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I have decided to take the plunge and start using twitter to supplement my blogging and Facebooking. You can add me here. If you follow me, I will follow you.

Facebook Observer’s question - What does your mind tell ya on seeing this?

Via Dave Walker’s blog

Perusing the Facebook Marketplace, I found this little gem. Can anyone help out this frustrated Mom? Click the picture for the full description of this winner.

Considering its rising growth in the future years Facebook has decided to make vital changes. One of them is the recent announcements made at Facebook Developers by Dave Morin. It is about the usage of 64 bit object IDs instead of the currently used 32bits which provide storage problems. Essentially the idea behind this move is to handle large numbers for future situations.

The recent decision is expected to be implement during inital Novemeber and it is hoped that it would make life easy for budding developers.

Slashdot’s take on the entire new story is quite interesting. Despite having only 47 million users currently, Facebook’s decision to support 64 bits will enable it to have more than 18 quintillion (18,446,744,074,000,000,000) user accounts. Well, this is huge keep in mind the current population of world i.e. about 6.5 billion people.

Perhaps, Facebook is setting its sights beyond Earth or just trying to avoid what happened when Slashdot ran out of space for comment IDs last year.

Wikihow has an amusing new page: How to Quit Facebook.

Tongue-in-cheek? Yes. But also a necessary walkthrough. Facebook is undeniably a useful tool, with almost limitless potential for social networking — an activity that can net you friends, relationships, hobbies and careers. But Facebook is also constantly being updated with silly and addictive new time-wasters: everything from updating your status to joining new satirical groups to commenting on your friends’ photos. After you spend a day horsing around on Facebook, you may start to ask yourself some rather pointed questions about how you’re spending your time.

I still think Facebook is useful as all get-out, and unlike MySpace it’s got an attractive UI and is just plain fun to use. However, you might need a break from the site. When you do, the Wikihow page offers a few simple suggestions on how to escape your addiction.

One interesting idea that Wikihow offers is that you may have joined Facebook for a specific reason. The page suggests writing down your Facebook goals and keeping track of how much time is spent on Facebook without pursuing those goals. This is a surprising idea, since I had assumed everyone joined Facebook for the same reason I did: to see what the big deal was. And also to stalk old boyfriends.

You may have a Facebook addiction, but you should give careful thought to whether that’s a bad thing. Is this the way you keep in touch with your friends? If so, you don’t want to give it up. Also consider what you’ll replace Facebook with in your life. Does Facebook currently offer a much-needed ten-minute break from work every hour? Maybe you work from home, and without Facebook you might start playing Nintendo again on your breaks, which is almost impossible to stop once you’ve started. Or maybe that’s just a problem I have.

Even if you decide to take a Facebook vacation, don’t forget, you don’t have to go entirely cold turkey. You can always quit using Facebook and let the Facebook Observer keep you updated on what’s happening in the addictive world you left behind.

LinkedIn, the popular resort for business professionals, is suddenly gaining notice by social networking giant, Facebook.  At a glance, LinkedIn is still miniscule in comparison to Facebook, with monthly unique visitors tallying just over 2 million (Facebook towers at 33 million a month).  But that doesn’t mean Facebook isn’t watching.   

Recently expanding its membership beyond that of college and high schools, Facebook is now eyeing the business audience as well.   

Facebook’s “In the Works” section details that users will soon be able to group their friends according to their interests.  Fortune and other publications believe this is a direct response to LinkedIn’s increasing prowess in the business sector.  Similar to Facebook’s humble beginnings with solely a college audience, LinkedIn ignited its own start by connecting past and present business colleagues.  However, its mantra, “Relationships Matter,” seems a little too general to remain “all business” for long.  Look for LinkedIn to follow in the footsteps of Facebook - and fast. 

To discover more of what’s new on Facebook go to: http://www.facebook.com/whatsnew.php?ref=ab