I’m not sure why Facebook doesn’t have this as a feature. Using this script you can set up Facebook to send you alerts when your friends are no longer your friends. It works by checking your friends list at regular intervals and then comparing the lists. I’m really surprised no one had come up with anything like this before. If I cared about Facebook more I would use this. It would have been good to have about five years ago.

I’m not sure I agree with this 100%, but interesting to think about. Namely, the twitter representation should be different. I’m not sure how I would express it, but I don’t think the little kid does the job. Maybe someone standing on a pedestal with the media standing around and worshiping. Unfortunately I found this on Image Shack so I cannot give original credit.

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You stayed up late Friday night to make sure you reserved your vanity url, right? If you didn’t, you should probably get on that asap.

Facebook is rapidly becoming a web site I spend less and less time on, but this post isn’t about those reasons. It is about 20 Facebook Tips you might not know. Specifically #2 on the list. Did you know there was a firefox addon that automatically downloaded albums? Neither did I. This is going to save me a lot of time asking friends for copies of pictures from events where I neglected to bring my camera.

My fraternity brother Joseph Sutton has finally given in to Facebook. He held out for years, but some how he finally gave in. Congrats Joseph.

According to multiple sources, Facebook is moving ahead with plans to exploit private user data for advertisement targeting. Straight from to the Telegraph:

Facebook is planning to exploit the vast amount of personal information it holds on its 150m members by creating one of the world’s largest market research databases.

Rumors are going around that despite the web site being valued in the billions, cash reserves on running low and they are desperately trying to find ways to increase advertising revenue. It is believed that a deal has already been reached with careerbuilder.com. Don’t worry, there is a little hope:

All the company’s previous attempts to monetise the site have failed after members railed against the site’s invasion of their privacy. Mr Zuckerberg pulled Beacon, a service that notified users of their friends’ purchases on external sites such as Amazon, after members launched a campaign in December 2007.

Read the full story from The Telegraph.

Update: Facebook has started a PR blitz to confront the backlash from users. One source is saying Facebook is telling them they are no longer going forward with plans.