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Facebook Pulls Out Topless Photos

September 25, 2023 By J. Angelo Racoma Leave a Comment

TIME Magazine recently ran a feature on Facebook pulling out photos that it deemed obscene, including those that had some exposed parts of the female anatomy. However, this blanket banning has also included images of mothers breastfeeding their babies, and this has resulted in some protest by rights advocates.

Facebook has drawn a line in the sand by removing any photos it deems obscene, including those containing a fully exposed breast, which the site defines as “showing the nipple or areola.” In other words, plunging necklines or string bikinis are fine — just no nips. The purging of bare-boob pics began last summer and has swept up, alongside any girls gone wild, a growing number of proud — and very ticked-off — breast feeders.

On Dec. 27, some 11,000 protesters held a virtual nurse-in by uploading breast-feeding photos onto their Facebook profiles, and 20 or so women showed up at the company’s headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., to breast-feed there. By Dec. 30, more than 85,000 members had joined a Facebook group called “Hey, Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene!”

Blogging and social media sites being accessible to just about anyone with Internet connections, and true enough, users are able to upload any image they wish, as long as these follow the terms of the online service they use. However, in the above case with Facebook, it’s clearly a subjective case of ethics. The question here is what constitutes obscenity? Does the mere showing of a woman’s breasts constitute obscenity? Or should there be sexual implications to this? And how about images of breastfeeding?

Most web applications allow for mature (though mostly not adult) content, but these are not displayed to the public, but rather to those who verify that they are of legal age (which is altogether not difficult to work around). But in a situation where one’s public profile photo might be the image in question, for instance, it becomes an issue of whether the web application can deny public access to the photo.

For a social network that started out as a network for college students, one could expect a sense of maturity from its users. This means that if you see a photo of a woman breastfeeding, or even shirtless for that matter, but without sexual implications, then there should be no malice. But then again, Facebook is now open to any user 13 years of age and above. And in this case, it’s a big grey area.

Originally posted on January 6, 2009 @ 3:54 am

Filed Under: Facebook Tagged With: Facebook, photos, social networking

Gift Your Online Buddies with Real Drinks with GetThemIn

September 25, 2023 By J. Angelo Racoma Leave a Comment

Get Them In!

Still in doubt with what to give your online buddies this holiday season? Christmas day is over, but it’s not too late to send those special someones something before the year ends. You could perhaps send them an email or an e-card, but having something tangible is definitely better. You can order books, flowers or pretty much anything online. But for beer buddies, how about something with a little bit more alcohol in it?

Get Them In! lets you do just that.

GetThemIn is a Facebook application (http://apps.facebook.com/getthemin) that allows people to buy each other real beer, wine or other alcoholic drinks for the first time ever – perfect for sorting out those last minute Christmas present dilemmas or getting the Christmas drinks in with your mates without actually being there.

People can choose from a variety of drinks and other real-world gifts and send them to their friends using Facebook platform and PayPal. Recipients receive a personalised message from the sender via SMS, email and Facebook, with the option to keep it virtual or redeem their gift as a voucher that can then be used in one of hundreds of First Quench outlets across the UK (including Threshers, The Local, Wine Rack and Haddows).

The service features several popular brands, including Fosters, Cobra, Heineken, Tuborg, San Miguel, Bulmers Cider, Newcastle Brown, WKD Blue, Old Peculier, Blossom Hill, Hardy’s, Taittinger, Radcliffe’s D.B., Teacher’s, Cockburn’s S.R., Harvey’s Bristol Cream and Courvoisier V.S.

Aside from cheering up your buddies, you also help a worthy cause. GetThemIn has been officially granted the DrinkAware trust trademark license and will be donating a percentage of its profits to COUNTED4, which counsels and promotes the health and well-being of anyone affected by substance misuse.

The drinks can be redeemed in about 1,500 participating wineries. But the deal is valid only in the UK, so folks from elsewhere would have to toast to a virtual drink!

[via WebItPR]

Originally posted on December 30, 2008 @ 12:53 pm

Filed Under: Facebook, Social Network, Web applications Tagged With: Facebook, gifts, holidays, web apps

Send real drinks for just $1

September 22, 2023 By Dennis Bouchand 1 Comment

BarTab, a new Facebook application that gives users the ability to send real drinks to friends for $1, announced their official and exclusive launch in Arizona. The BarTab service turns Facebook virtual drink icons into real drinks, redeemable by cell phone (electronic coupon) at participating bars in Arizona. To date, more than 100 bars have agreed to participate in the program with many more lined up statewide. BarTab will host a kick-off party this Thursday at 8:00 pm at Scottsdale’s Salty Senorita, where guests will be able to demo the new application live.

Developed by Nick Stewart and Matt Smith at the University of Arizona’s McGuire Entrepreneurship program, the application provides obvious user benefits through the experience and enjoyment associated with the social interaction of giving and receiving drinks. In addition, BarTab acts as a customizable marketing service for participating bars and restaurants.

The launch of the new application follows a recent endorsement from Facebook where BarTab was selected from 600 competing companies to receive a $25,000 grant.

This is how it works:

The service allows users to turn a digital drink icon into a real drink redeemable by cell phone. Upon visiting the designated establishment, the BarTab user simply presents a text message-based mobile drink coupon (received upon purchase/gift) in exchange for a drink.

For the partnered bar, BarTab’s pay per customer model is a unique component of the service, and provides a means of risk-free advertising. Partnering bars only incur costs when customers are successfully attracted to the bar. Participating bars and restaurants give away a drink to attract a customer. The bars have control over the number of drinks they give away, the type of drinks given away and even the time periods in which the drinks can be redeemed.

The Arizona-launch represents the first step in the launch process prior to taking the application nationally and internationally. BarTab is currently in its second round of funding. Beginning today, Facebook users will have the ability to login and vote for their favorite application out of 25 apps finalists in the fbFund Round 2. Depending upon the number of votes received, the company may be eligible for further Facebook awards of up to $225,000 that will allow the company to begin migration from a product serving the local community to a broader national and eventually international network.

Originally posted on November 10, 2008 @ 11:47 am

Filed Under: Facebook, Mobile, Web Tagged With: BarTab, Facebook

Facebook Facelift Set for June ’08

September 11, 2023 By Andrew G. R.

Facebook, which has become increasingly cluttered over the past year, is prepping for a major facelift, set to go live next month.

According to Facebook staffers, user profiles will be “cleaner and simpler.”

Mark Slee, the site’s product manager who is overseeing the changes says:

“Change is difficult for our users, even positive changes…But we are pretty confident that we can walk everyone through this so they will be engaged with the changes and enjoy them.”

I won’t lie, I welcome the changes.  As someone who openly has never embraced the social network, and seldom logs in, I have often found myself lost.

In June you can expect new tabs at the top of your profile page that will help people navigate around personal information in an easier fashion.

This isn’t reconstructive surgery, it sounds more like a Botox injection.

Originally posted on May 22, 2008 @ 9:16 am

Filed Under: Facebook Tagged With: changes, Facebook, facelift, redesign, revamp

Transfer Money to Friends With Facebook

September 11, 2023 By Andrew G. R.

With too many Facebook applications to name, it’s hard to keep afloat with the latest and greatest.

UK-based Moneybookers (Paypal competitor) will offer their customers and Facebook users the ability to use an app to transfer money to and fro. Billed as a “social fundraising” application, the project is currently in beta mode, expected to be released to the general public some time in June.

Moneybookers currently has 4.6 million customers, and will likely see that number head north with the new app. The site requires identity verification before using their service to minimize fraud and prevent money laundering. Their fee structure is comparable to Paypal’s.

I’m all for charity, but let’s hope this doesn’t turn into another vehicle for bloggers to beg for ‘donations’ they don’t need (or deserve).

Will you roll the dice on completing a financial transaction within the Facebook framework?

Originally posted on May 16, 2008 @ 2:48 pm

Filed Under: Facebook, PayPal Tagged With: app, Facebook, money, moneybookers, PayPal, transfer

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