This is why the reactions thing is so stupid: they’re...

This is why the reactions thing is so stupid: they’re clearly not enough to cover the full range of reactions. Slack’s emoji response system is far better.

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"If we’re trying to build a world-class News Feed, and a world-class messaging product, and a..."

“If we’re trying to build a world-class News Feed, and a world-class messaging product, and a world-class search product, and a world-class ad system, and invent virtual reality, and build drones, I can’t write every line of code. I can’t write any lines of code.”

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Mark Zuckerberg, on his coding skills in the current-day Facebook. (via parislemon)

So… he’s saying he’s bad?

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techcrunch: Facebook Messenger wants to BE your phone number...

techcrunch:

Facebook Messenger wants to BE your phone number with the new Message requests. 

Facebook Messenger is killing off the dysfunctional “Other Inbox.” It was where Facebook messages went to die if they were sent by someone who wasn’t your friend or friend-of-a-friend. Few people knew it existed. Fewer ever checked it. 

Now, any message from a non-friend who doesn’t have your phone number will go into your Message Requests at the top of Messenger on mobile or in the Messages tab on web. Essentially, Message Requests are like Friend Requests for chat.

Interesting. Kind of what Hangouts and Skype should be. Too bad it’s from Facebook.

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Hands-on with Facebook M: the virtual assistant with a (real) human touch

Hands-on with Facebook M: the virtual assistant with a (real) human touch:

nerdology:

I love this. This is the future of personal assistants.

The question for me is whether this can be done without data mining (preserving privacy). Because, let’s not kid ourselves, Facebook is using this service to learn more about you so they can sell more relevant ads. That’s their core business; everything is always going to tie back to that.

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The Personal Assistant That Will Help Facebook Eat The Internet - BuzzFeed News

The Personal Assistant That Will Help Facebook Eat The Internet - BuzzFeed News:

nerdology:

This is incredible. I’m baffled. This puts Siri, Cortana, and Google Now to shame.

And just consider how badly this abuses your data for Facebook’s monetary benefit.

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The Background Data and Battery Usage of Facebook’s iOS App

The Background Data and Battery Usage of Facebook’s iOS App:

Facebook hates you. By the way.

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techcrunch: With Reactions, Facebook supercharges the Like...

techcrunch:

With Reactions, Facebook supercharges the Like button with 6 empathetic emoji

Facebook is taking the wraps off what form the new Like may take. It is rolling out “Reactions,” a new set of six emoji that will sit alongside the original thumbs-up to let users quickly respond with love, laughter, happiness, shock, sadness and anger.

Read more about the new Facebook Reactions. 

This is a good idea. Slack has something similar and it’s excellent.

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How many O's does it take to celebrate a goal?

Facebook compiled data of the average number of “o’s” used to spell “goal” while celebrating scores on the site during World Cup 2014 so far. This is the breakdown by country.

I thought this was incredibly interesting, but then again, I have a bit of a compulsion for proper spelling, football (soccer) is important to me, and I love data. So.

Source: Reddit