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blog.facebook.com — The option to import stories from other sites can be found via the small "Import" link at the top of your Mini-Feed. Only a few sites —Flickr, Yelp, Picasa, and del.icio.us—are available for importing at the moment, but we'll be adding Digg and other sites in the near future.
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- bixby1, on 04/16/2008, -2/+29Sounds like a great way to share information. Facebook is getting freakishly good at that.
- NerveBand, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3And once they have all the data in the world, they will make ZILLIONS and take over the world.
But only after google of course :)- vortex22222, on 04/16/2008, -1/+0There is as of yet insufficient data for a meaningful answer.
- johnpaul191, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2make money? i thought the conspiracy theory was that Facebook is a CIA plot to gather info on everyone (especially if you give them your email and AIM login info). I guess the money could fund their secret wars.
Did i just screw myself by posting this? - B3N3, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2I saw the headline and thought they were going to start sharing our credit card information. I guess that's next quarter...
- dafunkmonster, on 04/16/2008, -1/+4Step 1: Facebook
Step 2: Share Information
Step 3: ???
Step 4: WORLD DOMINATION!!!
- NerveBand, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3And once they have all the data in the world, they will make ZILLIONS and take over the world.
- IvanB, on 04/16/2008, -1/+49Digg has been already added. :)
- GerryBot, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2Didn't they already have the option to import updates from RSS feeds?
- stalefries, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5You could import RSS feeds into your "Notes", but not into your Mini-feed.
- olliedude2k, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2But the other problem is we can all put feeds and stuff into Facebook. But can we get an RSS feed for our news-feeds or mini-feeds in return? Nope. Maybe this is their competitor to FriendFeed?
- jedisushi, on 04/16/2008, -10/+10Shhh....don't say anything bad about the Facebook. It will hear you. And then it will kill you. And take over your identity. Soon it will become self-aware.
/Skynet- maiden8680, on 04/17/2008, -1/+0You get a +1 for this.
- jnava121, on 04/16/2008, -6/+2I just hope facebook can find more ways to update me on all my friends personal info and loosen the privacy options lol. Maybe I can get RSS feeds sent to my phone to help me stalk multiple friends at once! In the meantime I could get digg feeds as well... that would be sweet..
- DarkSamus, on 04/16/2008, -15/+6facebook?
buried- darkdriving, on 04/16/2008, -2/+6You?
Buried.- NathanMahdavi, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2i second that.
- darkdriving, on 04/16/2008, -2/+6You?
- compcaddy, on 04/16/2008, -10/+0can you share facebook apps like http://apps.facebook.com/thegiftr ?
- lordewoks, on 04/16/2008, -4/+0Isn't this what OpenSocial is about?
- johnpaul191, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Actually no. Seriously... look it up. It's way cooler. http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/
- stutimandal, on 04/16/2008, -2/+8More ways to leak your browsing/personal data to Facebook, which they _don't_ delete even after you close your account.
- loconet, on 04/16/2008, -0/+7Yah because your public digg history, picassa public albums, etc are "private" right? I can see the argument with facebook data itself but they are using the public data from these other sites. Even if you delete those outside accounts there is always a copy somewhere. If you don't want the problems that come with putting information online that can be tied to you, well don't put that stuff online to begin with.
- Brew, on 04/16/2008, -2/+5First good addition to facebook in awhile.
- nastronomical, on 04/16/2008, -12/+4More crap+++++
- willdelaney, on 04/16/2008, -3/+33Facebook: All your informations are belong to us
- B3N3, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3They'll have to fight Google for that honor...
- phillyshabazz, on 04/16/2008, -7/+0jawntahnur-- Your an idiot.
/subtlety- smackjack, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3YOU'RE the idiot for not using the reply button
- mytibt, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2There's a reply button for this
- Trixrox, on 04/16/2008, -3/+4So does anyone use IM apps anymore? Does everyone go to their facebook where they can now...IM?
- stalefries, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5IM isn't enabled for me yet. Also, none of my friends are on facebook anywhere near as much as they are on IM.
- skidooer, on 04/16/2008, -2/+1But once they complete the XMPP interface you'll be able to log on to Facebook IM with a traditional IM client, while having your Facebook friends list as your contacts. Sounds like the perfect IM application to me.
- IvanB, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4There's some people I'd rather not get bugged by on Facebook in real time.
- skidooer, on 04/16/2008, -2/+1But once they complete the XMPP interface you'll be able to log on to Facebook IM with a traditional IM client, while having your Facebook friends list as your contacts. Sounds like the perfect IM application to me.
- frankiewarren, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1I hope they roll it out quickly so I can figure out how much I'll actually use it!
- stalefries, on 04/16/2008, -0/+5IM isn't enabled for me yet. Also, none of my friends are on facebook anywhere near as much as they are on IM.
- jukhau, on 04/16/2008, -2/+1It didn't work, probably too many users testing it... ?
- NathanMahdavi, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2worked fine.
- monkeyrun, on 04/16/2008, -3/+2I would rather they fix their site's performance first.
- slugicide, on 04/16/2008, -1/+10Cool. Now all my "friends" will be alerted when I make stupid comments on articles I'm too lazy to read.
- Macskeeball, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Apparently it only imports the Diggs, not the comments users post on Digg. I wished it imported the latter as well because I make comments here far, far more often than I Digg articles, but maybe they'll add the ability to do this sort of thing generically with any RSS feed. Their Notes app can already import from any RSS feed, but it supports only one feed..
- aliguana, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2needs: Twitter, Jaiku, Pownce, MySpace Status :p
- johnpaul191, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4Twitter would probably flood out the minifeed. There are Twitter blocks that display your most recent post though.
Poor pownce.... so much potential, yet so ignored.
- johnpaul191, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4Twitter would probably flood out the minifeed. There are Twitter blocks that display your most recent post though.
- EvanVolm, on 04/16/2008, -0/+4It'd be nice if they would allow custom RSS feeds, so you could import from pretty much any news site. But this is still nice.
- Macskeeball, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1They sort of do, with their Notes app. I use it to import my blog. I don't remember if that supports multiple feeds though.
- Macskeeball, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2I checked, and it is indeed limited to just one feed.
- Macskeeball, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1They sort of do, with their Notes app. I use it to import my blog. I don't remember if that supports multiple feeds though.
- frankiewarren, on 04/16/2008, -2/+1Take that, friendfeed.
- skellener, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2I can already put my diggs on my Facebook page.
- Macskeeball, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2I was doing that too, but now I don't need an extra app on my profile to do it, so I've removed the Digg app. I did the same thing with the WordPress.com app I had on there once I learned that Facebook's own notes app could import from RSS feeds.
- iSwire, on 04/16/2008, -5/+6it's turning in to myspace#2 - how sad
keep it college only- johnpaul191, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1It's way beyond being college only, too many other potential users out there (read: $$$). At this rate it could possibly take down myspace in a few years. Then again who knows, and open social is just going to stir the pot.
- aliguana, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3keep it college only? have you looked at yer average college kid's profile vs your older person? I say: keep the college kids off it! ;)
- MScrip, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Who looks at profiles? I just look at my friend's new photos as they are announced in my News Feed... or just search by their name and send them messages. You can do so much without even going to their profile. Too many apps are getting in the way of the core of Facebook... which is photos, messages and wall posts.
- frankiewarren, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1There's a place for the applications that are being developed... I just wish people spent more time thinking about which apps they allow to take up real estate on their profile.
- aliguana, on 04/19/2008, -0/+1agreed. the problem with an open API is that anyone can make an app. And they do. And the stupider it is, the more kids fill up their profiles with them.
There should be classes of apps: games, messenging, polls, video etc. Then you should have options in your prefs "never show game apps", "never show video apps" etc. Then, people can choose what apps to add, and YOU can choose what apps to hide.
Either that, or FB needs an editorial team, and more than 10 complaints about an app it gets removed from FB entirely.
- aliguana, on 04/19/2008, -0/+1agreed. the problem with an open API is that anyone can make an app. And they do. And the stupider it is, the more kids fill up their profiles with them.
- frankiewarren, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1There's a place for the applications that are being developed... I just wish people spent more time thinking about which apps they allow to take up real estate on their profile.
- MScrip, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Who looks at profiles? I just look at my friend's new photos as they are announced in my News Feed... or just search by their name and send them messages. You can do so much without even going to their profile. Too many apps are getting in the way of the core of Facebook... which is photos, messages and wall posts.
- habenneas, on 04/16/2008, -2/+1Fast, text-only mirror: http://www.lynxcache.org/usr/1/Incompatible_Browse ...
- ErikHarrison, on 04/16/2008, -12/+7***** FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE. Go out-*****-side and stop taking pictures in the ***** mirror.
- kipmartin, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3its soooo cold out!
hey...are you my mom?- ErikHarrison, on 04/16/2008, -2/+2No, I'm not but get a ***** life. Just because it's cold doesn't mean you can't do something. Digg me down for being anti-myspace and facebook? That's laughable.
- kipmartin, on 04/16/2008, -1/+3its soooo cold out!
- Matic, on 04/16/2008, -1/+6Looks kind of weak. They could have done a better job on Digg and showed the thumbnails and broke the stories up.
- NathanMahdavi, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1toooooo right.
- TheTrueAPlus, on 04/16/2008, -1/+2How does it auto update?
- Macskeeball, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3Probably from the feeds offered by said sites.
- bowe, on 04/16/2008, -2/+3Cool, but I still hate the FB.
- phlezk, on 04/16/2008, -0/+3Spiffy, but I don't want them to combine the wall and the mini-feed, which they are planning on doing.
- vonskippy, on 04/16/2008, -2/+3Yawn....more facebook crap.
- RyanHCO, on 04/16/2008, -1/+1Not yet activated for the Atlanta network, nor is instant messaging yet. Where is teh luv? the luv? th3 love?
- Agreb91, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1That is pretty cool that you can share what you do on other sites as well.
- thebankshow, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Isn't facebook just an organized/integrated microcosm of the internet?
While I like the concept of facebook and personal start pages (i.e. igoogle, netvibes, etc.) they ideally shouldn't exist. Each person would have their own website and connect to other websites. You could join websites that are groups. You could subscribe to news from other sites around the web and view it all from your site. Your personal site would be bound to your identity, and could store your data. (This would solve the issue of purchasing items or going to a new doctor/dentist.) At the same time you could switch gears and browse anonymously.
Implementing this ideal world is years away, because there are tons of security, cultural, political, technical, yadda yadda yadda issues to work out.....but that's at least my version of a future state.- ThugThrasher, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I think you're right on the future there, quite possibly.
I personally feel that the facebook/myspace thing is going to end up being just a precursor to something more similar to what you're describing.
- ThugThrasher, on 04/17/2008, -0/+1I think you're right on the future there, quite possibly.
- kingUssop, on 04/16/2008, -1/+1Hooray, more of the same ***** on people's pages. The internet is so creative.
- gr33nie, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2I wish they'd stop messing around adding features I'll never use and start rolling out the more useful new stuff to all networks. Facebook Chat will practically end my need to use MSN and the profile tabs will finally clear up all those crappy applications people have.
- MrMoonlight, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2link with my flickr account dosnt' works
The email or user name you entered is not valid. Please verify and try again. - serrebi, on 04/17/2008, -1/+1Meh...
- simplynutty, on 04/17/2008, -0/+0Hopefully they add more services and improve how this feature works... could be a friendfeed killer. ;)
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