In today’s Quick Hits, we touch on some Facebook news, the importance of keeping your jokes clean on Twitter, and Google’s latest browser offering.
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Survey Shows Confusion Over What Info is Appropriate to Share Online
A survey of 500 Facebook users by Red Associates suggests that Facebook is not the ideal environment for deepening relationships. According to the study, “What defines social networks most [is] a lack of depth in relationships.” This is consistent with the notion that Facebook is a tool for maintaining peripheral social connections. A side effect of this is that there is confusion over what users consider to be “appropriate” information for sharing online.
Facebook Flaw Lets Users See Friends’ Chat Windows
As if Facebook’s official privacy policies weren’t bad enough, TechCrunch recently discovered a major security flaw in Facebook that allows users to watch their friends’ live chats in real time. When Facebook learned about the flaw, the company immediately disabled Facebook Chat and began working on the problem. Facebook says it has resolved the problem and chat should be up and running again soon.
Australian Comedian and Columnist Fired Over “Vulgar” Tweets
An Australian newspaper columnist and comedian has been fired from her job after Twitter messages she shared from the “Logie Awards” were deemed to be “offensive” and “vulgar.” In case you were wondering, the Logie Awards are like the Emmy’s but for the Australian television industry. Among the things Catherine Deveny jokingly tweeted was that she hoped 11-year-old actress Bindi Irwin “gets laid.”
Google Chome 5 Beta Gets Rave Reviews
Google Chrome 5 has been released in beta testing and it is already being championed by tech writers for its speed and integration of both Flash and HTML 5, among other improvements. The quality of Google Chrome as a web browser strikes to the heart of Google’s business strategy. By creating the best free products possible (GMail for E-mail, Google Search for web searching, etc.) the company gains the most users. And with those users comes endless amounts of data that can be used to power advertising, which is how Google earns the vast majority of its money.
Considering how good Google is at doing this, I doubt that, even with its massive growth, Facebook will ever be able to “replace” Google as some in the tech world have suggested.
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