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Facebook Pulls Out Topless Photos

March 21, 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

Rocketalk launches public beta of mobile social networking app in India

March 17, 2023 By Dennis Bouchand

RockeTalk announced the public beta launch of its free, downloadable mobile phone application in India. The RockeTalk application allows mobile phone users to meet and interact with new people through easy-to-use, instant text, voice, picture and video messaging. Users can also create and share their own content with friends and family, view entertaining user-generated and professional mobile content, and join and interact with mobile communities.

With voice, pictures and video being the focus of the application, RockeTalk makes it easy for users to express themselves in the language they are most comfortable with.

The RockeTalk application is currently available on over 100 Nokia and Sony Ericsson mobile devices more devices being added.

User can easily download the RockeTalk application from their mobile browsers at m.rocketalk.com.

Originally posted on September 22, 2008 @ 9:09 am

Filed Under: Mobile, Social Network, Web Tagged With: Mobile, Rocketalk, social networking

Yahoo! done with social networking attempt

March 17, 2023 By Dennis Bouchand

In case you missed this news going towards weekend, let me inform you that Yahoo! is done with its social networking play, announcing that it is shutting down Mash.

“Thank you for trying out Mash Beta service, We hope you had fun with it. Please note that we will shut down Mash on September 29, 2008. As a result, your current profile on Mash will no longer be available,” Matt Warburton, community manager, wrote in an email to members.

Mash launched a year ago with hopes of competing against Facebook. Obviously, Yahoo! failed on this one. We’ll not be sad on this one. It stinks anyway.

Originally posted on September 1, 2008 @ 9:05 am

Filed Under: Social Network, Yahoo Tagged With: social networking, Yahoo

Finally, LinkedIn goes mobile

March 3, 2023 By Leo Blanco

The long wait is finally over. Professional social networking site LinkedIn is now accessible via mobile phones. You simply need to visit http://m.linkedin.com/ and sign in with your account information. Take note, you must have a Web-enabled cellphone to access this mobile site.

The power of mobility is very important, particularly for many professionals who are on the move to attend meetings or conferences. This is just a beta version and the final version will be available in Spring. According to LinkedIn blog, here the features allowed on mobile devices:

  1. Search LinkedIn profiles (including photos and bio) to help recall and connect with business acquaintances at events and conferences
  2. Research the common contacts they have with other professionals to help make real world referrals and introductions easier
  3. Invite professional acquaintances and peers you meet at events to LinkedIn with just their email address. Exchanging business cards is just not cool anymore!
  4. Receive regular Network update capabilities about your connections while on the go
  5. International versions currently launched include French, German, Spanish, Japanese and Chinese.

LinkedIn is currently working to make other features such as LinkedIn Experts available to the users in its final version.

Originally posted on February 26, 2008 @ 9:08 am

Filed Under: LinkedIn Tagged With: internet news, LinkedIn, social networking

Online networks as practical research tools

February 24, 2023 By Leo Blanco

i-love-my-dogs.gifMajor consumer companies are still searching for the winning formula to maximize the use of Internet in gathering insights and understanding behavior of their target customers.

An emerging answer lies on online communities just like “I Love My Dog”, a private network for dog owners created by Del Monte, Inc.

According to a WSJ, corporate spending on this proprietary method is projected to grow from $40 million in 2007 to $69 million in 2008.

Aside from its proven effectiveness, cost is another inherent advantage of online networks. No need to spend ridiculous amount of money for focus group discussions (FGD) and telephone surveys. With little financial capital, it is very easy to create a private network or even use existing social networks such as MySpace to communicate with customers.

Aside from that, it speeds up the product development cycle because of the interactive communication and quick responses between the company and members of the community. Unlike in an FGD, companies have to wait a few months to generate and analyze insights badly needed to develop a product.

On the other hand, the biggest challenge to date is how to counter member boredom which might lead to massive withdrawal. This is where coupons, discounts, giveaways, games and other enticing offerings must be used wisely.

Originally posted on January 14, 2008 @ 9:37 am

Filed Under: Internet, Social Network Tagged With: del monte, market research, online networks, social networking

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