regions with [...]
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The Sad State of Social Networking in China
Posted by melissa in March 16th 2010
While most of the world happily enjoys the Internet’s free services such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and Google, in China these are either inaccessible or might become so in the following months.
And, as shown by Google’s recent squabble with the Chinese government, it can be very hard to operate in the world’s most populous country. [...]
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Twitter hits 50 million tweets per day mark
Posted by melissa in February 23rd 2010
Twitter has hit 50 million tweets per day mark - more than 20 times the traffic the microblogging service was experiencing a year ago.
The leap to 50 million tweets per day, or 600 tweets per second, which does not include spam, shows the huge growth the service has notched up in the space of three years.
In [...]
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Facebook is the 4th largest news content distributor
Posted by melissa in February 10th 2010
Facebook is the fourth largest distributor of news content on the web as people spend more time on social networking websites.
Last year Facebook overtook Google News rising from just over 1% in January 2009 to 3.5% last week.
Google News accounted for only 1.39% of visits to news and media sites last month while Google Reader, [...]
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Manchester United players banned from social networking sites
Posted by melissa in January 21st 2010
Manchester United has banned players from using social networking sites, which has led to the Twitter accounts of stars Wayne Rooney and Ryan Giggs disappearing from the web.
In an official statement on the Manchester United website last night entitled “Player websites warning” the club said all official news relating to the club would appear on [...]
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Ronaldo named as top sports star on Facebook
Posted by melissa in January 7th 2010
Real Madrid’s Portuguese international striker Cristiano Ronaldo is the most popular sports star on popular social networking site, Facebook.
The flamboyant footballer could count 3.2 million fans on his social network site on Wednesday, putting him ahead of Swiss tennis star Roger Federer with 3.18 million and US swimmer Michael Phelps, 2.86 million.Ronaldo, 24, arrived in Real Madrid from [...]
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Obama warns youth about Facebook
Posted by melissa in September 9th 2009
President Obama has warned teenagers about the dangers of social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube where they share personal information which may prove hurtful in the future.
Taking part in a question-and-answer session with a group of 14- and 15-year-old school students, Obama was asked by one pupil for some advice on becoming U.S. president.
“Well, let [...]
