Facebook to FriendFeed: "You Complete Me"
I have to admit I’m a little behind on the news of Facebook acquiring FriendFeed. My day today consisted of driving through up-state New York, and tonight I sit here typing just about a 15 minute walk from the beautiful Wonder of the World, Niagara Falls. There are so many better things to think about! […]
Read more...Oh, the Trouble With OAuth
This article has been sitting on my desk for the past week or so, and recent activities around the Twitter/Facebook/LiveJournal/Blogger DDoS attacks have made it even more applicable, so it’s good I waited. The problem centers around the “Open” authentication protocol, OAuth, and how I believe it is keeping companies like Twitter who want to […]
Read more...Taking a Stand on Twitter’s Auto-DM Policy #endautodm
I’ve long mentioned my annoyance with automatic DMs after follow and elsewhere. It’s one of the reasons I built SocialToo, and we’re doing things there to combat the process. Unfortunately it’s not perfect. In fact, even with the anti-spam measures SocialToo has in place, it’s getting to the point that most of the DMs I […]
Read more...Twitter’s New Monetization Strategy?
This is just too good not to share. Twitter CEO, Ev Williams, Tweeted this tonight – I’m not quite sure if it was supposed to be a DM, a drunk Tweet, or if he really did actually mean to send that, but I’m clueless as to what it is supposed to mean. Is this Twitter’s […]
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