Facebook has quietly updated recently. First of all, in the Info section you're only able to add "real" activities/interests/books/movies/etc... Typing in something it doesn't recognize gets it deleted once you push the Save button. (This may change in the future)
Now, how does facebook know what's real or not? Well... it scours wikipedia and also... facebook statuses! Once there's enough matching words throughout the vast realm that is facebook, it decides that it's worthy of its own 'Page'. (find out how many other fb users are using the phrase 'internet super heroin', go ahead, try anything.)
Yup, your activities/interests all get linked to one page, presumably so that EVERYONE that put down Lord of the Rings in some section can all gather together (new layer of security needed for everyone!) instead of gathering in the 5000+ "official LOTR" fan pages. Honorable intentions, facebook.
Also, seems like the totally legit Mertado Social Deals lives only on facebook (how this is helping them make money, i have no idea). and Pandora can now show you what your friends are listening to! I don't know when i authorized this (or how to opt out) but it's pretty cool to see that Eric hasn't been on since March 09 and James has the amazing ability to misspell his favorite songs and still hit legit titles.
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Update: Facebook used to let me search through (yup, the global pages thing again) which users put down the same employer and position as me. Now it won't. I wonder if some anti-union forces played a role in this...
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
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