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    Hello Facebook User, I'm a Nigerian Prince in Need of Assistance...

    Facebook Spammer Has to Pay $711 Million, Your Annoying 'Friends' Still Free to Poke You

    Stuff We Didn't Post Today (and Why)

    Facebook, Twitter, Zune and Last.Fm on Xbox Live Hands On: Hrm, That's Interesting

    What's On Your Mind?

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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/07/09

    In reply to Hello Facebook User, I'm a Nigerian Prince in Need of Assistance...
    Tom would never let something like this happen. #scams
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    Image of ttech10 ttech10
    11/07/09

    @Nick: Tom was too busy creeping on everyone. #scams
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    Image of drjayphd drjayphd
    11/07/09

    @Nick: Tom would find some even scammier, half-assed way to make this happen. #scams
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/07/09

    In reply to Hello Facebook User, I'm a Nigerian Prince in Need of Assistance...
    I get facebook scam spam every day in my work email now, and I don't even have a facebook account. #scams
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    Image of Don Nguyen Don Nguyen
    11/07/09

    @lostarchitect: That's a phishing attempt, not a scam actually originating on Facebook itself. I don't think there is much Facebook can do to combat that. #scams
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    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    11/07/09

    @Don Nguyen: well, i don't think "scam" is that specific a term, but true. still annoying, though. #scams
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/07/09

    In reply to Hello Facebook User, I'm a Nigerian Prince in Need of Assistance...
    why does everyone here fail to mention that you can close the ads on facebook and also report them as "whatever" it is. now, if facebook does anything with that is anyone's guess. #scams
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    Image of rgspb rgspb
    11/07/09

    @Nick: Yeah, they really get that notice you're sending them! It goes straight into their spam folder and is deleted immediately. FB has no idea what's goin on in their world. #scams
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    Nick promoted this comment rgspb was starred rgspb was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    11/07/09

    @rgspb: yeah, i never actually give a reason. i just close the ads. #scams
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/07/09

    In reply to Hello Facebook User, I'm a Nigerian Prince in Need of Assistance...
    Farmville should allow you to buy slaves. That would add like a gojillion experience points. Y'dig? #scams
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    Image of Nick Nick
    11/07/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: i wish i could steal other people's crops and cattle. farmvillain style. #scams
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/07/09

    In reply to Hello Facebook User, I'm a Nigerian Prince in Need of Assistance...
    Too bad Arrington's got such a hard-on for Facebook scams versus actually releasing his own products on time. #scams
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    10/30/09

    In reply to Facebook Spammer Has to Pay $711 Million, Your Annoying 'Friends' Still Free to Poke You
    Winning is nothing...

    ...Collecting is everything. #facebook
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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/30/09

    In reply to Facebook Spammer Has to Pay $711 Million, Your Annoying 'Friends' Still Free to Poke You
    The problem with social networking sites is that once they solidify their revenue stream they seem to degenerate rapidly. I stopped using Facebook because the overwhelming annoyance of pokes, app spam, broken apps and relentless phishing began to outweigh the (potential) usefulness. A social network is fine, but I don't want floods of inanity, useless ephemera and ads that overwhelmingly seem as legitimate as a guy in a dark alley hawking anything at 2am.

    (It also occurred to me that I probably "lost contact" with many of these people for a reason... do I really need to know what these erstwhile friends just had for lunch, or that they are a fan of clicking pens, or flipping the pillow over to the cool side?) #facebook
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    Image of nachobel nachobel
    10/30/09

    @met2art: Yeah, I've still to add a single app to my profile. I don't understand why I'd just want to fucking [b]sit on facebook[/b] and do shit when I'm on my COMPUTER, and there's clearly far better places to, you know, listen to music and play connect four. Or perhaps I'll even, I don't know, go meet someone in real life.

    anyway yeah, these "so and so is a pirate!" and "zombie munch munch" notifications are stupidly ridiculous, though since I've started removing friends who constantly spam we with shit no one gives a fuck about, my incoming spam has drastically lessened!

    Here's a fun story: Two of my high school friends married. One of them owns and insurance company (or works for the family company or whatever). The other one just kept spamming her entire friends list with a request to become a friend with her husbands insurance thing. I kept rejecting and asking her to stop. She sent one or two more so I just defriended her! Problem solved and, apparently, I didn't want to be their friend anyway, since anyone who is that fucking obnoxious and willing to try to sell everyone they know some random shit probably makes a poor friend.

    It's like when your buddy started selling cutco knives and now wants to meet with you. It's like Bro. I don't want to buy your shit. #facebook
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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/30/09

    @nachobel: That reply comment is just chock full of irony. #facebook
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    Image of Brett Benedict Brett Benedict
    10/30/09

    @met2art: But how can you be here...if you're there...what is this i don't even

    /head asplode #facebook
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    Image of nachobel nachobel
    10/30/09

    @met2art: :(

    it doesn't get automatically emailed to you though! #facebook
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    Image of met2art met2art
    10/30/09

    @Brett Benedict: I'm not sure what you mean, but my condolences for your cranial asplodiness. #facebook
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    10/30/09

    In reply to Facebook Spammer Has to Pay $711 Million, Your Annoying 'Friends' Still Free to Poke You
    met2art likes this. #facebook
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    10/28/09

    In reply to Stuff We Didn't Post Today (and Why)
    Except I think you left out the bit on that #Peek for #twits that this model does Twitter. And only Twitter. Making it doubly useless. But hey, 4 days battery life they say.

    Also, are Wired kicking themselves in the ass for Gearing the Peek yet?
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    Wilson Rothman promoted this comment Edited by Fractal the Meek at 10/28/09 12:47 AM Fractal the Meek was starred Fractal the Meek was unstarred
    Image of Ginsu Ginsu
    10/28/09

    In reply to Stuff We Didn't Post Today (and Why)
    So why does the picture show a late-model Crackberry next to a first-gen iPhone running jailbroken OS 1 with no service? Is that a fair comparison? Yeah, I thought so, too. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of diesel828 diesel828
    10/28/09

    @Ginsu: Does that even matter?! It's not even about specific iPhones or BlackBerrys in question. I guess the point went right over your head. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of orbitbreak orbitbreak
    10/27/09

    In reply to Stuff We Didn't Post Today (and Why)
    This "social" will be another social function of Google that nobody uses, just like Google Chat. #gizmodoremainders
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    Image of blindtreefrog blindtreefrog
    10/19/09

    In reply to Facebook, Twitter, Zune and Last.Fm on Xbox Live Hands On: Hrm, That's Interesting
    I never got around to testing it, but I was told, once upon a time, that any time you are at the standard text entry screen on the XBOX 360, any standard USB keyboard plugged into the xbox will work properly. No need for the chatpad thing.
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    SewerShark: LOOK BEHIND YOU, A THREE HEADED MONKEY!!! promoted this comment blindtreefrog was starred blindtreefrog was unstarred
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    10/19/09

    @blindtreefrog: Yeah, any USB keyboard will work, but some problems may occur.
    My keyboard layout is ABNT2 (brazilian portuguese) and some keys are misplaced, but nothing reeeealy bad, just a bit annoying. #xbox
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    Image of fsusmithc2 fsusmithc2
    10/19/09

    In reply to Facebook, Twitter, Zune and Last.Fm on Xbox Live Hands On: Hrm, That's Interesting
    Don't have/want a chatpad? Simple... Plug in a USB keyboard. For bonus points, make that a wireless USB keyboard. Problem solved. #xbox
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    brobot - star unworthy promoted this comment fsusmithc2 was starred fsusmithc2 was unstarred
    Image of brobot brobot
    10/19/09

    @fsusmithc2: Don't have/want to use facebook/twitter on your 360? Simple... use a computer in the other room. For bonus points, make that a notebook propped up in your lap. Problem solved.

    In all seriousness though... what's the advantage of tweeting/facestalking on your xbox? slower, worse interface, unnatural to type... and it's not like you can just pause your game to tweet "headshot! LOLz" or something real quick. You'd have to exit to dashboard, fire up twitter, tweet, restart the game, etc. If it were like a real onscreen widget, like from the pause menu, that might be useful. but otherwise.... why?

    edit: Also meant to mention... good point on the USB/wirelessUSB keyboard. Even the chatpad is awkward to use at times, and it's too annoying to leave attached to my controller. A wireless USB keyboard sitting around wouldn't be a bad idea for when you need quick text entry.
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    Image of fsusmithc2 fsusmithc2
    10/20/09

    @brobot - star unworthy: Yeah, having a keyboard handy definately makes the few times you need to input text in various places so much quicker. That and if you play say, FFXI, the game is downright painful with anything less than a keyboard (the game was released to the 360 a good while before the chatpad too). #xbox
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    10/14/09

    In reply to What's On Your Mind?
    Has Facebook even turned a profit yet?
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