A few steps to Keep Your Facebook account Safe
Most of us have a Facebook account, and the more popular Facebook gets, the more attractive it is for hackers, who want to use your squeaky clean profile as their cover when doing something you would never do. Hacking these days is not too difficult. I’ve tried it once, (with a test account) and without any experience got through CAPTCHA image verification using nothing but an automated program, which some people still think is impossible for a computer to do. It’s not – it will take a computer more time and more attempts...
read moreThe computer engineer Barbie makes the web buzz
As a collector, I of course follow the keyword “Barbie” on Twitter. The last few weeks it’s been all about the freshly released Computer Engineer Barbie. Naturally, as the web is full of geeks, they are impressed by the new release, but at the same time hesitant to believe it would have any significant impact on children’s minds. Their concern makes me smile. A friend of mine had the Astronault Barbie of 1985. We thought she was the most beautiful Barbie ever made, but I don’t think she ever got to the space. My...
read moreEmoticons on your Forum
I love emoticons. A lot of people do, and if you’re running a forum, spending a bit of time for finding great emoticons does pay off. The default sets on most forum software are simply boring and ugly. The good news is that you can find awesome emoticons for free. The bad news is that it takes a little bit of time, and again, the good news is that you probably only need one site to find them on. Then you need a bit of time to set them up for your forum, but do save them on the computer in case you’re a serial forum admin,...
read moreFacebook apps and games etiquette
Even though Facebook has a lot of fun little apps and games, you might want to restrict the use of them when you’re involving others. A lot of people are using Facebook in business purposes, and it’s simply not cool having friends constantly send you “cute gifts” or “nice things” or bug me to take in a lost pet or keep you updated on their latest Bejewelled Blitz score. While most people get this, there can be just a couple of people who keep doing this, sometimes several times a day – or an hour! And...
read moreShould I start a Facebook Group or a Page?
I think a lot of us are a bit confused about the differences between a group and a page. Even though I administer both types, I couldn’t answer that off the top of my hat. Official or casual? The most obvious difference between the two is that groups are primarily intended for a more casual use while pages are intended for businesses, brands, products, organisations, artists, bands or public figures. Groups can be pretty much about anything, and there is a category “just for fun” which is probably the most used classification...
read moreHow forum admins can drive away members
We all have been told a million times how to behave when you’re on a discussion board. There are some very common practises that admins do though, that are driving me crazy, and kill any wish to participate into a discussion. That is why I mainly run my own discussion boards, because I can easily control the administration practises on them – being the only one. Let’s go through a few do’s and don’ts, shall we? 1. Try not to be condescending when you point out that someone has posted in the wrong board. It happens...
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